The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-06-03


! needed in order to give a definite
answer.
@. What do you do for verbena
rust? My plants have been bloom
Ing for some time, but considerable
Of the foliage is now turning yellow.
Miss A., Tuscaloosa, Ala
| A. If the writer was sure it was
| Verbena rust he could better tell you
! how to proceed. but there are other
factors which cause similar con-
| ditions and it may not be rust We
suggest that a specimen be mailed
| Immediately and personal letter
Will be written you.
q. There is some kind of worm
| that is destroying out cannas. that
is to say eating up the foliage.
| What do you recommend that we do !?
r. A.
A. The worm that generally at
tacks cannas is easily destroyed with
! any of the ordinary insecticides rec
commended for leaf-eating insects.
application before the plants are
destroyed. A teaspoonful of arsenate
| of lead or arsenate of lime to gal
! lon of water and sprayed on them
would be effective, and any poison
! dust spray, such as Black Death. or
| 40 Dust" busted on the plants Will
utterly destroy them in very few
/ days.
/ Q. have a Rambler rose that is
| sprawling all over my lawn and
/ contains now hundreds of blooms.
1t is getting beyond control, and
would like to know If the runners
could be cut back SO as to hold it
| in bounds and still not injure the
plant? Mrs. r.
A. There would be no danger in
cutting Rambler rose back, even at
| this period of the year, because it is
a Very hardy and vigorous grower,
and it may be clipped off, or the ter
/ minal branches removed without any
| serious danger.
@. What is the best carrot to
plant now for a fall and winter crop?
Mrs. s., Sheffield, Ala.
A. The question of variety is
| largely matter of personal prefer
ence or opinion. Either of the fol-
| lowing will serve the purpose. Ok
Heart, Danver's Half Long. Long
Orange or st. Vallery. These are all
! good sorts, either of which would
please you.
Q. We would like to try growing
celery for our own use, and desire u
know when the seed should be plant
ed, and what variety is best.-Mrs.
r., Gadsden. Ala.
A. The question of variety does
not make so much difference, and
either of the following would an
swer: Golden Self Branching, Clan;
Pascal. and White Plume. The seed
should be planted right away in beds
/ after the manner of growing cab
bage plants. When two or three
inches high they should he pulled
out and transplanted in other beds
and cultivated; then when the plants
are about 6 inches high and stocky
| they should be transplahted into
permanent rows where the celery
would mature. The cultivated plants
| may be set in drills from to 6
| inches apart and cultivated until late
| fall, when the dirt should be drawn
| up TO them in order to bleach them
Some experience is really necessary
to produce good selery, but it IS
worth any gardeners time to make
| the effort.
g. We have poor stand of wa
termelons and would like to Know if
it would pay us to replant them this
IS. B.. Albertville. Ala.
A. We certainly think so. because
any variety planted in the next two
or three weeks would mature a crop
| for sale this season, and we would
certainly recommend that a stand be
| secured. even though you must re-
sort to replanting.
| @. Is there demand for red pep
per in the pod on the Birmingham
market, and how should it be pre-
pared?-R. e., Clanton, Ala
| A. In every large city there is a
| considerable demand for dried red
| pepper in the pods. and We see no
| reason why you should not succeed
in growing the long. red hot variety.
| When properly cured it may be sold
| loose in bulk, but probably the most
profitable way is to put 1t up in
| strings, and this latter way is very
| favorable for curing the pods, Vege-
| table mon handle it, and there is
| lose de M in n
markets for dried hot pepper.
! q. We sowed a bed of Giant Yin ..
| MAS about a month ago and we find
| them too thick. Could we transplant
these to other beds or rows with any
| assurance that they would live ?-E.
i r., Carbon Hill, Ala.
| A. There is no particular difficulty
about transplanting zinnias, because
| if they are taken up carefully, and
transplanted properly, every one
| should live and do well.
Q. We are anxious to secure the
Cardinal Climber, because we could
| not get the seed last year. Please
advise US If we can buy the seed in
| Birmingham, and if it is too late to
plant.-Mrs F., Athens. Ala.
| A. 1t is not too late to produce the
| Cardinal Climber from seed and as
the seed are in good supply this sea-
son, there should be no difficulty
about securing the seed from any
seed house. 1t is very rapid in
growth, in fact as rapid as Morning
Glory. and there could be no ques-
ton about its success.
| G. How large should Asters be be-
| fore they are set out to a permanent
location? And how far apart should
they be?-Mrs. s., Heflin, Ala
| a. Where Aster seed are sown in
a bed fer transplanting they should
be good stocky plants, containing
about four leaves. The proper dis
lance to set them would depend
somewhat on the variety. but IL to
Is inches is about the proper dis
lance.
G. Last season we were bothered
with caterpillars attacking the TO-
! liage of our trees and we would like
to use some measures this year to
keep them from going from one tree
to another. We have heard that
there is something that YOU put on
tree to stop them from climbing
up. Could you tell US what this is!
Mrs, o.. Tuscaloosa, Ala.
a. There are various measures
practiced to, prevent the worm from
climbing up the trunk Of the tree;
very frequently sticky fly paper is
placed around the trunk of the tree,
but there is a solid wax substance,
known as Tree Tanglefoot, which, if
! spread around tree in band not
only prevents caterpillars. but ants
OF any other insect from climbing up