Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-07-11

the peaches and plums, running fruit
and causing many fruits that other
the trees.
AS soon as the peaches have been
picked the trees should be marked for
as soon as the leaves have dropped In
the fall. 1t is n good plan to cut out
fully one-half OF the wood each year.
and the object should be to prune
away wood that has borne the proceed
ing summer-that is. to cut out tho
branches that produced peaches this
season.
Keep the peach trees pruned down
to height of not to exceed ten to
twelve feet. unless the variety is one
with an exceedingly vigorous habit Of
growth. when the height may be ff-
teen feet. Usually, however, twelve
feet is the maximum height for peach
trees.
Frequent feeding of roses during the
summer aids the growth of the plants
and at the same time increases the
size and perfection Of the blooms.
mixture of one part OF nitrate of soda
-crude-two parts Of bone meal and
FIVE parts of pulverized sheep manure.
mixed with five times it's bulk Of fine
garden soil. makes a frst-class food
for roses. The ingredients should be
thoroughly mixed and applied at the
rate of two or three handfuls directly
at the roots of the plants and worked
into the soil by means of small gar
den trowel. Fed thus at intervals Of
ten days or two weeks the roses will
make strong and vigorous growth,
especially IL they are thoroughly
watered each evening during dry sea-
sons. Applications at intervals of two
weeks. of a reliable spray solution to
keep rose beetles, aphis. etc. of the
plants will aid materially in causing
the plants to grow vigorously and put
them in condition to Withstand the
rigors Of severe winter weather il they
are properly wrapped and staked in the
late autumn.
Some form of nicotine spray solution
gives best results on roses. and sew
eral of these spraying solutions are
now made that are without the strong
ly offensive odor of the old-fashioned
tobacco stem tea. White hellebore
busted over the plants is efficacious in
combating insect pests. but has the
disadvantage of adhering to the foliage
and imparting a fioury or dusty ap-
pearance.
A Maryland gardener has discovered
that insect powder. such as is used in
fighting lice on poultry, is equally eff
ficacious in exterminating the aphis
lice and beetles that frequently ruin
melon, squash, pumpkin and cucumber
vines. The powder is applied to the
under surface of the leaves and on the
the pests with a single application,
without injuring the plants in any
way.
Catalogues and watermelons must
be fed at frequent intervals during the
summer If the finest and largest fruits
are desired. The food should be in
liquid form and should be applied d.
rectly at the roots of the plants. A
good food Is liquid manure made from
old and well rotted stable manure, the
liquid to be about the color Of strong
tea. If tablespoonful of crude
nitrate of soda is dissolved In each
gallon of the liquid even better re-
suits will be obtained. and the vines
will continue to bear fine fruits until
they are killed by frost
A handy way to apply liquid fertilizer
to melons. ETC., is to sink an empty
tin can in the soil directly at the roots
Of the plants. The can should be buried
to within an inch of its top, the top, Of
course, being removed, and half a
dozen holes should be made with a
nail in the bottom of the can. In feed
ing the plants fill the can to the top
with the liquid fertilizer. which will
flow through the holes in the bottom
and permeate the soil in which the
plants are rooted. Feeding should be
as O1ten as once week, at least, ana
twice a week will be better.
Do not neglect to SOW crimson clover,
cowpeas or some other green manure
crop on every spot in the garden that
is not in use. When the sweet corn
is given its final cultivation sow cow
peas between the rows. sowing thickly
SO as to get heavy stand. When the
corn Is gone and the stalks are re-
moved-probably in August or early
SepteEiber-turn the COW peas under
and rake or harrow in crimson clover.
The clover should make n good stand
before cold weather. should continue
growing during the winter and should
be turned under in the spring plov-
ing. Such system gives the soil two
green manure crops in n single year,
and nothing adds more to the fer
tility and filth of any soil than plow-
ing under frequent and plentiful
growths Of green manure.
Before the grapes have begun to
turn. sack as many clusters as possible.
Ordinary paper bags such as are used
by grocers are the kind to. use, select
ing sizes such as will accommodate the
clusters and allow plenty Of room.
Slip the bags over the clusters and fas-
ten them firmly in place, either by
tying or by pinning them so that bees.
Wasps. ETC., cannot get to the grapes
Clusters protected in this manner will
suffer from the attacks of the bees and
other insects. The sacks also keep dust
Off the clusters and protect them from
beating rain or possible hail, unless
the storm be except 'onally severe.
Peas as well as any kind of bush
beans excepting linas may be planted
for succession up to the middle of
August. and every gardener should so
plan his garden as to provide for sue
cessive paintings of these vegetables.
Beans may be replanted in the rows
where the early crops have grown,
without additional fertilizing. though
the use of Il small quantity of old ola tx
stable manure will insure better re-
suits. Peas. however. will hnve to be
fertilized freely, and they will also re
quire watering in drv weather. If they
are to bear we'll. While it is the gen
eral custom to SOW only the quick-ma-
turing varieties Of peas for fall crops,
the slower-growing varieties may be
used. even the old favor'te telephone,
ably, and the most sugar peas of all.
The fact that telephone peas must he
given some sort of support causes many
gardeners to shun them. This is Il mis-
take, however, AS the extra quality of
the peas more than makes up for any
additional trouble. while the Droduc-
dveness of a few rows of thrifty te,e-
phone pea vines is such rs to cause
one to wonder how the vines can find
nourishment enough to procure the
emo: nous number of big, well filled
pods.
In watering gardens. flower beds AID
lawns. h.,n- IN mind ito a few win
ntes' sprinkiirg is worse than npnc AT