The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-11-01

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 When would you SOW the seed? J. H, Montgomery.
 A. The three leading egg plants are Florida High Bush. Black Beauty and New York Improved Purple There is no great difference but there is in quality of strains. The high bush produces the largest, strongest and tallest bush, fruit not as large as others, but is certainly large enough held well above the ground. beautiful purple color, very prolific
 and long bearing period. Black Beauty Is somewhat earlier than others. fruit large, black purplish,
 medium size plant and less number of fruit to plant. New York Improved is the standard market egg plant, fruit dark purple, very large. pre- life and plant Is sometimes not strong enough to hold fruit off ground. In sweet pepper, a good strain of Chinese giant is not only
 larger but better and more uniform
 in shape than any other. You might start the seed in protected beds in late November.
 Q. In growing early tomato plaEts
 in cold frames. would you broadcast the seed or Grill them? D. L., Route g.
 A. If were growing my own plants to set. out I would drill the seed in rows four to six inches apart so could hand cultivate and better
 thin them out as needed. It is diff ficult to grow good stock plants
 when broadcasted.
 Q. Could Sudan grass be sown now
 with oats and would they lay dor mant until next spring before com
 ing up? S. H., Talladega. A. Sudan grass is a quick growing, tender annual. seed germinate quick ly, plants very sensitive to cold and it would not do to plant at this time of the year.
 Q. I noticed that recently you
 recommended dianthus alwoodie as d new perpetual Towering, hardy pink. Are their flowers any larger than tiply into larger clumps? Mrs. w., Tuscumbia
 A. This new race of hardy per-
 ennial pinks are larger lowered tha < | old fashion garden types, bloom lon ger and multiply as we'll There are | half dozen or more different va
 rieties and all good Plants are iri
 bloom right now and they will hardly be dormant and ready for resetting
 before December See letter. c. How Is milk of lime made? l want to use 1t in spraying formula. D. s.. Hartsel1e,
 A. Milk of lime is simply the prod uct resulting from slaking the stone or quick lime in water. There is no standard of thickness. Be sure it is thoroughly slaked and all the heat
 dissipated before using.
 c. l am told to use turpentine in kerosene oil emulsion to make 1t bet ter. What quantity should be used ? M. E., Athens.
 A. Use about half pint to three salons of the concentrated or stock solution before diluting for use. Tur- pentine makes the material stick better.
 Q. I have a grape vine which I
 want to move to another place.
 What is the proper time to move? Miss F. w. N. Attalla.
 A. You can move any time now after good seasonable rain. From
 last of November to December is
 ordinary the most appropriate time.
 The vine will have to be cut back to near the ground, leaving only two or three eyes.
 Q. When should dallis grass be
 planted and how much to the acre do
 you recommend? How deep do you cover? P. C., Heflin.
 A. Dallis grass (paspalum dla-
 tatum). is a natural grass. may he
 sown any time, preferably in fall or
 winter and it will come up whenever conditions are favorable. From five
 to fifteen pounds are sown to the acre. I would recommend the heavier
 seeding. Light covering is desirable
 but is not necessary
 c. l want few trees of null
 berries to bear fruit mainly for my chickens. What are good varieties? M. B.. Route 8.
 "A. The Hicks, Black English and
 Downing are all splendid sorts. The first is the sweetest and probably
 more desirable.
 Q. When do you plant out the or
 namental winter cherry? Miss B. R.
 A. There are several plants called
 winter cherry. You probably mean
 physalis, known as Chinese lantern
 pIsnt, producing bushes about two feet high and bright orange scarlet
 lantern-like fruit. Plants are avail
 able in November and December O. am confused in ordering cherries as to which are sour and which sweet. Can you separate the varieties for me? A. N, Leeds. A. The leading sour varieties are Early Richmond, English Morello. Montmorenci and Dyehouse. In sweet varieties, Black Tartarian, Governor Wood, Napoleon. Windsors Yellow Spanish, Royal Duke and May Duke. O. In selecting apple stock to set out this winter what age. and size plants would you prefer? M. E. H.. Jasper.
 A. One year is old enough but there is a biz difference in size of one-year- -old stock of any plant. much depending on how grown, cultivated. etc. One year apples, four to dive