The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-06
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 Q. Iahave beeen charged s3.5o for a. .hupdred pound bag of fertilizer and this seems exhorbitant Could you tell m0if, this Is a fair charge for the quantity ssent?s Mrs. B., Fair field, Ala. =! a 'As . A. I could. mot tell you unless I say, the material or if a complete fertilizer, the guaranteed analysis. nave repeatedly stated in The Age- Herald that prices on many things and especially fertilizer don't mean anything. The quality, grade or Nnalysis. is the only determining fac tor and when this Is unknown, there can be- no definite answer. See letter.s sAti5 2 a O. Could Gsbuy sweet peas in just the colQrs I want .and do my own mixing. when planted? Miss K, Al- bany, Ala ; Az You certainly can. For ex- ample, if you want more white. pink, lavender, red, blue, purple and other mixed shades, you can buy accord ingly and mix to suit yourself.
 c: I saved lot of. fine zinnia know if they will come true this year? F. s., Troy, Ala. f
 A. Perhaps some of them will come true bS when grown together you cannot expect an exact repro- duction.
 O.. While in Texas last summer I saw many splendid shade and flewering trees, that the natives called the angelica tree. Do you think they would grow in our sec- tion? N. F., Opelika. Ala.
 A. The tree you refer to is one of several varieties of priclily ash and while they do make splendid tree in many. parts of Texas, l am unable to tell you whether it would be a success with you. Primarily it is a medicinal tree and It's products are very disagreeable to the taste. g c. recently read a story about carbide being very effective in de- now so badly fnfest our soils. Have you any data on the subject that would help us. H. M., Montgomery, Ala.
 A. Carbide or calcium carbide is made from lime and coke dust and fss the chief source for acetylene gas. which is an important factor in p erations. Carbide, when exposed to moisture, genefates the deadly acety- lene gas, which is particularly de- structive to all lower forms of life. It is dangerous to humans also, and more information is needed before recommendation.
 0. We would like some black haw bushes around our place. Can these be supplied by nurserymen or would those we can get out of the woods answer the purpose? Mrs. A., Shelf field, Ala. '
 A. The common black haw that produces the edible eblaclS fruit in winter is not generally sold by nurserymen. If you could get young vigorous plants from the woods, cut back severely and set out now, you might succeed although the plant Is difficult to successfully transplant. What you want is uiburnum pruni- foliuh and should not be. confused with various other shrubs known as viburnums, snowballs, etc.
 @. What is the Spanish grape that is grown to produce sherry wine? E. K, Pell City( Ala.
 A. Sherry is wine of Spanish origin and there are several varie- ties of grapes cultivated for the pro- duction of this wine. Formerly Cali fornfa grew quantities of these grapes and produced an enormous amount of the wine but since pro- hibitfons the industry has greatly de- creased I am unable to tell you where you could get the specific va riety wanted, but we have many na- tive varieties of grapes that could be utilized.
 0. What is the umbrella plant? Mrs. N. T.
 A. There are several plants conn monly called umbrella plant or um- brella tree. The latter Is china china or tree but there Is a house plant called cyperus alternifolius that is an excellent house plant, somewhat on the order of a palm and will grow in aquariums or water. It is often used to put in fish bowls.
 o. Will the Amazon lily do well here and what are the colors? H. C., Jasper, Ala |
 A. Eucharis, commonly called the Amazon lily is primarily a tropical plant and unless you could locate in n greenhouse or conservatory, there is doubt if you could succeed. The flowers are white, large and star shaped.
 c. If you were planting spinach now for the early market trade, what sorts would you SOW? l.. T., Gadsden, Ala.
 A. The most cold resistant variety is probably Bloomsdale or Savoy and may be planted now but a little later other varieties would be more desirable.
 a. When do you plant rhubarb, asparagus and horse radish? We want to plant the roots so ss to get quick action and write to know when? Mrs. E. S., Sheffield, Ala.
 A. AIT of these roots are avai1- able this month and may be plant cd. It is really important to get them in early in order to get re- suits the following season.
 O. Do you think it too late to SOW winter grain? s. U., Edwards At is rather late to SOW rye but barley and wheat may be sown. Hardy or native types of oats may be sown but it would really be safer to put off sowing oats until spring.