The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-28


blighted. ] have been spraying with
Kerosene emulsion to destroy tho flea
beetles. What Is the matter" You
sprayed when the vines We're In bloom
and tho damage has been done by the
spraying. Never spray grape vine
when in bloom but always before and
after.
LcGumes aud Fertilizer.
II am sowing peas TO make a hay
crop. and have put acid phosphate and
potash on the land. Would It not i'm
prove the growth after they start TO
apply dressing Of nitrate OF soda,
say 100 pounds an acre." Doubtless
you would get greatly increased
growth, but the peas will not then
do as much for the soil as they will
without It. The peas can get the nj
rogen they need from the air. but IL
you give them a readily available sup
ply OF nitrogen as In nitrate Of soda.
they VIII use that and will not get
the nitrogen from the air. and you will
simply have wasted the nitrate Peas
and clover need liberal applications OF
acid phosphate and potash. but II you
want them TO get the nitrogen tor you
free. then let them do It. and do not
make them lazy by supplying the nj
trogen In the soil. They do not need
II II they have plenty Of the mineral
plant foods at hand. This getting
nitrogen from the air is the greatest
value that the legume crops have for
the farmer. as they save him the eX
pensc OF buying nitrogen that they
will furnish him without cost. DO not
waste heterogeneous fertilizer on the
peas and clover
Sweet Glover.
II have catalogue that says that
sweet clover will make more growth
10 plow under than any other legume.
This catalogue is from the North, and
would like TO know II the sweet
clover is valuable here?" AS a crop 10
turn under the sweet clover. rnelilotus
alba. has some value. AS forage
crop. I have never found any stock
that would eat il till compelled to by
hunger. II makes a heavy growth. es-
pccially on limestone soils. but in the
south we have many other legumcs
that ! consider superior 10 the melilo-
tus. IL has one value. and this is that
IT VIII inoculate the land for alfalfa
In its early growth Ii looks very much
like alfalfa, and carries the same bac-
terinm that alfalfa carries. 1t is what
is called biennial plant, that is. IL
takes two years TO complete It's growth
and make seed ] had rather depend
on peas and crimson clover as forage
plants and soil improvers.
Pench Orchard.
What kind of grass Is best to SOW
in peach orchard?" None at all. The
peach is short-lived tree at pest. and
should be regularly cultivated every
season until July. and then sown 10
peas or crimson clover as a crop to
turn under for the benefit OF the trees
while the orchard Is young you can
grow some lowgrowing vegetable
crops. or. as they do in the large or
chards in Georgia, plant canteloupes.
But cultivation Is essential In the
early part OF the summer. but should
cease by July for the trees to ripen
the growth they have made. sod is
all right in an orchard of apples or
pears provided II is there for the trees
and not for hay or pasture but is
mown, and the grass left on the land
as mulch. And even an apple or
chard should be cultivated clean dur
ing its early growth. in order to get
q rapid and good development of the
trees. But rapid growth is not con-
ouciVe to early fruitinG. and when the
trees have delevoped to q bearing size
the apple orchard should be nut In
grass and the grass mown several
tinles, and the cnt grass spread under
the trees az mulch. Then topdress
the grass and keep It thriving, and
the trees too. The only animal that
should be allowed in an orchard is
hosS win noses hinged TO prevent
roofing, SO that they will get up the
fallen wormy fruit. In an orchard
either Of peaches or apples or any
other fruit. devote the land to the pro-
auction of fruit and not for hay
making or pasture.
Garden Notes
III all our readers have been as un-
fortunate as we have been. June will
nave to largely take the place OF May
Tor here the freeze of the night of
May II cleaned up all tender things.
My early Irish potatoes were blooming.
nut they we're blackened down. Beans
an killed: and even the grape vines
look as though fire had gone through
them. for all the young growth and
bloom are killed. We. therefore, have
to start over. Fortunately I went out
Sunday night and by the light OF the
young moon sheweled the earth over
my tomato plants and saved them.
and ALWAYS keen ho