The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-02

'"''e'' have yellow spots
and stop growing. Now they turn
yehow on one side and soon die" II
is evident that your soil has gotten in.
fected with the F'usarium blight. and
there is nothing that you can do that
Vii save ca bbaScs in that soil Bet
ter plant your cabbages. kale and SINH
lar crops elsewhere, and never plant
caobages In the same ground twice
IN succession This disease has be.
come very common in summer cabbages
In all the warmer sections and south
ward 1t rarely attacks early cabba &c
mat heads In spring. but always makes
It's appearance about midsummer If
you want early cabbares YOU must
so" the seed in September and set
them in November or October in fur
rows running east and west as a shell
Ter from the cold, and they Will head
well in spring
Glover and strawberries I'm Caroline
County.
u have about forty acres Of heavy
clay loan. on which there Is good
stand Of cowpeas sown carly In May
intend TO cut the peas next month
and COW crimson clover TO turn under
for corn in the spring Will Il do TO
simply disk the land after cutting the
peas and before sowing the clover? 1
have bed of strawberries for home
with such poor success that now the
plants are close all over the ground
wish TO get them IN eingle rows
What t!ne OF the year is best for
ransplanting7 do not wish 10 lose
the crop next year II II can be avoid
cd
After moving the peas simple
dlskiHg o; the surface is all that will
be needed for sowing the clover seed.
and roll tho land after sowing to In
sure termination. Now as to straw
berries. The matted row method IS
all right i you Keep them ia the rows
and cultivate clean, and do not allow
them to root all over the ground
Then you should plant new bed
every fall and break up tho old one
after The second crop has been gath
cred II does not pay to keep an old
matted and wee6y strawberry bed. and
IL IS so easy to set new once In late
October or November YOU seem TO
think that you can trans plant the whole
OF this bed The only plants worth
planting are The runners that root
this summer. The old plants are not
worth moving. IN fact. it would prob
Ably he better 10 simply Let the old
setting in tho fall Where live We
Ind that November IS the best time
70 set the plant Set early IN that
month. they viii make partial crop
The next spring and full crop the
following spring. and by having an
other setting coming Ia. the old one
can then be turned under for some
late garden crop Grown in this way
and well :ertilized and cieanly cult
waited, there will he no trouble In the
matted rows. For my own garden |
take un the young runners as soon as
they have made roots abou, an inch
long and plant them IN three-!nch
flower pots and pack these closely to-
gether in a hotbcd frame. and shade
wiki lath screens They soon III the
pots with roots. and !n the fall can
be turned out without disturbing the
roots and these Will give a good crop
tn. next spring.
IN fact | have sown seed Of straw
berries In boxes III the greenhouse as
early as could get come from the ripe
fruit and ported tho little plants and
by fail had very strong plants. which
were set out and every ono gave 4
full crop In the spring. or less than
n wear from sowing the seed. You can
buy potted plants row and set them
and have a good CROP next spring
from them.
Colorado Hcetles
From Surry County: Il have been
reading with 4 great deal OF iuterc 81
your hints on farming in The Times
Dispatch | planted my la,e potatoes
about the 18th OF July. and they are
coming IN. Please tell me- what to
do 10 get rid OF the hard SHELL beetles