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["Thomas Olenio" <tolenio@sentex.net>]

Hello,

There is also a tip for peach trees.

You are supposed to put a bushel of "marl" around the trunk of the tree.   
Marl is a mixture of lime and clay.

It is supposed to protect them from crawling insects and extend their  
life, along with other claims.  This sounds suspect to me.

Another indicates that cool, sifted woodash sprinkled on vines will keep  
away insects.  Early "Surround" (kayolin clay) I suppose.

Later,
tom

On Mon, 8 Aug 2005 21:19:51 -0700, Lon J. Rombough <lonrom@hevanet.com>  
wrote:

> I thought that sounded familiar, and sure enough, we have a copy my
> father got years ago.
> We think of catsup as made of tomatoes, now, but at one time it was
> simply a sauce that could be made of many things.  I've got a recipe
> for grape catsup, for example.
> -Lon Rombough
> Grapes, writing, consulting, my book, The Grape Grower, at
> http://www.bunchgrapes.com  Winner of the Garden Writers Association
> "Best Talent in Writing" award for 2003.
> On Aug 8, 2005, at 6:20 PM, Thomas Olenio wrote:
>
>
> Hello,
>
> There is an interesting old book (1869) here with many odd entries that
> pertain to fruit and nuts.
>
> "Wright's book of 3000 practical receipts, or complete book of
> reference,
> containing valuable and important receipts for medicine, cookery,
> pastry,
> preserving, pickling, confectionary, distilling, perfumery, varnishing,
> chemicals, dyeing, and agriculture, by A.S. Wright."
>
> http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=moa;idno=AJQ0894.0001.001
>
> Who knew you could make walnut wine (page 8), or walnut catsup? (page 7)
>
> The instructions for currant wine (page 128) are there too, along with
> making grafting wax (page 6).
>
> Very different approach to rooting apple cuttings on page 312.
>
> Later,
> Tom



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