The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-03-18

known as Cabbage Leaved mustard. This is broad, smooth-leave mus tard similar to the cabbage, very pungent and does not shoot to seed as quickly as the curled types. @. l want to plant a dwarf okra that bears short, green, round rigid pods and is very prolific. It is my purpose to grow this for market, but l don't know what variety to ask for in buying this seed. If you can help me out l shall appreciate it. M. w., Decatur, Ala.
 1 A. The variety you have in mind is undoubtedly Bigger's Prolific and is sometimes sold as New Orleans Mar ket. It is the very vigorous variety dwarf, prolific in character and very desirable for either market or home use. Any first-class seed store should be able to supply it.
 o. would like to try a few onions for the Birminghahm market, but I don't want to use sets because so many plants go to seed that the per centage of bulbs that l gather suit able for market is so small as to rem der the business unprofitable. Can you tell me if this can be avoided and how? F. O., Attalla, Ala.
 A. Commercial onions, that is dry onions, can only be produced directly from seed, and the variety don't make so much difference in the resulting crop. Yellow Danvers, South Port Yellow Globe, Red Globe, White Globe, in fact most any variety, if planted in the next 30 days. will pro- duce marketable onions from the seed. They may be sown in rows from which the crop may be harvested, or they may be planted in beds to pro- duce plants and then transplanted like cabbage or tomatoes. See spe- cial letter mailed you under separate cover.
 Q. I have had some little success in growing sage that l have sold in the Birmingham district, and it is my purpose to increase the acreage de- voted to this plant. Do you think that l could do as well by sowing the seed or do you think l should take up my old plants, divide and reset? T. G., Fairfield. Ala.
 A. If you have considerable num- Der of plants it would be profitable to take up, divide clumps and reset. But any extension of your acreage should be accomplished by the planting of seed. Sase is easily propagated from seed, and the yield under proper con ditions is even more than the product from plants. Experiments on your own part should lead to the proper conclusion.
 e. feel quite sure that my sweet peas, which were about six inches high when the last freeze occurred, are utterly destroyed, because the tops all turned white and there seemed to be no strength left in the plant. May l ask you through The Age e-Herald If you would suggest that a replanting be made. We will be governed by what The ,Age-Herald says about the matter.
 A We are inclined of the opinion that your sweet peas will come out and bloom, regardless of the tops be- ing killed down, but as a matter of precaution it would not be out of line to replant, as the seed are a small sending you special information un- der separate cover which ought to de- termine your conclusions.
 c. We have a lot that has been graded and filled in possibly two or three feet deep; there is some good | dirt but most of it is good clay. What we want to know is what
 grass could we plant in this place | that we could expect to give us some
 results this year and be permanent r. L., Tuscumbia, Ala.
 A. The writer is inclined to the opinion that q mixture composed of | English and Italian rye grass, red top. creeping bent, meadow fescue
 and possibly blue grass in case there
 is shade. would give the best re-
 Dutch might be used to an advan- tage Further information is needed
 See special letter on the subject.
 Q. l want a large tomato that I
 see marketed in Birmingham every
 year. It looks like Ponderosa, but it is not, because it is a red tomato. Could you tell us what this is, as we