Evening Star Newspaper, September 4, 1926, Page 15

REAL ESTATE. Gardening in Washington AND ITS ENVIRONS Gonducted by J. W. Wellington, Garden Editor, The Star. l BLUEBER}“’ CULTURE Keen interest in biveberry growing has resulted from the successful de- velopment of large-berried varieties by Dr. F. V. Coville and associates of the United States Department of Agri. culture . there is hardly any other plant whose culture is 8o pre- destined to failure without n reason- e of the plant’s require- tlined by Dr. Coville in ard Cycloped Horticul- are three fundamental | requisites to successful blueberry eul- | ture: (1) Acid soil, especially one com- posed of peat and sand: (2) good drain- age and thorough aeration of the sur- | face soil, and () a manent but | moderate supply of soil moisture. Unless the prospective grower ‘s | able and willing t 10 the expense | of properly preparing the soil for blue- | herries, ther inadvisable 10 expect sat results or to pay the high pri ants of the improved v ihe other ing future for the culti industry, and this column jto discourage any one wi bark in th branch of horticulture. ! DAMSON PLUMS I What the crabapples are to the ap- ple family. the damsons are to the plum family. These small blue plums, now makini their first appearance of | the season in our markets, are unex-| celled for making Jellies and pre- | serves. Historically the damsons are | interesting group. me from Damaset lieved they reached Europe before ihe Dbeginning of the Chri Roman books ling to em- tive new ords in early that the damson plums R known In those times and that in color +nd shape they differed but little from the present-day damsons. The | group i¥ characterized by unusual | vigor and productiveness of the tree | and small sized. blue colored and tringent flavored fruit. No group of | plums or, in fact. any other fruit. shows as great uniformity. In fact. | to most people there are no varletles | of damsons, all being considered alike. | Fortunately, this is not true. There are early and late ripening kinds, ac- | companied by marked variations in flavor. The trees of the several varie ties differ considerably in size, vigor | and productiveness. In the “Plums of New York. splendid_illustrated vofume publish by the New York Agricultural Experi ment Station, there are described sev: eral of the better d 3 Shropshire 1s consid widely grown and valuable Frults are medium in size and borne annually in great abundance. The | trees are vigorous and resistant to | disease and insects. French is de-| scribed as the largest fruited damson, closely approaching the ordinary plums in this respect but carrying, nevertheless, the astringent sour qual- itfes desired in the damson group. Freestone is distinguished by sweeter fruits with unusual tendency to free- stones. i The home gardener with sufficient | arca should include one or more dam eon plums in his plantings. No. other fruit tree will return more regular or useful crops in reward for even moderate care. CAULIFLOWER l Some of our readers may have had trouble in getting caulifiower to head properly and may have blamed the or results on the seedsman. This, owever, may not be the real cause of their trouble. Caulifower is dis- tinetly a cool season crop and can not be expected to develop fine heads in the heat of our Midsummer. Really there are two seasons for caulifiower, early Spring and late Autumn. The Spring crop must be started under the protection of glass, putting the plants in the open ground as soon as possible fter freezing weather has passed. Light frosts do not injure the plants. For the Autumn crop, seed should be sown in late July and the beds watered to insure good strong plants. - No member of the cabbage family has greater need of ample fertility and abundant moisture to reach perfection. Growth must be vigorous and without | check from comtinued drought. Pref- erably the soil should be rendered Joose and friable with heavy applica tions of well rotted manure. From results secured Jersey " Sunday and Monday Gives you another * opportunity to visit o _Lyon Village The Place_of Homelike Homes Inspect 1722 Upshur Street West of Sixteenth Detached brick eight rooms, two tiled bath hardwood floors throughou spacious kitchen, large light cel- lar with servants’ toilet and wash trays, thirty-gallon auto- matic storage heater. open fire place. large attic dwelling of Floyd E. Davis Company 733 12th St. N.W. Main 352-353 Ala Vita, Maryland o and remote: nees. yet is h ¥ accessible. Three mijes from Chevy Chase Club. 3 hewls decorated and in per: order. 5 acres woodland and Price, $17,500 Your own broker or Call Cleveland 4347 | slobe artic Agricultural Experiment Stations sup- plementing the manure with com- mercial fertilizer in which the nitrogen is in part derived from nitrate of soda, will hasten maturity and en- courage the development of hard white heads. At the best there will be a certain number of inferior heads. High grade seed will materially reduce he percentage of culls. Just as soon as the young heads appear. the outer leaves must be drawn over the head and tied with raffla or soft twine, This operatlon belps to blanch. the ad. Comm.ercial growers are by no means alwavs successful with this op. Many have adopted the system of overhead irrigation to control mois- ture needs, Temperature is, however, heyond control. Cauliflower is becom- ing somewhat of a Winter crop for greenhouse culture. At Arlington Farm. the Department of Agriculture has developed a fine greenhouse strain which promises to be of much value to the greenliouse industry. JERUSALEM ARTICHOKE The native American vegetable, ex- tensively used by the Indians but never accepted by the white -people, is now in the public eye as a poten- tial source of sugar. The Bureau of Standards has discovered a process of extracting an edible sugar from the artichoke tuber. If this process can be placed on a commercial basis this humble plant will become onc of our most valuable. To many peo- ple the Jerudhlem artichoke is con fused with the French or globe arti- choke, which appears regularly in our markets and is a much esteemed vegetable, However, there is no re- lationship between the two except in the unfortunate nomenclature. The edible portion of the Jerusalem arti- choke is the tuber and that of the oke, the flower bud. Each Dbelonga” to an entirely distinct bo- tanical plant family. The Jerusalem artichoke can be grown far North, while the globe artichoke is very ten. der, and in this country is confined largely to California. The Jerusalem artichoke thrives with a minimum of care, while the globe artichoke re- quires high-grade cultur l CORN EAR WORM I Not only gardene but also all sweet corn_consumers, suffer at this Brookland- Section New Home 12th and Hamlin Sts. N.E. 8 rooms, complete detached brick home. Center-hall entrance. hes. garuge adjoining. will make any or tiful home, or can be easil for a twofamily apartme; Contains Best Improvements Price and Terms Attractive Open for Inspection Every Day and Evening SIMON BELOFF Owner and Builder 903 New York Ave. N.W. Main 8187 2901-15 12th St. - (12th and Girard) 1418 Eye St. N.W. season from the depredations of the corn ear worm. The discovery, upon the removal of the husks, of one or more large worms burrowing in the kernels is rather disgusting. Unfor- tunately the insect is very prevalent and lives in a great variety of plants. It is the dreaded boll worm of cotton, the fruit worm of the tomato and at. tacks alfalfa, tobacco, cowpeas, bea; and varfous wild plants. Naturally this rather omniverous habit- makes control exceedingly difficult and erad- ication quite impossible. On corn the adult ear worms choose the silks as the preferred place for | laying thelr eggs. When the young | worms appear they feed upon the | silk, gradually working their way | into the ears. Practically the only chance to combat the insect is while it is feeding on the silk. Dusting with powdered arsenate of lead, one part ER WAS RIGHT! Exhibit Home 5623 8th St. NW. Bet. Longfellow and Madison MIGHT ASWELL COME TO THE PRICE AT ONCE These eight homes—i sign that adds immeas families. d and rear porches, built-ir tral hood in which they stand. S ar Planned and built’ for durability. the recommended remedy. No dust or spray can reach the worm once it has entered the ear and began to eat the succulent kernels. Investigators found that where two or more worms come in contact in a single ear there usually results a combat ending in the death of the losers. This i{s a fortunate charac- teristic' from the human viewpoint, as it tends to keep the insect some- what in check. Upon reaching full size the worms drop to the soil, in h they complete their lives, emerging as fully developed butter- flies in periods ranging from two weeks to several months, dependent on the season. Those further inter- ested in the corn ear worm should obtain a copy of Farmers’ Bulletin ito one of finely powdered sulphur, is|1310, “The Corn Ear Worms," pre- by the United States Depart- ment of Agriculture. | TIMELY SUGGESTIONS I Do not allow weeds to go to seed in the garden. Some people have l[ notion that turning over the ground rather deeply will pury the seed and cause them to rot, but this does not work out in practice. Of 107 species of seeds buried at Arlington Farm, Va., in 1902, 51 grew in 1923 when planted under favorable conditions.| The seed of cultivated plants had all died, while those of weeds in many cases survived. This record shows ol the i ing (Continued on Sixteenth Page.) 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