Evening Star Newspaper, July 24, 1926, Page 13

REAL ESTATE Gardening in Washington ,{ND ITS ENVIllONS Conducted by J. W. Wellington, Garden Editor, The Star. ROCK GARDENS | The Public Library, through the rman, librarian, shing- Country Life. Choosing _the Site Garden . Stanton G and Home Buildex v, 19 Necessary Wall Becomes an Aesthetic Asse E. H Ries Garden and Home Builder. 42:415 February, 1926. W 30 Splendidly Beflowered. H House Beautiful 1926, How I Did Tt Garden. G. S. McClure Arts and Decoration. 23:44-45. 5. erious Charm of January, The Walled to Build a_Rc Day. Garden Magozine., 41:310-12. June, 1925, Little Shrubs for Small Rock Gardens. L. B. Wilder. | House and G . May, 19 8 B. Wilder. House cember, dens. sarden. De- Creating of Rock Gar- and Garden. 48:48-9. Late Rock Garden. L. House August, 1925. B. Wilder. House and Garden. 48:68-9. No- | vember, 1925. Putting the Rock Gar- | den to Bed. L. B. Wilder. | House len. 48:92-3. Sep- tember, bs for the Rock nd Garde 437 Oc- Sowing the Rock Garden. and Carden. 47.78.9. Feb- ruary, 1 | L. B. Wilder | House and Garden. 47:76-7. April, {1925 April Work in the Rock Gar den. L. B. Wilder | House Beautiful | tember, 1925, Const eries. N. K. Morse. House Beautiful. 1925, Planting a Rock W sell HARDY ETABLES I Although it is generally known that animals differ in- their ability to resist various diseases, few realize that the lity exists in plants, and is 1y evident in our well known 5. Great progress has been de in the last fe'; years in the se- ion and devele ment of tant plants. in fact, it is safe to that as muc’i progress has been 298-304. Sep- of Rock- March, H. Rus- June, made in the last three decades as was i The Wisconsin station at What Is a Rock Plant?} disease- | THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. SATURDAY, JULY 24, 1926 asparagus and the tomato, owe much to the United States Department of Agriculture workers who found in both plants individuals resistant to destructive diseases known as aspara- gus rust and tomato wilt. From the resistant plants were developed valu- able commercial varieties, which have placed the industries on a safe footing, The Virginia truck station at Nor- folk hybridized ordinary spinach with a resistant Manchurian form and from the offspring developed a fine commer- cial type known as Virginia Savoy. Madison practically saved the cabbage-growing industry in that State by searching out healthy plan hable of resieting ting discase known as ses might be cited, but these are sufficient to show the reader what is being done in this line of vegetable improvement. Mary Washington as- paragus, Washington tomato and Vir- ginin Savoy spinach, valuable varie- ties resulting from this work, are now offered by many seedsmen, and are hence available to any one. - I HARVESTING PE The fruit of practically all pear va- rieties is greatly improved by picking before the fruit becomes fully ripe and being allowed to complete the ripening process in a_cool, dark, dry place, such as a shelf in the cellar fruit room. The proper time to pick pears is usually determined by size and color of fruit and the commence- ment of dropping. In yellow pears such as Bartlett, n change from clear green to yellowish green is a good indication of approaching maturity. Pears tree ripened never are as sweet and juicy as those harvested early, fruits contains an-unusual amount of hard granulated material. Other va- rieties rot near the core if allowed to mature upon the tree. One of the reasons why home- grown fruit is generally superior in flavor to that from California and other Western sections is that West- ern orchawdists frequent] arvest al- together too early. The United States Department of Agriculture has per- fected a pressure:tester for determin- ing changes in the hardness of pears and other fruit which it is believed will greatly aid Western growers:in detecting the proper stage of ma- turity for gathering pears for Eastern shipment. l SWISS CHARD - ‘ Herd is a plant’ that may still be sown this season and yield excellent results. Swiss chard really a beet without the usual enlarged root. In chard the edible portion is the leaves, which may be eaten as a spinach or the thick midribs may be used in the same manner as Aasparagus. Chard has an advantage over the beet in thriving fairly well when planted in partial shade, but, like most vege- tables, develops best in full sunlight. The cultural requirements are like those' of the beet, the seed being sown in rows spaced about two feet apart. Since chard, under good cultural con- ditions, attains quite large size, it should be thinned to at least 12 inches in the row. Unless the soil is pre- viously enriched with manure, fer- tilizer should be spread along rows and worked into the soil with the hoe or cultivator. Fortunately, chard has no insect or disease pests of any importance. A row or two of chard in the garden offers a ready source of succulent green food and, if har- vested a few leaves at a tinZ, the 1925. B. Wilder. Iri: completion 5000 Block Outstanding Details 6 rooms of exceptional size. Colonial concrete porch and massive brick columns. Breakfast and sleeping porches, 10x20 feet, each en- tered from two rooms, and completely screened. Entire home screened. Tiled bath and built-in tub and shower. Hardwood trim throughout —upstairs and down. Splendidly designed fixtures, including wall lights in Living room and Dining room. 10,950 s in the Rock Garden. L. | recorded in previous centuries of un- directed effort Two vegetables, the and in the Bartlett and some other varieties the flesh or tree-ripened ashington The most remarkable Homes that have ever been built to sell at a popular price in the National Capital—are these ‘“Life- time” Homes in the Illinois Ave. N.W. Outstanding Details R e Location is unequaled On Petworth’s widest and pret- tiest thoroughfare—Illinois Avenue. 120 feet wide—overlooking Sherman Circle to the south and a beautiful Government reservation to the north. A neighborhood that is char- acterized by the utmost refinement —and protected by satisfied owner- ship. G Sk e i R N e S R ¥ Large coat closet with mir- ror door, off spacious reception hall. Large wardrobe closets in every sleeping room. Master bedroom across en- tire front of home. Kitchen w it h one-piece porcelain sink and built-in pantry with outside window. Servant’s toilet in basement. Guaranteed hot-water heat- ing plant. Instantaneous heat- er for service water. Completely equipped laundry. Extra large built-in garage. Easily financed the Cafritz way 'In this group are included—2 corner Homes—semi-detached Home— ‘wholly detached Home—facing two streets—and offered at prices from $2,000 to $3,000 less than would be possible even for us, except they were built along with the others—which makes them wonderful values. Don’t fail to inspect these exceptional bargains at once. Corner Ill. 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A beautiful Home, occupy- ing its own exclusive triangle, with outlook on two streets, 6 rooms; paneled walls; open fireplace ; large coat closet with mirror door on first floor; and - big wardrobe closets in every room upstairs; artistic fixtures and wall lights; big built-in garage. 2 9th St. cars to Farragut—walk east to homes AFRITZ Ouwner and Builder of Communities plants will continue in a productive condition throughout the entire grow- ing season. For a family with a small child, whose diet demands daily green food, this plant is.quite indis- pensible. Furthermore, the waste leaves make a splendid green feed for poultry. 5 I BUTTERFLY BUSH | Buddlela, better known under the rather fanciful name of butterfly bush, is one of our few good Summer flowering shrubs. At this season of the year the panicles of lilac purple florets of this plant may be seen here and there in Washington parks and lawns, but to no such extent as the plant deserves. The butterfly bush makes very rapid growth in" fertile eoil, sometimes sending forth new shoots four or five feet in length Hence the plant requires rather dras tic pruning to keep it in form and to éncourage new growth which-bears the flowers. Like crape myrtle, buddlela has no particular pests but has the fault of being sometimes killed by Winter freezes. ‘The ability to quickly re- cover offsets this drawback. The buddleia requires ra fertile soil to Of six rooms and white tiled bath—uwith kitchens that are fully equipped and a large living room with open fireplace—these unusual homes will appeal to people who have good taste but a limited income. Priced as low as $9,100 oP 3 @ 2, develop satistactorily but beyond this the cultural requirements are sim- ilar to those of other shrubs. Propa- gation 1Is easily accomplished with soft wood cuttings taken at this sea- son of the year, or hardwood cuttings taken in the dormant season. |TIMELY SUGGEST!ONSI SRR VAR ON Watch the- caulifiower plants as they approach maturity. As soon as the young heads appear the large outer leaves should be drawn together above the head and tled with raffia or soft twine. Under the protection of the eanopy of leaves the plants de- velop the whice solld heads so de- sirable in this vegetable. Tomato plants should be sprayed with hordeaux mixture to prevent de- foliation with leaf spot. Bordeaux mixture is obtainable from plant and drug stores in either paste or pow- dered form ready to dilute with water. Annual larkspur seed sown at this time will result in a brilliant show of_color in September and October. Do not purchase shrubs or. fruit REAL ESTATE. plants from unknown salesmen. It is far wiser to deal with réliable, well known nurseries and save not only in money but in the satisfaction of ob- taining ~ first-grade plants in good growing condition. ~Most of the wandering salesmen handle second- class stock, discarded material from the regular nurseryman. Do not al- low fancy colored illustrations to de- ceive you. as to the real merits of the stock. Till the soil frequently about young plants. A hard crust prevents proper neration of the soil and reduces the activity of beneficial soil life, the in- visible bacteria, which assist in con- verting fertilizer and manures Into materials available to the plant. Crusted goif§ fail to absorb light rains, allowink che moisture to run off. Recently planted evergreens, roses and other plants which establish themselves with some difficulty are, in particular, deserving of cultural at tention during dry periods. 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