Evening Star Newspaper, August 7, 1926, Page 15

REAL ESTATE. Gardening in Washington AND ITS ENVIRONS Conducted by J. W. Wellington, Garden Editor, The Star. | PEDIGREED TREES. Many nursery catalogues offer pedi- greed nursery stock at prices con- siderably above the normal. Such trees are supposed to be descendants of exceptionally productive individuals and to carry iIn themselves the su- period quality of the parent. It is true that individual trees do vary in thelr producing capacity and in_ their tendency to bear extra fine frul Careful investigations prove, ho ever, that these differences are gen- erally due to soll and root variability and cannot be transmitted to young trees by badding or grafting. The New. York Agricultural Experiment Station at Gencva procured Baldwin apple trees from varfous locations throughout the United States and planted them side by side. Strange to relate, despite the various 8 to superiority, when the young trees came into bearing all carried exactly the same type of fruits, ordinary Baldwin apples. For many years the Missourt Agricultural Experiment Sta- tion took careful records on st berry plants of a single variety was unable to discover any producing power. Just California Agricultural Station reports that record on indi- vidual grapevines failed to show any heritable differences in vielding power. Hence it is advisable for the prospective purchaser of fruit trees to deliberate carefully before ving a bonus for pedigreed trees or plants. In all probability “there ain’t no such animile. I UTATION! A subject of universal interest to the horticulturist is that of muta- tions. Fruit, vegetable and flower growers are alike interested. The sud- den appearance of red apples upon a tree ordinarily bearing yellowish fruits cannot help but excite curiosity. Such occurrences are very rare, but they do occasionally happen. The Graven- stein apple has xiven rise to at least two different red-colored mutations sports as they are known in current language. Deliclous, the fine eating apple appearing in our Christmas holiday season, has quite recently vielded two solid red forms of great commercial value, Fortunately these varfations can be multiplied and thus give rise to distinct varietles useful to mankind. Oranges are very much inclined to yleld these mutations, but very often these are inferior to the parent tree. Recenily mutations have been found in the peach. The nec- tarine occasionally appears suddenly on the peach tree. Mutations are not as general in the vegetables, but are not unknown. In red potatoes there may suddenly arise mottled tubers which thereafter per- petuate themselves. Mutations are very common in cul- tivated flowers. The rose yields many new and valuable forms. Red Radi- ance arose in such a manner from Pink Radiance. Ophelia has. vielded many mutations including Madame Butterfly and Golden Ophelia. Chry- santhemums, carnations and dahlias have all given rise to many new forms, some of great value. There is no known way to encourage mutations por to forecast their appear- ance. Of course they are extremely rare, yet it may interest all of us to ‘watch our trees and plants for such phenomena. | NATIVE VEGETABLES | Few people realize how many of our most valuable vegetables are of American origin and were absolutely unknown to Europeans prior to the settlement of America. Drop the white potato, sweet potato, tomato, sweet corn, lima bean, bush bean, . pepper and possibly the squash from the list of our common garden v -tables and one gains an idea of w a notable contribution America has made to our food supply and incident- ally that of the entire world. Strange -to say, it took the white man quite a long time to accept some of the new plants as food. The tomato is the conspicuous example. For years this plant was grown merely as a garden curiosity and was even considered to have poisonous properties. Not until the middle of the last century was the tomato recognized in its true light. In fact, it is within the last 50 years that it has become a staple ar- ticle of diet. Undoubtedly the native Americans unconsciously improved the various vegetable plants by select- ing the better forms, and thus in their humble way contributed greatly to their improvement. I SALT ON ASPARAGUS | Much has been said and written of the value of salt upon asparagus beds, both In subduing weeds and in in- creasing yields. Very little reliable information has been avallable. Re- cently the New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station reported that ap- plication of 500 pounds of common rock salt per acre just before Spring plowing increased yields approxi- mately 12 per cent. Asparagus is pre- sumably a native of the seashores of Furope and hence accustomed to a salty environment, which fact prob- ably accounts for its ability to thrive Beautiful Moderate Priced HOMES One Block West of Connecticut Ave. 3102-3118 Rodman St. Situated on an attractive terrace surrounded by trees, these Semi-detached Homes are different and are out- standing values. Eight rooms, built-in bath and shower. Open fireplace in living room. Sample House Open Daily Until 9 P.M. C. H. Small & Co. Realtors—Builders _ 925 15th St. N.W. Main 6861 7 and prosper under a treatment which would surely kill most any other vege- table, ROSE BLACK SPOT | fons point to the fact that ase is unusually prevalent vear and is very active in defoli- our rose bushes. Loss of leaves is serious in that these are in truth the food manufacturing organs of the plant, converting, iwth the aid of sun- light, the carbon dioxide of the air into nutrients. Black spot manifests itself at first in a light brown area on the under surface of the leaf, followed by meneral vellowing and a change of the brown to a full black color. At this stage the leaf falls to the ground to serve as source of infection for the new leaves. Control is difficult, and at the best not wholly successful. Thorough spray- ing with Bordeaux mixture repeated frequently to cover the younger leaves is a good preventive measure. Quite recently Cornell University, at Ithaca, N. Y., has found that a dusting mix- ture of nine parts of finely divided sul- phur and one part of powdered arse- nate of lead is valuable for control- ling black spot. arally the sul- phur-lead dust is ) st applied when dew on the folir ve. The gathering and destroying of the diseased leaves helps g the disease. Fortunately some of the better hy- brid tea roses are quite resistant to this disease. these may be listed Pink ance, Duchess of Wellingtc, Francis Scott Key and Columh mong the very suscep- tible var are Mme. Edward Her- riot, Gru: Teplitz and Mme. But- Certain_of the beteer rose rmen assist the purchaser by commenting on the black spot resist- ance of their varieties. TIMELY SUGGEST(ONS I is Is a fine time of - for dividing and reset:inz iris. especially old established clumps which are run- ning down in vigor, due to crowding and good exhaustion. Before resetting, thoroughly till the soil, working in bone meal to supply the fertility es- sential to the production of fine blooms. Watch the grapes carefully for black rot, which spreads rapidly from berry to berry, quickly destroying entire clusters. Picking and _destroy- ing the diseased berries will check the but thorough spraying with x mixture is the logical treat- We repeat the advice given last week to spray the tomato plants with bordeaux mixture. Leaf spot is be- coming prevalent at this time and It uncontrolled will »emove all the foli- age from the plants. Fruit from partly defoliated plants lacks in flavor and size. Do not fail to eds of peren- 6pen for I nxpe?hon ' 519 17th St. SE. | (Botween G and Potomac Ave.) and bath. hot-water heat: I A balunce’ $60 monthly, in X -ash. bala . in- | cluding all inierest. i LACY and BELT | | Owners_and Builders. | 493 G St. S.W. Phone Franklin 8068. BUY tly to ; revent the spread of | WITH CONFIDENCE—BUY A DUNIGAN ~ THE EVENING nial flowers at this season. Such plants if given reasonable care will adorn the borders next season. Sow Winter rye seed or crimson clover on vacant areas in the vege. table garden. These plants arc able to survive the Winter and serve not only to prevent washing of soll on inclines but also furnish humus to the soll. There is no need to send away, for these seeds, as our local seedsmen carry them in good supply. at reason- able” prices. The dahlia plants are beginning to grow rapidly and .will need to be tied frequently to their supports. Much better success will result if only one main stalk is left to a stake. If the plants are not growing satls- factorily, apply a little nitrate of soda to the surrounding soll, taking care to keep a few inches from the stem. Bone meal is excellent for dahlias, but is slower in becoming avallable, Probably very few amateur garden- ers earn a net profit from their gar- dens except in health and satisfaction of having fresh vegetables. The im- portance of this last item is shown in sweet corn, the kernels of which begin to lose sweetness by change of sugars into starches almost as soon as harvested, STAR, WASHINGTO At the regular monthly meeting of the National Capital Dahlia and Iris Society held Wednesday, July 21, it was voted to hold the annual dahlia show on September 28 and 29 at the Mayflower Hotel. Every indication at the present time points to a large and attractive exhibition. Classes will be so arranged as to afford ample opportunity for both the large and small grower to display his blooms. Entries will be open ‘to non-members as well as regular members. Monday evening, August 2, David Lumsden continued his interesting serles of radio garden talks, this time speaking from station WRC and using as his subject, “‘Orchids—The Royal Family of Plants. 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