Evening star., 1915-06-27
GOLDEN & COMPANY,
Wholesale Ar.nts. Mashington. Q. G

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Wholcsale Agents. Washington, .. G
kinds. one producing pistfliate bios
SONS, another staminate and third
perfect. the last having both sta
mems and pistils. The pistillate bios
soming kinds cannot produce fruits
unless a stamfnate or a perfect Kind
is near, and the same is true Of the
staminate, though those varieties pro-
ducing perfect blossoms are heavy
bearers of themselves. As there are
many highly desirable varieties that
are of the perfect -blossoming type. II
hardly pays to bother with varieties
which must have fertilizing sorts near
by in order to be productive Lovers
of Strawberries. who desire only "A bed
large enough to produce berries for
their own use, Will find it difficult :"
improve on two old favorite sorts, tn"
Candy and the William Belt Thes"
are midseason TO late. and both pro
duce enormously large berries of deep
color and unsurPa ssed flavor aud
aroma The latter, particularly. ln
favorable seasons, often produces ber-
ries measuring eight inches in circum-
ference-larger than many peaches
deep crimson in color, with mini
mum of seeds. and of fine, glossy ap-
pearance, almost as if the berries hsd
been coated with varnish. Neither or
these berries stands shipment well
but for home use or for sale nearby
they cannot easily be surpassed.
In clearing up the raspberry patch at
the end of the fruitiug season bear IN
mind that new rows may be started
with the shoots dug out from between
the rows Remember also that red
raspherries produce new shoots from
the roots that run between the rows
while the black raspberrles make new
shoots where the canes are borne down
~ ha iflAs3 a he
point of contact between the stalk aud
the earth. Dig up the shoots of either
variety. taking up considerah BILE soll
with the roots, and set the shoots IN
the rows where ii is desired to have
them grow Water them each evening
for the first few days, and they VIII
grow right along.
However much ii may hurt to do II.
thin the peaches and thin them yiEor-
ously Peach trees this year appear TO he
loaded with fruit, and il they arf permit
ted to attempt to mature all The fruits
that are set the trees viii be y ca kene'i.
the fruits Will be relatively small ana
imperfect, and the trees are not lINe'N
to bear at all next year. The average
amateur hates to pinch off and throw
away green peaches that, as II seein'
to him. if left on the tree VIII rlpei
into fruits as fine as could he WiShed.
But the man who has tried il and
leaving the largest aud most promising
ones and when his peaches ripen ne
has practically large n quantity,
with quality and appearance 100 per
cent better than that of the frult per
,litted to ~ipen unthinned on trees
whose bearing capacity was overtaNed
As soon as the grapes form and tn"
blossoms have vanished. tie pdpef
sacks over the clusters. fastening III"
bags firmly so that they Will remain
in place. This protects the grapes from
the ravages of insects. birds, etc. and
the. trouble is more than paid for b.
the vastly improved quality and ap-
pearlnce of the ripe grapes
Watch the cabbage and cauifloweE
plants for the appearance" "i cabphsf
worms. which soon riddle and ruin TIA"
plants \ solution of ordinary salt
peter sprayed On The plants DESTROYS
the worms without injuring the plants
or becoming source OF aait"t' Or
would he the ease II an Actnh!lE P"i-
souous solution were used, The solG-
tiou is made by dtssolvinE an ounce of
ssItppter in "A gallon Of water. though
no harm viii be done " the S"lu't"h
Is mad. douh!y str"Hs. Sc ti'iS S"''
ton with either ID sprink lInS can OF
hand spraying device. getting the SOU
ton 10 every part OF the plant. II NILS
the small green g. bAaGe worm over
night.
Paris green. bordeaux mixture o.
/ Iouaa., purple must be used on 'E"
pnt,lo. from now on. II the 'o1"ra 10
hestl.. ,onmor hlack-and yellow
strtp rittu hugs 10 he helc III
Cb,.t .. adult beetles do not IN
iur, r's. hut th,. immature bug.
swan ryrr plant. VIII heNon
eyer. ..=, of fol axe in twenty
.lf 4F,.
above. applied IN proper solution go
the vines. Mil rll them of tn" beetle
and give the potatoes a chance !" grow
Cucumbers. cIntajoupes, watermelons
ana the like wl!l 10 much better ~
thc uiautS are fed from now on until
the end of the season with frequent
apIlic. tions OF llQlld manure. Ihe
liquid should be applied at least twice
a week and should be so placed as
70 soal, down TO the roots of the plants
\ con slant supply OF available plant
food viii keep the vines IN fuli bear
ing until they are killed ny frost while
without such feeding they Will mature
the drst setting OF fruits and then
die, having exhausted the plant food
in the sol! in which they grow
LIQUID manure. or manure water. is
highly beneficial to tomatoes as well as
to melons of all kinds, while truly
pumpkins, squashes and the
like may be produced by using the
liquid plant food IN order to obtain
the very largest and finest melons.
pumpkins. etc, all but
very few of the young fruits must he
pinched off, when the vines Will devote
Ill their attention TO those that remain.
Prize pumpkins shown at county fairs
ire produced by growing the vines IN
rishly fertilized soil, pinching off all
out one or two of the pumpkins as
'oon they form. and feeding the vine
lberally with manure and water.
Cabbage plants for late or main-crop
"a bbages should be set out at any time
from now until July Is, according 10
he time required by the different va
rieties for maturing. Set the plants In
rows about two feet apart, the plants
themselves being set foot to foot
md a half apart in the rows. Ferti-
ize them heavily. some fertilizer car
wing II good proportion of potash being
BEST. BY sprinkling or spraying the
plants at intervals of about week
with solution made by dissolving
quarter of pound of common salt
,eter in two gallons of water the
plants may be kept free from the small
green cabbage worms that often riddle