Evening Star Newspaper, June 19, 1926, Page 16

REAL Gardening in Washington 41‘\’D ITS ENVIRONS CHESTER J. HUNN, DWARF FRUIT TREES I | In the more crowded suburban gar dens there is much interest in dwarf | fruit trees in order to conserve space sarden Ed-mr. The Star. ESTATE. and zinnias are pinched out when the plants are a foot high, it will induce stocky plants with many flowering branches, Instead of a tall spindling plant with but few biooms. Begin to suppert the flowers like hollvhock ‘These may be tied to There is a gardener's trick in tieing up plants. First tie a tight loep about the stake. Then pass a leese loop about the mnnt._[pr- ‘erably belew a leafing branch. This looss loop will not constrict the growing stem. Iich bandages of old cloth are much betisr than rough cord or hard string. Wilted cut flowers may often be re- vived by cutting off an inch of the stems while the stems are being held I TIMELY HINTS l Work the soll of the flower and vegetable garden at frequent intervals to maintain the mastery of the weeds. It is posaible to do more harm than THE EVENING .STAR, 'pllld in the liquid form. The lluul are made by suspending a small bag of either manure near the top in a pail of water. The solution may bo used when ft Is the color of weak slightly wetting the soil about th plants and then watering it with a hose. Nitrate of soda may also bhe used in the liquid form, at the rate of one ounce for each gallon of water. It must be applied sparingly and the solution must never come in contact with any part of the plant, for ‘it will burn the tissues. Bone meal {s the old standby for the gar- déner, but the plant food s very slowly avallable. It i usually applied in the Fall, #o that it will be somewhat bro- ken down into plant food by the fol- WASHINGTON, D. C, SATURDAY, cling to the walls of the house or eut- building. Some flowers in season, while others are at- h;‘dc(lvo because of leaf color, size, or shape. For the best development, vines re. quire a fairly rich a; it soil and a reasonabie amount of water. Many need some sort of support. hewever, s eontrolled by their Tathod of growth. Those vines which climb by means of tendrils need a mesh-wire trellis. Some, liko the wis- tarfa, will do well with but a few uprights or strands of wire, for they reach upward by a spiral twisting of the main stem. Others, like the Bos- ton ivy, extend their range by means supply desirable | in JUNE . 19, 19286. the Hall's honeysuckle, a weed pest loeatio! but still desirable_ under certain circumstances. Quite eften there is a demand for plants which will grow in partly shady places. Ameng the conifer ev- ergreens may be listed Pfitzer's juni- per, Mughe pine, the yews and the Canadian hemlock. The broad-leaved evergreens form another group and include the bush arbutus (Abella), azaleas in variety, hoxwood, Japanes REALE ESTATE. and American hollles, mountain Iaurel and rhododendrons in variety. There are also deciduous’ shrubs which lose their leaves in Winter. Included here are azaleas in varisty, spice bush, barberries, red bud, white dogwoods, the several cornels, for sythia, native hydrangeas, winterher- ry, privets, bush honeysuckles, mock oranges, white kerria, snowberry, cor- alberry and some of the varieties of viburnums. Perennial plants should also be in- cluded, and some are listed: Colum bines, wind flawer, meadow sweet, coroeopsis, lily of the valley, foxglove, bleeding heart, hardy ferns, plantain | lilies, day lilies, German iris, forget- | me-fiots, some of the phlex species, English cowslip and saxifrage. Ground covers are vines which are otten grown in spots whers grass does not thrive well. There are several types of euonymus which make solid fr!ll\ mats of follage—FEnglish vy nese spurge and the myrtle or pertwinkle, CLUB NOTES At a meeting of the American Hor ‘(lrul(uml Soctety held at the National Museum on June 15 a merger (Continued on Eighteenth Page.) he and to have a larger selection of va fleties within a given area. Fruit trees are dwarfed by budding desir- able varleties upon root stocks, which will naturally induce a smaler top | Sur Srowths Other than in size, the trees | Posed to the effects of heat and dry e a are little affected The eoxtent of | Weather. It is not neceasary to stan dwarfing depends m the sort of |And hold llhe hv>;e _l'hed\\llu; 1:“1"\‘ ‘oot stoek and alsn upon the type of | run directly on the ground, or on: il e Parndise | the very eficlent irrigation sprinklers It o Allest treos, | may be used. A scheme often used in e ks e, | flower beds is to sink a tile or a pall Wherean the Duncin root stocks de: | flower beds It Lo Sk & L8 G TR e et /moved into the center of the hed. This e ot pears tne dquinco Is used, | opening may be filled with water at Ot atnoe develans a truie dwar | intervals of several days apart, and it . " These are the two fruits ordi-| Wil seep out slowly for use by the narily grown as dwarfed trees. roots of the Nflm}: i e 'I'he &mallest type of dwarf, apples | D0 not fail to have poles ready for oh Paradise roots, are commonly |the pole and tall lima heans, P A x| Some tomatoes are now ready to be grown in European countries Wher® | trained to stakes or wires. Go over SR oo e 'lp;mch plant at frequent intervals and Srcted o e, R eetioal soln. | Pich out the vegetadle shonts which use of real dwarfs a practica 'm - | Siear B e mxity of the lexves. This dor iy | fruit bearing. tention of the Washington reader i S0 i BiSra. Wisinkia sl i directed, for these may be spaced m‘ of sucker-like discs or claws, which able the plants te cling to brick or ucco. Thus one should supply the support adapted to the particular good in watering. One should water thoroughly and then leave the plat of soil alona for a few days. Daily sprinkling stimulates the growth of urface roots, and they are most ex- posure required by various . t quick-growing annual sorts do have full sunshine from the day t ed is sown. Some of the perennials are less exacting in this respect, while a few, like the Eng- lish ivy, are fully at home in com- plete shade. Among the annuals adapted to growing in Washington are the cardi nal climber, the canary-bird vine, the hop vine, the moon flowers, the morn- ing glorias, the eypress vine and the nasturti'ms. ¥n the perennial group may be included English ivy, Boston fvy] Virginia ereeper, clemstis, trum | pet vine, bittersweel, kudzu vine and ROCK CREEK PAR under water. Do not prelong ex- |lowing Spring. Bone meal is used at posure to the air in placing them in the rate of one peund for each 10 fresh water, or else the stems again 'square feet and should be worked will fill up with air. |down deep in the beds prepared for Should it be desirable te move a |plants. rub or small tree, it is neces. to start a year in advance, and to root, prune in the Spring just as VINES growth starts. Root pruning consists in digging & narrow trench completely | around the shrub or tree. inner | The clinging vine is not horticultur- line !h;'mh' he” -';‘w!m:l ineh he ey | &lly & weak siatar at all, but a destr- T e e re 1o re cand | able ndividual capable of making & of large trees, but this last task rather | splendid showing. Vines are indis- belongs to the professional tree mover. | pensable in many places in our gar- This narrow trench is dug about a |dens and about our homes. They foot or 18 inches deep, cutting eff a make a splendid screen to shut out large part of the bracing roots. Then |undesirable views; they may grace. fill up the trench with rich sofl, into [fully drape over racks and clamber which will begin to grow a new root | over pergolas: they add delightful system of fine, fibrous roots. In a |shade in the trellised backyard: they vear or so a ball of fine feeding roots |adorn the front of the porch and wiil have developed and then the plant | | can be moved in safety Ny digging to the outside of this new root area. This practice is followed in moving | both large shrubs and amall trees. EEDING PLANTS Semi- | Detached Quite often it appears necessary to |l Brick and Stucco xive the garden plants a littls extra 11,5 plant food to encouragq a healthy | growth in backward plants. One | should make sure that this feeding is needed. It is usually indicated by a lighter green than is normal in the foliage of the particular plant. Sheep manure is one of the best fertilizers | Daily & Sunday Sample House is f usually on the underside of erate amount of attention smma.fl ¥ Sovas raine o remedy is to pick the worm off and to may be reduced to 20 by 20 feet, up | ot = a kil mato plants for the late canning and three to four semi-dwa with the pear can | of heets and carrots should take place ba reduced from preferably 16, feet apart with treeson | parsley and onion sets do best not planted at least one-half of the ahove | Summer mufehes of the clippings (be applied at the rate of one te threa Furnished kes it ce late | I MBIt Staridasds and grown with ool | (D o 15 Sumeecatics late in Jaoe. 3¢ e ~ the leaves and its presence is noted apple trees are planted 32 to 40 feet |}y the frass on the ground. The best apart each way, but thest distances a kil it. to 25 by 25 feet when the trees are | Don't forget the second lot of to- on Doucln stock, or in the ratio of } ace’| pickling erop. occupled by one st Tn a normal vear the last sowings planting distance u 4 feet apart each \hefore August 20; kale for Fall and | way, with the standard sorts (0 14, or | Winter use goes in at the same time; aninee roots, or a ratio of 1Wo to one. |jater than September 15; and turnips | Tt is recommended these trees he [at the same date. |In the hands of the amateur. It ma LOCATED IN THE FINEST s!CTlON distances from the property boundary |from the lawn are fine to mamtamlre. poonfuls per plant, scattering it | fi lines. the surface of rose heds and under the | lightly over the heds ence a month CHEVY CHASE, D €. 5319 42nd St. HALLJOHNSON CONSTRUCTION CO. 201 INVESTMENT BUILDING PHONE MAIN 392 In addition to conserving space and to having a greater numher of vari- | etles, semi-dwarfs are easily kept low- headed, =o that pru spraving and | pleking ean be performed more easily. Another advantage of these dulr"!d4 trees {x that the at an earlier v Goma into bearing | // r age than do standard | s fruft trees of the same variety i Or 9 Thie dwarfing root is onlv the he- | ginning toward a tree. | Flor the first three he headed hack, especially growing leaders. hy remoy one-third to one-half of son’s growth while the mant. This dormant prun often be supplemented d 1 berry bushes. during the growing seasen. Sheep | 1t the tops of such plants as cosmos manure as well as stable manure may UNUSUAL SEMI-BUNGALOW $12,500 productive eare the top must the upward. ing from the past sea- trees are dor. should | ng the | hing back | § shoots to | aintain a | re must than fs | ees in the | § o the semi-dwarfs s of space set for such trees. Whe begin to bear fruit they he lightly pruned, taking crowded limbs, | efoes limbs and water sprouts, keeping | '8 the eenter of eac ee open to expose | & the inner brar i fruits to the | sun. Aside from prining, these trees will need no special attention asx semi- dwarfs other than the 1f fertiliz 18g and spraving which all trees in the fryit garden shonld receiva. For and espe voung and advizable that thinned You own a new | 8 _ Colonsal tapestry ‘brick NQUESTIONABLY the outstanding home value of the season! 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