The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1913-01-24
Friday. January a. 1918.


Garden seed orders should soon
be sent to the secdsmen. Il Is poo,
policy to delay the purchase o.
seeds until planting time. First.
because late ia the season work Il
too pressing TO take time to decide
what is best to get. and II Is always
essential that some Of our seeds b.
sown within the next month or 70
With all the reliable seed cata'
logs coming to hand At this time o.
year, we can usually pick . good
selection Of garden seeds which
will 90 q long way toward making
our next years garden activities .
success.
We should be careful not to let
the overdrawn pictures and descrip
tons in the catalogs lead rs to *
lcct lot OF untried novelties 10 thu
place OF tried out, STANDARD varie.
ties that are known to be satisfac-
tory. II may be that the writer IL
Somewhat prejudiced. but we have
come to make . practice Of throw.
ing in the waste BASKET all thoss
catalogs that widely overdraw thu
descriptions Of plants beyond VIVA,
we know 10 be possibilities. An
other class Of seedsmen that w
always strike Of our list are thoss
who offer something for nothing
We know that II Is much cheaper
in the end TO pay fair price 70,
seeds and get what we want than
to either buy seeds at bargain lot.
or accept free seeds that are dis.
tributed by the government. IN
either case we are tempted to plan,
something that We do not want.
and that IL in the long run expen.
siye and. to say the least. unsatis-
factory. 80
The best plan Is to study GU,
catalogs and decide between those
reliable firms which have the varie-
ties Of the different species Of vege-
tables and fruits which we think
are best adapted to our conditions
More gardens come to grief through
the Encouragement Of the gardener
having been led to try some start.
ling new discovery in varieties that
are being sold At high prices than
in any other way. The scheme Of
the Inscriptions and even the
honest scotsman. to make his hes,
money, easy. Is each year to intro.
duce some novelty which may b.
sold At two or three times the price
Of the standard varieties. For in
stance, you will find in . nursery
catalog Concord grape vines sold
at from 4 to 10 cents Q piece. de.
pending upon circumstances. In
the same catalog you will usually
find lithagraph picture and flow.
cry description Of some new grape
that is very. very much superior to
the old standard variety. This is
probably sold at from so cents to
$I.oo q plant. II we try these
grapes out. side by side. ia nine
cases out Of ten we will find tina,
the old standard variety Is hardy.
prolific. Of good quality and desir.
able IN every way, and that the
new. high.priced plant Is either
tender. unproductive or Of poor
quality. This Ii the history tina,
repeats itself every year. For u
we care to investigate the matter
we will find that there are many
varieties Of every specie Of fruit
and vegetable being sold const antly
at high price that are 10 few
years discarded and forgotten.
Another trick Of the trade 10 10
bring out some old standard variety
under . new description and . new
name. and sell at . high price.
We do mot wish to discourage
the trial OF these novelties and new
introductious. a. We find some OF
them desirable. and We believe that
every one Who gardens for the love
of the work or cares to improve on
present conditions should Try out
10 . small way those uew varieties
Inst ssea promising. if II b. done
u - espesi0estal way rnlhes than
- 1spend On them Tor q seandasd
crop.
o. important fact 10 selecsiae
~ eeed fos the gardea shculd
nlWoys ~ home Ia mind. TIE
Inestee gasdeoes selects those vari.
1lIoe Wiki bseanss Of high yield-
~ oua1IlIeo q Extremely easlluess
- 1uofeakoe - the market. bus
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