Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-07-25

The last of the early cabbages will
be ready TO harvest now. AS success
sion crops. plant celery or turnips,
or, il these have already been pro-
vided for, and there are no crops
which you wish to grow upon the
ground, clean it, removing all the
cabbage stumps, and SOW rye, GRIM
son clover or vetch; half and half
of crimson and mammoth clovers
make an excellent ground cover. They
viii add humus and nitrogen to the
soil. Turn these green crops under
in the spring.
Harvest the onions. This is done
by pulling them and allowing them
to remain on the ground until cured.
The tops are twisted off and the
onions removed to barn or shed
floor that has a good circulation of
air. For winter storage they are best
kept in shallow boxes piled one above
the other in such a way to allow a
free circulation of air among them.
Blanch the early varieties of celery
by banking them with soil Boards,
or even paper, can be used in place
of soil. These are easier, quicker and
as good in many respects
Cut the tops from the asparagus
plants late in the month. before the
seeds upon them ripen. If the seeds
are allowed to ripen and fall upon
the ground, there will be plants where
they are not wanted Burn the tops.
Cut close to the ground. The old
stubs are sure to scratch or cut you
when cutting asparagus in the spring,
if they stick up above the soil.
Make sowings of beans, radishes
and lettuce once week for fall use.
Sow spinach in cold frames for late
fall and winter use. Also SOW seeds
in the open ground late in the month
for spring use.
Spray the melons and cucumbers
with Bordeaux mixture, to prevent
injury from mildew and blight This
is absolutely necessary in most local
tiles.
Spray potatoes with Bordeaux mix
ture containing arsenate of lead, for
the bugs. Unsprayed potatoes, or
potatoes whose tops have become in
tested with blight, will not keep well
Turing the winter.
Keep all fallen fruit picked up. The
best way to do this is to have sheep
or hogs in the orchard; they will eat
the fallen ones. These fallen fruits
contain the grubs of insects, and by
killing them you lessen next years
pests.
Bag the grapes. This might have
been done earlier, but some good can
still be done by doing it now. 1t will
help to prevent fruit rot, and the
birds will not steal the fruit.
After the raspberries are through
fruiting, the old canes are taken out.
The canes made this year will pro-
duce the fruit next year. Burn the
pruning.
Strawberry plants that have been
grown all summer in pots and set in
August will bear next spring. Use
an abundance of manure in preparing
the ground, to insure good crop.
Spray the apples twice with Bor-
deaux mixture, to prevent injury
from bitter rot. Put arsenate of lead
in II, to destroy late-hatehed insects
such as the fall web worm.
Has a neighbor or friend choice
variety of fruit of which you would
like a tree? During August you can
bud it onto stocks of your own. Get
him to give you few bud sticks"
August and September are the best
two months in which to plant fruit
garden, if you have not already got
ane. Visit fruit gardens having soil
similar to yours, and test the varieties
which you find. being particular to
notice which bear the bes- crops.
Even little differences of soil and
situation will make considerable diff
ference in the crop. After you have
made these visits then make plan
of your garden and begin to get
ready to plant, for the apples, pears,
ounces and the brambles can be
planted this fall Get .-our order in
early.
Seeds of hardy perennials can still
be planted, but is getting very late.
Seeds sown in cold frames, or where
they are wanted for bloom, and care
fully protected over winter with
leaves or litter, will flower next year,
but not SO well as earlier-sown seed.
Pansies and English daisies. to be
grown in cold frames all winter, can
still be sown. They will be in flower
early next spring.
Be sure that the rhodendrons and
azeleas do not suffer from want of
water.
Keep the dead tops of perennials
removed. Dead or dying leaves give
the garden very untidy appearance
Spray lilacs with potassium sulphidt
Zone ounce to two gallons of water)
to prevent the unsightly whitish look
caused by mildew.
Nov the lawn frequently, allowing
the short clippings to remain on tho
ground; they act as mulch and will
not interfere with the lawn-mower
should the ground be suffering from
drought, water it thoroughly. Soak
it to a foot or more in depth. A small
surface watering does more harm
than good.
Many of the shrubs in the garder
can be rooted by cuttings during Au-
gust. Put them in flats filled witt
sandy soil, and when cold weather
comes store in a cool place.
August is one of the best times ir
the wear to transplant coniferous
evergreens. Should drought prevail
however, wait until it is surely
broken. To help the trees become
established, wrap them for few days
with burlap and keep it damp with
water.
Peonies that are old and crowded
n divided this month, will bloom next
spring. This is the best time of veal
10 transplant this delightful plant
but be sure the growth and bud.