The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1879-05-31
FARMERS COLUMN.
Garden Hints and suggestions.
SOIL FOR CELERY.

Garden Hints ana SugSeslOhs'
SOIL FOR CELERY.
After trying for number of years, almost
in vain, to raise good celery on ordinary dry
garden soil finally borrowed the use of a
little patch of reclaimed swampy land
deep black muck, well drained but moist,
and for the two past seasons have grown on
IL very fine celery with but little labor. So
l shall never again attempt to grow this
vegetable on common garden soil without
some cheap and easy method of irrigation.
WASH FOR GRAPEvINEs.
II the belief of observing ones that the
seeds or spores of mildew exists during the
winter and spring on the bark and buds OF
vines, ready to yegetate anew when suitable
simmer weather occurs. As possible check
TO this, am about to wash most Of my
vines-before the buds open-with carbolic
soap suds. think thie will also tend TO
lessen the mischievious work of the steel
b ,etle on the buds,-[N B. B., IN the Ohio
Farmer,
SUPPORT FOR RAsPBERRIEs.
I am also using grape wire as support for
raspberry bushes, setting strong stakes in the
row Of bushes, say twenty feet apart and
about three feet high, according to the av-
erage growth of the bushes. Fasten the wire
bv a turn around the end stake, and by a
clinch nail bent over it on the top of each
stake in the row-the stakes being of uni
form height, and cut squarely at top Two
d. persons can put up such support very rap
idly. The canes or bushes need but little
tying to the wire, as those which are sloping
to the right or left only need to have their
tops pushed under the wire so that they
will press against it on the side opposite to
their natural inclination. Those which are
bending in the direction Of the line Of wire
of course need to be tied.
REMEDIES FOR THE CABBAGE WORM.
have tried most of these that have been
given in the papers, but have found none OF
them both efficient and easy Of application.
have had the best success with hot water,
but it requires some care to have the water
hot enough to kill the worms and not hurt
the cabbage. | have found one hundred
and sixty degrees of the thermometer eff
cient and safe if rightly applied, through a
sprinkling water pot, and not continue toe
long, nor so as to have the hot water lodge
in the heart of the plant. If it is cooler
than one hundred and sixty many of the
older Larvae will not mind it-as their skin
sheds water like ducks back. | have tried
adding to the water little coal oil, carboliC
acid, salt, etc, but none were quite effective
owing to the difficulty Ct wetting the skin o
the pests. Occasionally have found then
moist with dew, so that the powdered helle
bore or black pepper busted over then
would stop their mischief. Who has founc
satisfactory remedy?
LIMA BEAN TRELLIs.
Using good many lima beans in my
family, and having no woodland in whicl
to cut poles have found it some trouble t
keep up supply of these articles. Then
as last year, wind storm will sometime
break down many of the poles just at tn
worst time. So this year | am adopting
new plan, which feel sure will work iinel,
and as no patent is applied for, perhap; som
others may profit by the suggestion, or pos
sibly improve on it. Iron wire is very chea
these days, and perhaps some others, lik
myself, have lot OF grape wire not in us
the size about number l2 or IA. l stretc
a strand of this wire from a large shade tire
near my house to a stout apple tree at til
opposite side Of my vegetable ground, an
directly over my row Of lima beans. Th
wire is drawn tight, and well fastened {
each end, also supported by pole in til
middle to prevent sagging or swaying b
the wind. Next l have lot of pegs, OF
for each hill OF beans, about fifteen inch
long and one or two inches thick split fro
common stove wood), sharpened little
one end and at the other a clinch nail
driven, then bent downward so as to for
hook. These pegs or hooks are drive
firmly into the ground, four feet apart, i'll
line directly. .under the taut wire, and eaC
side of these pegs two or three beans a
planted-but one or two are enough to
grow. Now to complete the trelis, take
loose coil of wlra and iasten one end of it
the first peg, then pass the coil over the ia
wire and bring it down in slightly slopii
direction, So as to pass it under the hook
the second peg, then up to and over the ia
wire again and down to the third peg, al
SO on To the end Of the row-thus giving I,
upward wires to each hill of beans-or /
hills may be said to be double.