The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-12-03
"Wednesday.
December :. 1913.
itydramEeus In the
Omen .rniInI.


NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Open Ground.
e aa$J Il bought - largo
Sf$Ff-- :,rS stHg3 hydraugca several
iFSD, f7rS- va years ago in full
l2M y ~ n LIN bloom. The Tow
g%3tSsttl tYxao 81 ers were pink in
tEsS53p 1EssrsC sas8AS color ] planted u
INA & t.yGa WI on my lawn, nud II
sEI1t H.: " "a has done very well.
]. J. !. !. !. ]. + +. !.
fgS2, a. 49,, A and has grown 10 a
tHffra$Szt $grfsrrss{sf3i1 large size, but IL
fEtS]14slnsTI5yiSl sgs1 ia' never mado
FfSSf .ssSi 5e 3x,sxfH&al pink flowers head
tiys5s,. <t5:at9s sS&&1Ss siucu J planted IL.
sS$ySfY2dss ~asy TSH1s Every summer IL
,Sfs.fMI4sfA lsr-sysS yi1a} blooms. hut the
ssss''sFs sNNezt te ISs1t flowers have all
W. F. Massey. come blue In color.
.'.ts YOU ten mo why this ia?
i can tell you that IT Is a fact in the
oNpuricncc 81 every ono VINO has plant
"a The old hydrangca hortensia out
'loors. 1t always makes blue flowers
an the open ground. once had large
masses of them on lawn. and they
nado blue flowers i haze taken cut
tugu from thcAc Same plants ana
grown them so pots n the greenhouse,
itn0 The nOwcTs were pink in color.
%o". why they tntu blue III the open
hround ] 10 not know. and DO not
iaiuk any one knows "o simply
snow thai thcy do. and that liz all We
"now about IT, -omo nave notion
mat 81 IS the iron IN the soil Eut
Like some Of tile Same soil aud put the
liant IN . i.pwet 20; under glass. ANA
b. win MAKE Yink howcrs Tficro are
some thiugs we hnow. but do not UNI
lergtard.
Tomato Rot.
Nj tomatoes rottsd badly this yeGr
at Tho blossom end ! would like TO
Nuow what [ can do to prevent this
another season Tho heat way TO
prevent this Tip rot Is 20 have regular
aims. or To irIiGatc IN dry weather. II
is not one OF the iota caused by FUN
gus disease but Is tho result OF in
tease dry weather when tho fruit is
maturing. YOU VIII nave no tip rot
~ any consequence when the weather
j. perfectly favorable. Or where you
irrignte tho crop completely. spray
ms tomatoes with Bordeaux mixture
Is. essential - Keeping the foliage
perfect and preventing the fungus rots.
hu, spraying Will not stop tho tip rot
lu dry weather, and n IS always wors"
ir e. dry sandy soil than in Il heavy,
icain that retains moisture bettcr.
noving an Old Asparagus Rcd.
J need TIL" ground now occupied By
ut ASPARAGUS hcd Tor another purpose
ine bed - about eight years OLD. can
tax" these roots Lp and move them
20 4, ucw piace yucc.ssfU!ly:' Aspara-
tdr '> Pi'lly mara To- XIII and sup
p"so that these old roots might get TO
rs $500 "''s' F" me y trans
''"n''' i@"i Gun '"Ne INC secd next
P,'"' IN" P,"ii' ne" beH IN the way
"cSN' ID" IN 'heF'
'"''" an" peter
you can get ir use from tho old roots
f'il"i ~'ti g rcw he'd from the seed.
tel can Grow asparagus more
'iy"' &C" So"h
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lli., ,,..,., ,i., 49, '1o'.'l7
..f, v.J.,, 49,. ," -, 'te'''
rd h.;i vat a,b Ill.
aisd green food for mon, III - -.
,ut they stil! do no, iov ,oCro -.
r,,o or ,hr,a ce-. ,,t.,.. ,,a.
ping Tor fftcn -, ,,r.,,,. d.' ~, 80
tpal fed for .ro ,,rcd,,-,,,
iow much nor durI y,
This rs from a woman corrns,<.,,.i.
tun J fear She has Coma
source for Information. and t,ec,, 49,,
lrtter here tn hon. thar con- -, -.
leaders VIII give ,uo ,r.ir c,,,,,;-...
With thcsc ducks nm MO, a, ~
ah.ll,d in poultry raising or feadirc
Land P,n,trr
VIII not Land plaster be a rood
plication on clovcr?'
II was formerly used .o- tb, 49,
pose. and on some soils sho,yed 3. Go,
Eject for time. Many wears or,o M
ttrmerS up in PENNSYLVANIA fourl ~,
he2 got some good results rom nl,s.
er and more came ohou, - orno, 49,.
tercst III plaster. and thov s,ar,oJ
plas,cr mills ana the farmers uscd :,
ana came 10 the conclusion ma, n,.s
ter was tho one thing needed Ru-
after while they found that u1astcr
no longer gave them any results ana
Tic practice died out and tho mis-
went down. They found that their sou
was getting acid and then thcv ycn-
into lime with tho Same sor, of on
thusiasm that many are going int, liz
use now, and they used lime in ureo,
Quantities. remember well when T
was a college student in the Gunner
land Valley that the farmers were linn
Ing their land at the rate of 200 bushels
an acre. But they found that tho. lime
was enabling them 10 use up the plant
food in the soil. and that such heavy
application was erroneous, and now.
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