Evening Star Newspaper, August 14, 1926, Page 15

REAL Gardenintr in the day of saving secd is past. Vege- | table seed production is now a well established and relizble commercial | | enterprise, in which seed is grown in ESTATE. ND ITS ENVIRONS Conducted by j. W. Wellington, Garden Editor, The Star. ieties for the home fruit garden. lowish, |r l(l]'l sma’ . VAN FLEET RASP- BERRY. Washington This raspberry is admirably well adapted to the home gardens of this vicinity and serves a real purppse by extending the raspberry season se: eral weeks beyond normal expectancy. The bushes are strong and thrifty growers and highly productive of orange-red fruits, which begin to ripen about the time the ordinary red va- rieties are through, and continue into August. In flavor the fruit closely resembles the red raspberry, which, by the way, of this new variety, The Van Fleet raspberry was developed at the Bell s by no means so, for there are 1'much more desirable early va- Benoni, red in color and with yel- juicy flesh. is an excel- orchard variety, ripening ¢ August. TIts principal fault, 1 more than offset the most favorable sections of the | - (Maryland) Horticultural Field Sta- Country. .There are, however, certain | DY _its enticing lity. Jefferis is | tion by the late Dr. Van Fleet, a plant «vops which still lend themselves m,,.;?:.‘;’,?."r"; ”T,‘I,‘?”';_ ity ‘I'“'r‘,,f"l‘n‘h;‘“*;‘:}{‘f Dbreeder in the service of thé United fruprovement by home seed selection. IT06 vitiow Teulspatepalor Splae | ates Department of Agriculture. Among these are sweet corn, toma- | oes, peppers, muskmelon and squash. | Sweet corn can be improved in re- | Kpect to earliness and size and uni- formity of ears by the selection of | ¥ ripening rs of good size and | Corn eross pollinates with ease and at considerable dis-. 0 that if more than one va- grown dn a single garden or neighboring dens, it becomes ary to cover the silks of cars ed ag sced with paper sacks and | o apply pollen by hand. In the tomato and the pepper, seed | xhould be saved from those plants bearing an unusual number of smooth, early-ripenin Since both | Eveat tances, Tiety ix in nece: these vegetables ar argely self-polli mated, danger of cross pollination 1 negligible. muskmelon becomes & in cross pollination H problem If more than one variety of the squash and again either plant is grown the same garden. However, both plants lend smselves to on ef desirable types as sourc in pid improvement by |7 Seed ears of sweet corn ma .hn gathered as soon as kernels be harden and hung in an open, shed to complete ripening. Tomato eed is easily separated from the flesh shing_partially decayed fruits . With peppers melons the seed is sim: Zrom the frult while yet in an edible eondition. COMMERCIAL FERTILIZERS. I"requent mention is made in these columns of nitrate of soda, bonem: #nimal manure gnd complete fe tilizer. Although such names are thorougt miliar to the cxperienced gardener, they must be rather con- fusing to those who are newly ente ing the tield. N ate of soda is fimportant source of nitrogen, the 1 essential plant food for garden plants. | ] The nitrogen in nitrate of soda is in @ form readily a; le to the plant, and therefore g very quick sults. For this reason it Is for the vegetables which need to a rapid growth in_order to their hest quality. Nitrate of soda is ® highly concentrated chemical, and must be used in moderate applic tions in order to avoid injury to the plants. 5 Animal manures—cow, horse, sheep wnd poultry—are highly desirable forms for the garden, since they sup- ply not only food but also humus necessary to keep the soil in good condition. Unfortunately, animal ma- are becoming very scarce and , and force the gardener to rel on commercial fertilizer supplemented with cover crops as a source of the essential humus. Complete fertilizer contains nitro- phosphorus and potash, but in a multiplicity of grade: bles respond best to the higher sich in the several con- spécially nitrogen and acid. A complete fert h part of the nitrogen 1he form of nitrate of soda is usually most profitable for the garden. Bonemeal is finely ground bone from which the fats have been ex- tracted. Bonemeal contains conside . nitrogen and much phosphoru: is especially valuable for lawn s and other ornamental plan are longer lived than vese- | SUMMER APPLES Een., comes ; H Judging from the abundance of | Transparent apples in our | rkets during the last few | s would gain the impression | that this variety is the most impor- OPEN SUNDAY 3737-3739 Military Road 314,950+ n ave 7 laree ally - appormted but ar outside roon cannot m the city on. envi desirability anywherd e for the price. Come Out Sunday to See Them R.Owen Edmonston, Jr. Realtor 1106 Vermont Ave. MAIN 9148 Washington Insist on Seeing Bav Ridge Estates The coolest and most de- lightful spot in Maryland three miles of crystal sand beach and a myriad of trees. The nearest tidewater to Washington where it is “10 degrees cooler.” Phone 1407 “F” St. Phone Main 3014 14th St. N.W. Columbia 7891 for Details N.W. 10220 | considerable perio | istic is really rower the cially when tree hefore reaching digon An and n th red, are inclined to ripen over a | This character- an asset to the home The fine eating quali Of the many diseases which con- front the pear and apple grower, none is as serious as that known a pear blight, or fire blight. So dev- astating is this disease that pear growing has been ent suppressed in certain regions, and in others there can_be grown only inferior varietie such as Kieffer and Garber, whicl presumably, have arisen from crosses between standard varieties and - re- istant Chinese species. Pear blight also dnjurlous to the apple, but, Ted Summer apple to our markets < Shore orchards. little too mild to give high cooking quality, but an excellent table apple, espe- thered fresh from the | an overripe con- or all these three apples are ¢ of a place in the home orchard \nll dispel the notion that w Autumn’ ol was one of the parents | plied, as the rapid death of whole branches gives the appearance of having been scorched by fire. Sprays are of no avail, since the 'disease works and lives beneath the outer bark. Drastic surgery is the only possible remedy, and this is far from satisfactory, even when carried out with the greatest care. It is neces- sary to cut off the diseased t branches some distance below the in- jured point, applying a powerful dis. pinfectant, such as mercury bichloride, to both the wound and the tools. It is far better to cut away the diseased twigs at their first appearance rather than delay until large areas have been Killed. Pear trees in sod and those making but slight growth are less subject to severe attacks than those in a-high state of culture. Old pear trees are apparently much more resistant than voung rapid growers. So prevalent is this disease in this vicinity that the g of the better quality pears, as Seckel, Sheldon, Baftlett, Bosc, etc., is a real gamble. Plant breeding operations now in progress offer a ray of hope, in that crosses between standard und re: ant varieties may perchance vi new kinds, combining quality and re- sistance. TiMELY SUGGESTIONS Raspberry growers should remove the old fruiting canes - EZB ilders [ W. ¢, and A.ijl Miller _1 Bealtors | 3 ‘ 17 st lll9 Main 1790 Wesley Hrights Model Home Is Ready for Inspection \We respectfully invite you to inspect the Georgian Colonial Brick Model Home just completed at 44th Place and Hawthorne Street, Wesley Heights. This MODEL home, sponsored by the Evening Star, was designed by Mr. Delos H. 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Grape vines are unusually well loaded with fruit, and will need extra care to prevent the occurrence of de- cay. The inclosure of individual clus- ters in paper sacks is a successful but rather impractical measure for pre- | venting the entrance of disease. | better to place reliance upon a thor- {ough spraying with Bordeaux | ture. Iris borers are now in their most destructive stage, eating out the heart of rhizomes or swollen rootstool , there is no remedy | this season except to lift the clumps, separating and resetting the unin- jured roots and at the same time de- stroving the borers by burning the with a knife blade. ers The work of | = - Open for lnspeclion 519 17th St. SE. (Retween G and Potomac Ave.) . hot-water heat: . balance $60 monthly, in- | inferest. " FOR SALE Semi-Detached Tapestry Brick Houses 5325 & 5327 42nd St. N.W. 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Resuming activities after the usual midsummer _vacation, the Takoma Horticyltural Club held its annual gladiolus show on the evenings of August 5 and 6 in the lecture room of the Branch Public Library. The blooms were of fine quality and in great variet: and were attractively displayed, giving the exhibit a most pleasing appearance. Rev. L. A. Han sen, 120 Carroll avenue, Takoma Park, “Md., was the principal prize | the borer is evidenced in dving leaves in otherwise healthy clumps. At this season blister beetles are often guilty of eating the petals from aster and dahlia plants. Dusting the flowers with arsenicals, such as arse- nate, of lead and Parls green, will CLUB NOTES . L. Mulford, in charge of land- scape gardening investigations in the au of Plant Industry and also sident of the American Horticul- jety, is the author of a new rs' bulletin, No. 1481, entitled “Planting the Roadside.” The sug- gestions on the planting and care of ond ribbons to his credit. C. E. F. 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