Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-04-24

Imperial and Moore's Ruby are ex-
cellent varieties for home use. Prince
of Wales is a heavy bearer and is
excellent for cooking. Wilder, Vic
toria, Cherry and White Grape are
meritorious varieties
Oyster Plant
This is one Of the most delicious
of vegetables and is not grown as
much as its merits demand, either by
amateurs or for the market. 1t does
best in a deep, rich soil which Is
somewhat sandy. Fresh manure
should not be used for fertilizing, as
it produces too many lateral roots,
but bone meal and mineral fertilizers
may be used to good effect.
The seed should be sogn as early
in the spring as the ground can be
prepared, making drills enc loot
apart and covering the seed with
about an inch of soil. When the
plants are large enough to facilitate
rapid and careful handling, thin out
leaving plant every five or six
inches.
The crop may be dug in the fall
and stored in the cellar, covered with
sand, or the roots may be left in the
ground unhl spring. The roots are
hardy however and there will be no
loss if they are left in the ground
Muskrneions--
The best soil for melons is a light,
sandy loan, well enriched with ma
nure. When only heavy soil is avail
able, the dirt where the seed is TO
be planted should be thoroughly pull
verified and mixed with fine, we'll rot
ted manure. A sprinkling of leaf
mould viii help tighten it.
On hill so prepared from ten to
fifteen seeds may be sown. 1t should
be thinned to four or five vines when
danger of insects is over. 1t is good
plan to start the seed in hot bed.
using fresh sod cut into 6-inch pieces,
placing them grass side down in the
hot bed and sowing eight to ten seed
in each piece. Cover with two
inches of light soil When danger of
frost is over these sods may be care
fully lifted and set in the prepared
hills The plants usually grow with
out check and bear fruit from two
to four weeks ahead Of those grown
in the open.
Hardy chrysanthemums-
Chrysanthemums Of the "pompon"
type, of which each plant produces
from forty to one hundred blooms, an
inch or two across, are many of them
sufficiently hardy to be left out all
winter in central and southern lati-
tudes. The blooms often remain In
good condition until long after
Thanksgiving.
These plants are the most cap
able of resisting frost of any garden
herbs. Their peculiar merit is in
blooming long after successive frosts
have denuded the landscape. Their
vivid colors are so unlike anything
else at that season that they are in
despensible in the carefully made
garden.
The flowers are not ruined until
their petals have been wet and frozen
stiff. The plants are necessarily
used for mass effects as great size is
not to be expected Masses of red
and masses of brown side by side
make a striking combination Grim
son and pink varieties should be kept
by themselves because their colors are
variable and they make violent con
trast with the yellow.
The culture of hardy chrysanthe-
NUNS is simple. They need little
care and can be planted in any situa-
ton. so that the soil is rich. They
are best propagated from cuttings
which should be made at any time
from October to May. The cuttings
may be obtained from any florist.
They should be inserted singiy in pots
or sandy soil and as soon as they are
rooted they should be put in separate
pots or set outdoors in their perman-
ent location.