The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-03-03
horticulture,


Some object to the trumpet vine
as being too coarse grower for the
house walls, but it is good for other
walls, posts or unsightly banks,
In midsummer it's scarlet flowers are
certainly an attraction.
All do not agree as to the treat
ment which should be given the
soil in old orchards, but the young
orchard should have the most care
full attention. Weeds and grass rob
the ground of sustenauce which
should go to the young and tender
roots of the trees.
Almost any tree without leaves
may be safely moved, but if in foli-
age the leaves will quickly consume
all moisture, causing the bark and
young wood to shrink. 1t is pretty
safe to move at any time of the year
if the leaves are stripped off
With strawberry culture, the cas-
Ter way seems to be the better one.
Matted rows prove themselves bear
ers of larger and more abundant b er-
ries than when kept in stools.
1t is the indication of an unseltish
heart when the farmer plants fruit
trees along his roadside. This NAV
feed many poor family, and many
a way-farer-even though it be a
tramp. If they were found every
where there would be no abuse of
them; and what homes they would
be for the merry songsters, of which
we have too few.
Muskmelons want rich, moist
thnnnh he oh
damp and soggy. The best manure
for them is obtained from the pig
sly, because it retains it's moisture
longer than that from other sources.
This will bring a rank, strong
growth, and melons of an increased
size.
The Goblin moth has made it very
hard to get perfect fruit of an abund-
ant crop. There is no excellence
without great labor, no matter what
the object we hope to attain.
Those who do not spray their fruit
trees and take pains to procure a
sound yield will have no place in
the market, while those who get the
better price will be justified for all
their care and expense.
by planting our grape vines upon
high, gravelly or sandy soil, with a
southern exposure, we may avoid
the frosts of autumn and spring. The
rosebug may be avoided by allowing
them to blossom upon the ground
and tying them up afterward, or
spraying with Paris green.
For mildew upon cucumbers,
melons and potatoes lime seems to
be an etfectual remedy, if the lime
comes in actual contact with the
fungus. Have some means of get
ting the fine powder everywhere
about them.
Why will people forever expert
ment with other trees for roadside
when there is nothing better than
the sugar and the Norway maple,
where these will grow? They never
grow too high, and will never need
to be cut down. While many other
trees are unsightly in the fall, these
are in their beauty.
One can not too much insist upon
vigilance in the orchard, for insects
never cease their attacks upon foli-
age, bark, root or fruit. In every
interval of carelessness the enemy
will take advantage, and too often
the damage done is irreparable.
1t is not a good plan to plant any
variety of any kind of fruit in a solid
block in orchard, for the fruitage
will be greater if varieties are mix
ed. Even those thought to be self
polleniEing will do better il cross
fertilized. Neither is it best to have
peaches, pears, and apples in the
same orchard, for different fruit
needs different treatment.