Evening Star Newspaper, May 29, 1926, Page 17

i REAT Gardening in Washington AND ITS ENVIRONS le J. HUNN, Garden Editor, The Star. Just about the time the climbing voser finish their blooming it will be moted that vigorous mew shoots are starting out .from -the base of the lant. They are from ane to four or ve fest long and without bloom. It in on these growths that next year's flowers will grow. Therefor: should be given a chance to de and to get all the sustenance .the roots can supply. The old vine with the withered crop will never bloom again. It is useless and should be out away to the ground, leaving these hapdsomes new shoots & clear field to rqw long and strong for next vear's owers. They should be tied up loosely as they grow, sprayed ofca- sionally, the ground cultivated and mulched with manure or enriched with bone meal. Thus not only does one get readv for future bloom, but one has all the season a vigorous or- namental vine with green leaves, in stesd of an old played-out vine, un- sightly with faded and diseased foli- age. Fo-called hybrid perpetual roses in- clude those usually of vigorous growth that bloom profuselv now and gener- ally once again later on. such as Gen. Jacqueminot, Mrs. John Laing. Ulrich Brunner, Frau Karl Druschki, to mention only a few. Something may he done to encourage this second hlooming. When the first crop fades, eut off all the forming seed berries, rune the plant back one-third to one- alf. cultivate it. working in bone meal or rotten manure, then keep it watered at the root. if necessary, and spraved. Thus treated, a flush of bloasoms is fairly suré in September. In this latitude, however, the rose nf today is the hybrid tea. tenths or more of the roses about Washington will be found in this| class. This rose is hardy. and the best varieties bloom from May to late Autumn. How best 1o treat the plant a0 that it keeps throwing out the shoots with buds is the problem. Cer- tain facts are well known. First, the Nine. | plant cannot be shaded except for haif the day. Again. it will not, thrive if the soil is constantly wet. Third, it needs_ libaral feeding. For feeding, it likes cow manure the best. If this is old, it may be troweled in: if not. use it as a mulch. Falling this. it will do well with the prepared sheep manure or hone meal. and may be mulched with lawn clippings. Several times a season it will appreclate a gallon or 8o 'Y | of weak liquid manure, poured on the ground after a rain. With this treatment a vigorous growth is assured, but this avails lit- tle if the plant becomes diseased. Roses hereabout have several pests and allments, but the only really senlous diseases. are black spot and mildew. The latter is worst on the climbers, while black spot ruins both climbers and bushes. Bordeaux mix- ture has been found a sure preven- tive, if sprayed not later than ap- proximately May 15 and continued once in three weeks thereafter. The prepared mixture may be found at the seed stores. with printed directions. Powdered sulphur. which is likewise now available. with small powder 8uns, is also a sovereign remedy and does not discolor the foliage as does Bordeaux. Should insects be found eating the leaves, arsenate of lead may bg mixed with the Bordeaux solu- tion. a level teaspoonful to a gallon, or with the powdered sulphur a heap- ing teaspoonful to a pound. While roses do demand care and attention, no other plant even rivals it in popu larity and few others give as adequate returns. (For details on rose culture, secure ! a copy of United States Department of Agriculture Farmers' Bulletin, 750, “‘Roses for the Home.") TIMELY - HINT! Keep the trusty hoe sharpened. 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The striped cucumber beetle is probably busy stinging the melons and cukes. while the aspara- gus beetle is seeking the asparagus patches. Nicotine dusts are good for the control of both pests. The same remedy can he used for aphids on asters, nasturtiums, roses and mums. Have bean poles ready for the bean crop. An old-fashioned idea for sup- porting tomato plants is to use (wo ‘wooden barrel hoops attached to three or four laths, spacing the hoops 18 inches to two feet apart. Strawberries are characterized by contalning a high percentage of water; from 90 to 92 per cent. It is a payving proposition to see that the strawberry patch and she other berry crops d not lack for water. Now that fruf production is to be a burden on straw- berry plants, it is a good tinie to pinch first inspection. (2nd & 1418 Eye St. NW. off the forming runners and to allow the ‘stréngth of-the plant to go to frult. Runners can be produced after the cropping season is past. Grape vines also need attention. The new vines should be tied up to & ‘straight lath for the first vear and only the upper buds should be al- lowed to grow. Pinch off the lower buds, going over the plants every two weeks, and at the same time make another tie on the growing vine. 1f you are able to spray, you should not pass up the opportunity of improving vour grape crop, for both insects and diseases are rampant.. It is also a good time to tie up the new shoots which have grown this Spring and to restrict the bearing of each shoot to two bunches. A large crop is usu- ally a drain on the vines, while the quality and size may also be poorer. At this time it is a practice to rub out the buds which form useless suck- ers. A trite statement has often heen made to the effect that “the thumb nail is the best pruning shears.” standpoint, thi: 1l water sprouts and use- should be removed from ne or a plant when they can be shoved off as buds with the thumb nail. 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