Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1908-08-05
CAN BE RAISED IN THE CELLAR
AFTER SEASON OUT OF
DOORS is OVER.
1T is EASY ENOUGH TO RAISE
A LOT OF TENDER
SHOOTS.

have rhubard plants which have sup
piled you in the spring, here is a
plan by which they can be made to
furnish crop OF tender shoots in
the winter, when the PIES and sauce
are most welcome. Rapid growth Is
| essential to insure tenderness of the
rhubarb. The best can be raised in
the winter, warm cellar being the
only requisite for forcing it. The
roots of the plants should be dug up
late in the fall with large quantities
of dirt adhering to them. These
chunks of earth containing the roots
may be piled up outdoors until mid
winter, when they should be carried
into the cellar and placed in a bed
prepared in the earthen floor The
chunks of earth should be laid close
together in rich, moist earth and
covered to a depth of four to six
| inches.
Growth soon starts. Light is not a
requisite. In a short time the rhu-
barb will be ready for the table. The
shoots will be almost Colorless and
remarkably tender and palatable. A
small bed containing only half doz-
en- Well-deyeloped hills will be sufti-
Gent to supply a family for several
weeks. Roots send up a large num-
| Der Of shoots and exhaust themselves
| in about four weeks. For an addi-
tional supply roots should be planted
at intervals of two or three weeks.
Growing Sweet Potatoes.
The sweet potato is at least one
| third more nourish.ng than the Irish
potato and outyields the latter with
only a little more care No bugs
bother the vine. In southern states
it is staple and in the northern
states it should be.
Good garden soil, not over rich and
trifie sandy, makes the ideal spo5
for the plants. Prepare the ground
next November for the spring of 1909
by blowing it deep; in the spring as
soon as the frost is out of the ground
and the latter is Cry, it should be
thoroughly borrowed.
While it is customary 10 rIdge the
| ground and pant in the ridges many
successful growers plant on the level
Set the plants in rows three and a
half feet apart and about fifteen
inches apart in the rows, using a lit
the water with each plant if the soil
is dry. If the ground has become
compact from successive rains before
planting time it should be ploWed
again. The best time to set out
plants is on rainy day or just be
fore rain. Young plants can DC
bought from dealers at moderate
prices. They should be three and {
quarter to four inches long, with gooG
roots and few leaves.
The season has a great deal to d.
with the quality of the crop. IL
extremely wet weather the quality l;
not as good as when rains are less FIRE
quent and not heavy.
Hardy PhIox.
Phlox peniculata, the tall perennial
phlox of which there are SO many ad
mirable varieties in cultivation anC
. which is becoming SO popular, is /
native flower found growing wild il
many states and generally in rock!
places. The many beautiful forms
Of the species in cultivation nov
: have been obtained by LIBERALIZATION
: and selection. The plants begin t.
flower about the end of July and con
: tinue until autumn. There are s.
t many kinds listed it is puzzle to III
beginner to choose. They are mos
! effective for herbaceous borders an
: many are so tall they can be USED a
background in masses of one color
: They succeed well in almost an
: soil or position, but must be KEEP
well watered during the hot weathe
] or they will lose their lower leave
. and present a wilted appearance. TIL
clumps should be lifted, divided an
reset every two years. Plenty c
T fertilizer is needed, a mulch of m:
nure about the roots in summer BIN
very beneficial. The old stem
should be removed in the fall afte
Towering. Pure white and Iigt
pink varieties are fine for cut flow
, ers.
5 To increase stock of choice varietie
: take the small side shoots, insert
$ sand and keep in a moist and shat
;. ed place until roots are forme;
When the slips are well rooted the
can be planted and many will prt
duce flowers the same season. Seed
produce inferior flowers in mos
cases.
Polyantha Roses.
A recently introduced rose tha
will have many admirers is Clothild
Soupert, a dwarf polyantha, which
quite hardy and at the same time is
free and continuous bloomer. TIL
= flowers are Of a medium size, f1es
color with a rosy center, we'll formet
The plant is vigorous, erect, quit