The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-02

in drills if only small plot Is avail able, and this method would better enable you to keep the weeds down.
 c. Is there remedy to treat po- tato slips before setting out, to pre- vent disease, and what Is it? J. W.. Cordova.
 A. I know of no practical remedy that can be used but would seriously affect the plants.
 O. want to try fall crop of the Lockout Mountain Irish potato. When is the best time to plant? P. '., Oneonta
 A. The last of June is time enough and many plant in July, weather con- ditions having much to do with it.
 Q. have some old grape vines that seem to have scale on the main branches. What would be a safe ap- plieation to check and not hurt the fruit? J. H. N, Route 8.
 A. Wash the main vines with a solution of one pound whale oil soap to four gallons water. Kerosene oil emulsion, diluted with 10 times the same amount of water, would check and maybe kill altogether. Next winter when plants are dormant the job can be finished by thorough spraying with lime sulphur.
 c. Will the bean bug that has ruined my snap beans get on soy beans? W. U.
 A. They are not bad after soy beans. like garden beans, but when other food Is scarce they will attack them.
 0. My garden Is oyerrun with very small insects that some tell me are flea beetles. I have sprayed with arsenate of lead but this don't seem to control them. Could you suggest something else? B. F., Bessemer.
 A. Add two ounces of dry Bor- deaux to the gallon of your arsenate of lead spray. and the two together will give much better results. Tho Bordeaux alone will control mary species of these very small mite-like insects.
 c. There are few plants in my nasturtium beds that look like ivy. Could they be nasturtiums? Miss s., Wylam
 A. One species of nasturtium has foliage very much like English ivy and is a splendid variety.
 c. What Is the name of the climb ing nasturtium that produce the large yellow spreading flowers? Miss C.
 A. It must be what Is known as canary bird flower, which is one of the finest tall growing nasturtiums.
 0. l have a fine bed of ever bearing strawberries making lot of runners. Should these runners be cut off now7 D. M. Route 5.
 A. I would let them alone until fall, when these runners, taking root will produce fine plants to reset.
 0. My oats are beginning to rust while the heads are not yet grown. What would you advise to do? ]. T., Childersburg.
 A It would hardly pay to treat them this late for rust. It would doubtless pay better to cut for hay before the rust ruins them, and go ahead and use the land for some such crops as COW peas or Mexican June corn s--- s
 c. Is there such a thing as a wild growing evergreen closer? c. H., Vincent.
 A. There Is an evergreen plant called wild clover, known also as chokeberry, mitchella, squaw vine, etc. but it is not a true clover.
 c. I am sending you plant grow ing along the railroad right of way that stock seem to be very fond of. What do you think it is? w. R., Route T.
 A. Giant beggar weed, valuable leguminous forage plant widely grown in Florida.
 c. There Is a small annual flower, called the nutmeg flower, that has blue and white blooms. Can you tell me the other name for it? Miss D.
 A. Nutmeg flower Is another com mon name for nigella, known also as fennel flower, love-in-a mist and devil -in- a-bush.
 c. Are the big dark blue plums the same as the prunes we eat. and how are they prepared? Mrs. B. D., Buffalo.
 A. The commercial prune is the dried fruit of the domestic prune plum and different from most dark colored plums. Various methods are used in drying the fruit.