The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-16
urc. and we will have to depend ON
the Imported seed this fall mainly.
Curing Bright Tobacco.

Curing Bright Tobacco.
II am growing some Ornoco tobacco.
and intend to nue-cure It, and would
like directions that will help one who
has had no experience in this kind Of
curing" I would like to help you.
but do not believe that any one ever
learned hue- curing from directions. |
have grown the fuc-cured tobacco and
could tell you III Il general way how il
is done. But the actual details can
only be learned on the spot, with an
expert TO show you. An expert curcr
viii never treat every harmful in the
same way. for the condition of the
leaves varies as the season advances,
and each harmful may have TO have
different treatment. I do not know any
way for one 10 learn to nuc-cure to-
bacco. but to employ an expert and stay
with Him and learn how 10 vary the
heat according to the condition Of the
leaves
There are some things that can
hardly be learned from any written
directions. For instance. can grow
mushrooms with ease and certainty.
and | can tell you just now to grow
mushrooms. And yet never knew
AN inexperienced gardener TO succeed
with the crop the FIRST attempt with
printed instructions. He will be sure
To omit something that scems trih!ng
10 him. and VIII not get the crop. But
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ind that 1t is a very easy thing to
grow mushrooms And it is the same
with fluc-curinK tobacco. You may
take the most minuteIy written direc-
tiOns. and try to follow them. and Will
make a poor cure. and YOU can learn
more On one harmful from an expert
than the same expert could teach you
in writing. There are some things
that can only be learned BY doing
them.
New Mineral Fertilizer.
Il send you tho card OF the new
mineral fertilizer. and would Ike TO
have your opinion TO It's value?'
According TO the statements on this
card this new mineral fertilizer ig won
dcrtul. They say that II is all plant
food but notice in the analysis they
give that nearly 10 per cent OF II Is
silica and alumnia sand and clay, and
while pure sand and pure clay may
they are already plentiful enough and
We do not need to buy them. Then
they say II does not burn the seed
Doubtless 1t viii not. FOR there is very
little soluble matter in IL. Then IL dis
courages Insects Doubtless they would
starve on It, There is a lot Of this
sort Of talk But admitting that the
analysis they offer is correct, il seems
TO he sort Of mari, and possibly may
be worth 60 q ton. while the price is
stated TO be s2i These parties may
honestly think the mari Is worth tho
money. but all the same | would not
buy II and pay freight from Florida
on II At a tenth OF the price. when
better mari can be had down on the
Pamunkey and in many other parts Of
Tidewatcr Virginia.
Young Apple Trees the First Season.
In the lower valley Many trees
were planted here last fall and spring
headed back and the buds rubbed OF
except those for the future head
hotlc. that many are rubbing OF the
shoots, while In the dry weather the
young trees have made very little
foliage Is not this wrong. and will it
not check the trees to remove any
foliage in summer?''
During the first summer after plant
Ing AN apple tree would allow il TO
make all the growth IL Will, no matter
where II comes on the trees Remcm-
her, as | have before said that roots
are dependent on the foliage for their
development Roots are the product Of
stems not stems OF roots During the
nrst season o: a young tree we need
10 get as strong a root DEVELOPMENT as
possible. The only way that any green
!e"Ncd plant can get carbon is through
the action OF the green matter in the
leaves, breaking up the combination OF
carbon and oxygen In the air. and taxi
inS the carbon and setting free the
oxygen. with TINS carbon combining
with materials from the soil, the living
matter OF the tree makes cell walls
ana growth both OF top and roots. and
the more leaves We have the more roots
the tree Will make. No matter II a
good deal OF the growth the FIRST sea-
son Is IN suckers AT the base, let them
alone till the dormant season, for they
are helping in the DEVELOPMENT of the
root system. Then in the dormant sea-
son we can remove the surplus growth
and the greater roots area Will be able
10 furnish more food for the remaining
shoots the next season II is we'll TO
remember that pruning tree in the
dormant season promotes growth. while
pruning III the growing season checks
IL The only time to prune in sum-
ner Is in the case Of q tree that has
too !uXuriant growth and is slow in
coming into fruit. We prune TO check
this extra growth. and 10 throw IL into
making fruit spurs. But IN the newly
planted tree we need 10 keep every
healthy leaf in operation AL summer.
Prune in fall and winter TO encourage
and direct growth. and let the young