The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-07-18

and IL close watch be kept and every
white butterfly destroyed, which is moi
difficult, by catching them, there will bt
no cabbage worms.
The Atlantic is the best Of all ship
ping strawberries, and will keep in goot
condition after picking longer than thu
Wilson, but 1t is plant that cannot be
relied upon, as it is shy bearer and re
quires rich soil.
A bunch Of asparagus, grown neal
Philadelphia, stood two feet high and
was twenty-seyen inches in girth. The
bunch comprised fifty shoots and
weighed thirty-one and one-halfpo
so says the american Garden.
It has been demonstrated that while
the pinching back Of the shoots Of
melons will induce the vines to throw
out laterals, and also produce q larger
number OF melons, the process does not
increase the size Of the fruit.
Ornamental plants may be so arranged
as to spell words or represent forms,
such as stars, crosses, hearts, etc, and
the colors may be arranged to cores
pond. In this manner very pretty Ell
feet may be given flower garden.
The German wax bean will be found
an excellent variety. 1t is tender, OF
beautiful appearance, and is not stringy,
like the Mohawk or Valentine varieties.
They grow rapidly and bear pods in large
clusters. Every garden should have
them, and they thrive best in the warm
season.
Crop grass, though persistent weed,
can be utilized for pasture il the cows
are turned oil It when the grass is young.
1t Is rather coarse when fully matured,
and not so highly relished, but as it
grows rapid h in warm weather, quite q
supply OF green food may be obtained
from Il by using it in its early stages.
Give the strawberry patch a good coat
ing OF manure now, and cultivate well
between the rows. Next spring apply
wood ashes. In this manner old plants
may be revived and heavy crops secured.
1t is not always best TO depend on new
beds when the old patches can be re-
newed by cultivation and manure.
The grape rot is doing great damage
in New Jersey this season. In all cases
where the cOpperas solution has been
tried the results so far have been favor
able. Though not entirely preventing
the ravages OF the disease the spraying
of the vines with the solution has great
ly mitigated the effects on the crop.
The squash bugs will now be busy,
and the best mode OF destroying them is
to go over the vines early in the MORN
ing and kill them with the hands. In
that manner one or two visits will save
the vines. A solution made by dissolv-
ing a pound OF saltpetre in tub OF soap
suds and sprinkling the vines will serve
us liquid fertilizeri and partially pre-
vent the ravages of the bugs. .
Grapes can be protected from the rot
to certain extent by scattering air.
slaked lime over the vines and grapes
every two or three weeks. 1.-THE ground
be well lined after the grapes are har-
vested, and later in the season all leaves,
grass and weeds burnt, with another ap-
plication in the spring, the rot eau be
prevented. AS the spores remain on the
ground the use Of the lime destroys
them.
Where weeds have grown up in the
garden to such heighth that they can
not be plowed or spaded under, cut
them down and let them dry. After
they have been well dried apply fire
and the surface OF the ground over,
which can be done with but little risk II
u close watch is kept over the fire rs it
progresses. The advantages will be
that the appearance Of the ground will
be better, the ashes will serve as fer.
tiiizer, the seeds Of weeds prevented and !
thousands OF Insects destroyed, as well
as saving labor in tho garden next
season.