The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-19


not over so degrees. You are in the
| lower Piedmont or midland section.
! with a comparatively mild climate The
| room you mention should be good
! place to store the potatoes II you
manage it right Put the crates Of po-
| tatoes so that there Will be free cir
| culation of air all among them. Then,
with the windows open, have stove
to raise curing heat as I have men
toned till the potatoes show that they
have dried off. Then close the windows
and darken them, and watch the tenn
pcrature during the winter, and If
YOU can maintain n temperature of
from 40 to so degrees without fire
heat II Will be all right But the i'm
portant point is to not allow them to
get chilled when sweating after stor-
ing. With their curing houses, our
growers here can watch the markets,
and ship as indicated by prices You
are growing for a large school and
only need to be sure to keep them
There may be times in winter when
there is warm and muEgy weather.
and the vcntilating windows may need
to be opened, but this will be seldom
with you Once get the potatoes we'll
cured and not chilled when stored and
the keeping is easy. but If they have
too low temperature when first
stored and arc sweating. there will be
trouble. Therefore. it is always bet
ter to have heating apparatus
Fertilizer for Glover.
Does it pay to use commercial fer
filters on crimson clover and IL SO
what sort?" You are in the Piedmont
country. and II your land is red clay
It will pay to use acid phosphate liber-
ally on the clover. and If your land is
gray or sandy, 1 would mix with 1t
some muriatc OF potash. Say 400
pounds Of acid phosphate and twenty
pounds of muriate of potash an acre.
1t is more profitable. If the future of
the soil is taken into consideration, to
fcrtilze the crops that feed the soil
and the stock, literally with the ma
terials they especially need If your
land is acid, you cannot expect good
results from sowing clover seed. Lime
should be used to correct the acIdity
and make II congenial to the clover
bacteria.
Fall Garden Notes
/ made my first sowing Of the Big
Boston lettuce August 5. These plants
] expect to transplant into rows six
teen inches apart and eight inches in
the rows, and hope to head them be-
fore hard frost About the 10Th of
this month i expect to make the first
sowing of spinach, using the round
seeded Savoy seed These, too, will
be IN rows sixteen inches apart. and
Will be MANFRED we'll with rotted
street sweopings and high grade
commercial fertilizer added. This SOW
ing is for the fall cutting, and will
last till near Christmas
Leeks have been transplanted into
open burrows. and these. too. will get.
rs they grow, a heavy mulch OF the
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deeply in the burrows, and the soil
Will be worked into them as ther
grow, for we want them to make long
and strong white shanks for winter
use.
My first sowing OF Danvcrs Carrots
made a very poor stand In the dry
weather. but I can still grow carrots
by sowing seed OF the Early French
Horn carrot, that. grows almost as
quickly n radish
In the flower garden the first OF the
oulbs to be planted is the Candidum
lily, the old Annunciation or Madonna
lily. Late August is the best time to
plant these, as they must make a green
roseite OF leaves for the winter In
order that they may bloom we'll next
summer, I plant these by the thous-
and. rs they are commercial matter
with me. and we make as good bulbs
in our sandy soil as are imported from
France. and the cut flowers are easily
shipped in summer The wholesale
dealers have taken all my first class
bulbs. and I am planting the smaller
ones to develop for another season.
or the fall planting OF bulbs I viii
have something to say later
About the last Of August, seed of the
PhloX Drummondii can be sown. and
VIII make nice plants that will winter
| easily. and Will bloom n great deal
earlier than seed sown In the spring
nave some still blooming finely from
seed sown last summer.
One OF the finest climbing vines for
the porch In summer is the new Cardi-
nal Climber This is n cross between
the cypress vine and the scarlet Morn
ing Glory. 1t has finely cut leaves and
scarlet flowers larger than either par-
ent Last winter started some in
the greenhouse and pottcd them and
/ set mem out IN the spring Later ]
got more seed and planted them in the
| open ground. These have beaten tho
! coddlcd plants and have climbed fully
! hiteen feet. while the grcenhousc-
I grown plants are still hut two or three
I ttet tall fhe pretty foliage and the
/ rampant growth covered with bright
I scarlet flowers make n combination
that Is very attractive and advise
all our lady friends to get the Cardi
nal Climber Unlike others OF the
Morning Glory family. II is a very shy
seed maker and the seed are still
rather expensive. am hoping to ripen
some this summer
one OF the most attractive summer
blooming vines is the Chinese Trumnct
vine. nave one, grated on our wild
trumpet vine. and it makes great
masses Of large. orange colored flowers
"hcn there are few other flowers in
INC shrubhery. 1t can he trained 10
stake with single stem and make
beautiful weeping tree that Will he
n great show in July.
no" 10 the time to SOW seed Of PAN
sles ana double hollyhocks. I SOW tho
pansy seed in shallow boxes. and as
soon as large enough transplan,
Nom mt" beds for winterinG and
spring blooming. some others sot
N frame and protect with sashos
or blooming in late winter and early
Sprlhg. But the rlanta ,isuolI, ut, .