Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1916-07-07
ORCHARD AND GARDEN NOTE

OhCf1AN0 AND GARDEN NOTES
Watch vegetables and flowers closely
for indications of insect and disease
troubles.
A good velvety lawn adds to >s the
value of home. .-
Chinese cabbage and enlive NAV he
planted now for fall use.
Turnips and rutabag is may be sown
now. Late cabbage and celery may
also be set out.
Train the tomatoes to stakes in the
home gar l.n. Do not allow mere
punches to grow than can 3e matured.
Plow under the old strawberry bed
as soon as the plants have fruited
and plant some other crop. -
Now is good time to take day
off and visit a city park or perhaps
a neighbor who has well.planted and
Well.kept place. :: - zYS,
Use note book on your travels and
make memorandum of the plants and
paintings that appeal to you. -.
There seems to be no sure way of
getting rid Of crab grass in the lawn
but to dig it out before it goes to seed.
Close moving helps, but even then
some branches are left to raise seed to
start new plants next season. .
Hardy perennials have been espe-
cially good this year. Some that de-
serve wider planting are arabs al
pima, alyssum saxatile compactum, col
umbine, German iris, peony, oriental
poppy, lilium elegns, and the different
pyrethrumS. ..
DO not put any but clean, well-grad-
ed, perfect fruit On the market. It
doesn't pay to mix second grade with
first grade because your first grade at
once becomes second grade in the eyes
Of the purchaser and you get the lower
grade price. -
There is a wealth Of wild flowers in
the woods and on the prairies that
make good cut flowers. Should we not
make an effort to save these in parks
and gardens, especially those like the
lady slipper, shadowy orchid, etc., that
are fast being destroyed because of
their singular beauty?-LeRoy Cady,
associate horticulturist, University
Farm, st. Paul.
Keep the cultivator going. Weeds
are unsightly as well as injurious to
the crop.
Do not allow too many suckers to
grow about the raspberry hill. Some
The old-fashioned bleeding heart
makes one of the best perennials for
planting about the home.
Keep the green aphis off sweet peas
and roses by frequent spraying with
some tobacco preparations. =
Strawberries should be at their best
now. If you do not have at least a.
small patch, it is your misfortune
If the strawberry bed is to be fruit
ed again, NOW it close to the ground
as soon as picking is done. Thin. the
plants to at least foot apart and %cul-
tivate thoroughly.
Proper advertising should give just
as good results to the farmer and gar
dener as to the merchant. Nowfis a
good time to give at trial. ~ =
Is the home well supplied with flow
ers now9 Shrubs, perennials and. an
nuals have given magnificent show
ing about the city homes and parks
this year.
| Caladium and cannas need an abun.
dance of heat, water and plant food.
It is often a good plan to mulch. the
plants with rotted manure on the: ap-
proach Of dry weather about the mid
die of July.
Late cabbage may be set on the land
that the old strawberry plants grew
on, If the ground is plowed at once.
Turnips or rutabagas also often make
good crop on piece, of land of this
sort.-LeRoy Cady, Associate Hortl-
culturist, University Farm, st. Paul.
J. W. .Falk was in st. Paul on busi-
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