The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-06-16

that come latcr Will not make potatoes.
Would be glad To have your experience
on this matter. How late can ] set and
hope TO make marketable potatoesT
In your section you can make fairly
good potatoes set the last of June. In
North Carolina | have made good po-
tatoes from cuttings Of the vines set
IN July. Now. in regard To the late
plants from the bed. | cannot say from
experience. for have always had an
abundance Of plants from the first and
second drawing But have sold the
later ones and never heard any com
plant Of their not making good pota-
toes. and believe that they VIII. You
can make the best Of small potatoes
for the next spring bedding by making
cuttings Of the vines in early August
about ward long coil these around
your hand and set the whole coil in
the hin with only the tip exposed. and
You VIII got Il billfull Of small pota
toes that VIII make the best bedding
roots for the next spring. and viii
Keep more easily in winter than the
earlier ones. and In this way. too. by
using cuttings from perfectly healthy
plants. you can keep rid of the rot to
great extent.
Pen Aphides.
Ny sweet peas are covered with
green lice. What shall I do TO destroy
them This IS tho same aphis that
destroys tho garden peas. and after
th"y get numerous they are hard TO
get rid OF Spray the plants at once
with strong decocton of tobacco
made by boiling tobacco stems. Spray
both sides OF the row well. and you
Viii destroy most OF them Then in
another season in planting peas Of any
sort. put tobacco stems literally IN the
iurrpw. and mulch the plants on top
tho ground with tobacco stems. and
tina, wiil prevent the aphides. Plants
that are now covered with the lice VIII
"a
what is done.
Lettuce Running to Seed.
II planted TWO beds in big i3oston
lettuce for plants from seed all sown
same time and in soil fcrtiiized alike.
one bed ran to seed and the other
headed we'll. The one that went TO
seed were the largest plants. but the
soil was not 80 deeply prepared. rs
II was after onions. ana the weeds were
only shaved off The bed THAT headed
Was deeply broken and planted with
tic smaller plants What made the
difference| You have about told il.
The plants on the poorly prepared soil
were checked IN growth by the dry
weather. and any check in growth
throws plants into blooming untimciy.
Then. too. ovcrgrown lettuce plants
will holt t. seed moro readily than
smaller ones and that the plants
of the big BOSTON that are wintcrci
over from fall-sown seed always run
sown seed. nd Il the fan -sown plants
do not have weather conditions for
carly heading. they are apt TO run TO
seed instead II making any good
heads Tho big Boston runs 10 seed
more quickly as the weather gets warm
than other varieties j; is all right
for heading in tho frames in winter
and carly spring under glass. but 70:
heading outside Hud that The Han
son and tn" Wonderful are far better
head OF any lettuce, have known
heads 10 weigh four rounds II is
known about Raleigh y -, as shell
lem from the name Of an English
gardener who brought II there Shell
lom or wonderful lettuce can be soyn
III late September, and the plants set
IN open burrows ar a winter protection,
aud they usually winter we'll and VIII
head Well Another thing in regard 20
heading lettuce is that the SOIL must
hc fairly stuffed with old rotten ma
nurc ard then top dressed in spri9c
with nitrate OF soda to hurry il along.
The dry spell this spring WAS largely
tho cause ~ lettuce holting 10 seed.
Where irrigation can be practiced the
holting can be largely avoided
Oak ShnNinGs.
IT compost oak shavings with lime
and ashes and some salt III alternate
LAYERS and le, them rot till time TO
plant late potatoes. will they not make
hut | get a letter from some one ask
ink about the value Of shavings or saw
dust rs manure These writer's fail to
realize that sewdust and shavings are
simply wood and that oak wood cs-
pecially takes q long time 10 rot. ana
when rotten 1t Is simply little or
canic matter .: no very great value.
Lime and ashes spread on the soil
VIII help through the lime swecten-
ing the soil. out salt is az m value at
all rs a fertilizer. ard If YOU made the
mixture the shav;ngs would not be
rottcd in time 10 plant late potatoes,
and YOU would have only the lime,
ashes and salt. Then, too. the potato
crop will grow more free from sea y
ii the soil is slightly acid. and the
effect Of til I'm" and ashes would be
to swccten tho soi. and make the sea D
fungus thrive more. would never
use lime or ashes on potatoes. eSpc-
ciaily in land where there is already
tendency To scah in the potatoes
The shavings burned will make ashes
that arc of value for other crops. and
the only sensible thing TO do with al
accumulation OF wood sawdust or
shavings is 10 burn them and use the
ashes. And yet ii seems very hard to
make people understand that neither
of these materials is worth handling
as Il manure.
Cucumber beetles.
What shall dc for the little black
and yellow striped bugs that destroy
tho cucumbcrs and melons as fast as
they come upT' Anything Of dusty
on bad-smclling nature kept busted
over the plants as they appear above
ground VIII prevent these. ! have
used fine bone -four with good results.
and helped the plants ut tn: same
time. Air slakcd lime in which a few
drops OF carbolic acid are mixed is
also good to dust over the plants. In
fact any fine dust will make it hard
for the beetles These are what ento-
mologists Know diabrotica vittata.
and there is another form that often
does damage later This is the twelve
spotted diabrotica. having twelve rlaci<
spots on its yellow wing covers.
Spraying with lead arscnate will do
stroy them. but if the plants arc kept
busted over till the rough leaves are
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