The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-22

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sESY.ssssts ssx,A ttssSsSd one establishment
<sa'ss-t,-i.zi-SR snsa51I II North Carolina
W H. Mheaey. using the Skinner
system where they pump directly into
tho main pipe by steam power But
IL mas always seemed 70 me that this
ts great waste OF power. 1t would
take Tar less To pump the water into
an elevated tank on the spot, and let
that give the pressure needed. II takes
great deal OF fuel TO make steam
enough 10 overcome tho friction in
iong lines OF piping. while II takes
little to elevate the wnter directly into
tank elevated enough TO give a nat
E ural pressure. y small gasolene engine
VIII DO this. while il takes Il powerful
engine TO pump through all tho piping
oyer a considerable area. Whether IL
VIII pay for a grower OF vegetables 10
install this system Will, Of course. de-
pend on the amount OF his product
and the demand OF his market There
is no doubt that IL VIII make him In
dependent OF the seasons. and II he
has q good trade he should use this
or some other artificial means for
~nrding off the droughts that now
seem TO come every summer. shall
install II Ia my garden merely for
home use. having the city water pres
sure behind me.
Growing Carnations.
Il am greatly Interested In what you
write on general farm topics, and as
you seem TO DO familiar. too. with the
garden and flowers. would like TO
have come Information III regard TO
growing carnations, both IN open
ground and In the greenhouse. II
raised in tho open ground how Ion e
after planting Will they bloom, and
can they nc LEFT outdoors in winter
without injury How arc they pruned
70 secure the larges, fowers?"
There are two methods used by
hor'sts in the growing OF carnations.
The plants rooted from cuttings IN
winter ar" planted IN the open ground
and cultivated during tho summer.
These are lfted ia the carly fall and
planted on The benchce Ia tho green
llorse. Others plant tho young plants
~ once on the greenhouse benches
and grow them there all summer.
slightly shading the glass and Civ
ing free ventilation. The plants grown
III tho open ground Will begin 10 bloom
there in tho late summer and fall. but
florists generally do not care 10 have
,nsm bloom TN taken inside Various
binds OF wire supports are uxcd for
the Towering stems Several buds
FORM on each stem. but they are all
taken out but the principal one Varie-
tics with long stiff stems are the kinds
half hardy but viii not stand our
winter usually With much success
There Is a variety called the Mar
ruerite carnatlon. which Is perfect
y hardy perennial. These are grown
from seed sown IN tho late sum nItsr,
ana they VIII bloom the following sum
mer. and every summer for years
have border or Marguerite carn1.
lions that has made wonderful dis
play ~ flowers every spring and sum
MGR FOR years The flowers are very
sweet bu, not 50 large as the green
house carnations. II YOU grow thc
greenhouse carnations merely 70,
bloom outside YOU VIII have poor sue
cees as a rule. They need cool
greenhouse or one not over so degrees
1T night. and need The services OF a
man skilled In carnation culture, and
an amateur VIII be some time learning
how TO handle them Ia advantage
t'lorists pinch OUT all flower buds tina;
appear on the plants grown outside
50 that they can have strong plants
Tor blooming when the towers are
worth moro money You can get full
Instructions II you get Taft's Green
house Management" from the Orange
Judd Co. OF New York City. II YOU
have plenty or plants outside and .
demand for flowers in the early fall
YOU can allow them TO bloom after the
tho greenhouse had then better be pu,
inside
Improving n Young apple Orchard.
From the far-away Philippines
comes a letter, which the writer failed
TO sign, asking how to improve and
caro- for young apple orchard in
Patrick County, Va. Tho writer says
that lie reads my columns in The
Times Dispatch, and would like Il per
soual reply FOR which ne sends Phil
ippne stamps, that would probably not
DC honored at my post office, and rs
lie fails to sign his name, | cannot OF
course, write 10 him Il had the or
chard sown in peas and fertiliZcd this
season, with instructions TO pillow them
under at tho proper time. what shali
/ do With the land for the next three
years? I am clearing some land adj
joining the orchard to plant out more
trees this fall This land is poor
What should be done with II to make
1t fertile" You do not say when the
peas were sown in the orchard. The
important thing With young orchard
Is 10 cultivate il we'll during the early
part OF the season till the wood grow tn
of the season Is made, and then SOW
peas or clover. Some low growing
crop like earl. potatoes can be grown
in the early stages OF the orchard, but
the land should not be sown early in
inc season. ABOUT mo lrSI week III
.iuly in Patrick YOU can SOW crimson
clover in the orchard. and ii viii re-
main as a winter cover. and 10 turn
under in bloom IN the spring for tho
benefit OF the land Sowing peas nj
that time in the mountain country
would make it rather late TO get in
the clover. RUt YOU could SOW peas
and turn them under when fairly ma
turc. and then sow rye AS a winter
cover. Use acid phosphate literally on
the peas. Keep growing peas and
clover or rye in order to accumulate
humus material in the soil. and by Yer
tilizng we'll annuallJ get 4 strong
growth on tho trees Then, when the
trees have developed to q size and age
when they should be fruiting, seed the
orchard down TO grass, and NOW ii
several times during the summer and
use the cut grass as mulch, but do
not make q hay field or Il pasture OF
tho orchard. You need to make d
strong growth in the young trees, and
when they are we'll developed, check