St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-03-25

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fear then that climatic influences had
been at work on the seeds, but had not
fully given up all hope.
At first the plants seemed to waver
and hesitate over whether they had bet
ter be wild parsnips or Lima beans.
Then | concluded that they had decided
to be foliage plants or rhubarb. But
they did not try to live up to their por-
traits. Pretty soon discovered that
they had no bugs which seemed to go
with them, and then knew they were
weeds. Things that are good to eat al
ways have bugs and worms on them,
while tanSy and castor oil go through
life unmoleSted.
| ordered new style of gladiolus eight
years ago OF man who had his portrait
III the bow of his seed catalogue. If he
succeeds no better in resembling his
portrait than his gladioli did in re-
Sembling theirs, he must be a human
onion whose presence may easily be de-
tected at great distance.
Last year l planted the seeds of a
watermelon which | bought of New
York scotsman who writes war articles
winters and sells garden seeds in the
spring. epOrtrait of this watermelon
would tempt most any man to climb a
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forget all else in order to drown his bet
ter nature and his nose in its cool bosom.
People came for miles to look at the
picture of this melon and went away
with pleasant taste in their mouths.
The plants were little sluggish,
though planted in hills far apart each
way in rich, warm loan enriched by
everything that could make sincere
watermelon get up and hump itself.
The melons were to be very large in
deed, with center like rose. Accord
ing to the picture, these melons gener-
ally grew SO large and plenty that most
everybody had to put side boards on
the garden fence to keep them from
falling over into other farms and an
nOying people who had all the melons
they needed. | fought squash bugs,
cutworms, Hessian flies, chinch bugs,
curculiO, mango, pip, drought, dropsy,
caterpillars and cOntumely till the lat
ter part of August, when friend from
India came to visit me. | decided to
cut watermelon in honor of his az
rival. When the proper moment had
arrived and the dinner had progressed
to the point of fruit, the tropical depths
OF my garden gave up their seasons
wealth in the shape of a low-browed
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hot ball.
l have had other similar experiences,
and think we ought to do something
about it if we can. | have planted the
seed of the morning glory and the moon
flower, and dreamed at night that my
home looked like florists advertise
ment, but when leafy June came bunch
OF Norway oats and hill Of corn were
trying to climb the strings nailed up for
the use of my nonresident vines. L
have planted with song and laughter the
seeds of the OStenSible pansy and carna-
ton, only in tears to reap the bachelors
button and the glistening foliage of the
sorghum plant. have planted in faith
and deep, warm soil, with pleasing
hope in my heart and dark-red picture
on the outside of the package, only to
harvest the low, vulgar jimson weed
and the night-blooming bull thistle.
Does the mean temperature or the av-
erage rainfall have anything to do with
it? If statistics are working these
changes, they ought to be stopped. For
my own part, however, am led to be-
lieve that our seedSmen put so much
money into their catalogues that they
do not have anything left to use in the
purchase of seeds. Good religion and
very Idlr cOOhIcS HAY Dt pTUuuccu WIFI
out the aid of caraway seed, but you
cannot gather nice, fresh train figs of
thiStles, or expect much of scotsman
whose plants make no effort whatever to
resemble their pictures.
Hoping that you will examine into
this matter, and that the club will al
ways hereafter look carefully into this
column for its farm information, re-
main, in sitting posture, yours truly,
BILL NYE.