Evening Star Newspaper, February 5, 1927, Page 19

REAL ESTATE. Gardening in Washington AND ITS ENVIRONS Conducted by J. W. Wellington, Garden Editor, The Star. GARDEN FERTILITY. No greater problem confronts gardener than that of getting f y into his sofl and maintaining it. once it is there. This problem is espec serious for the purchaser of a nome about which the soil has been graded without any attention having been paid to the nature of the soil However, even the very worst types of clay can, with diligence and fore ought, be brought into irly sctive and workal course of time. An attempt to estab Msh a garden upon such soils without preparation simply means loss of seed & lot of hard wor appointment Well rotted nure is un doubtedly the be ium for the garden. DX as capable of bri good condition inches in depth of well re applied any time between now and Spring and ded or plowed in as soon as the il dr enough crumble when tu an ideal tre plemented with ground the rate of 1 pound per 10 squ and acid phosphate 1 ponud square feet. Manure used above rate is rather costly but insure a good garden the very season. Unfortunately, few will secure manure in the qu mended, or perhaps not at all case, the lime should be the first Instance and rel on commercial fertilizer. F these are available to eve are comparatively much les: than the barnyard manuxc fertilizer should be rich principal food elements phosphorus and potast Several of the larger dealers about the city carry fertilizer designed for market garden ers. Being richer in food value than the usual field fertilizer, these garden brands are slightly more expensive, an increase which is well warranted in | View of the more valuable contents. | | Coal Ashes Help. | Such materials used at the rate of 1 pound to 30 square feet scattered broadcast before spading should give fair results. As opportunity occurs | during the season, every effort should | be made to cowpe: under. The use of such plants supple. | mented by commercial fertilizer will | aid in keeping the garden productive and gradually change the sticky soil to a more workable form. Coal ashes from which the clinker: have been separated will aid greatly in subduing intractable clays, but add practically nothing of food value to at ntity recom In t nce plac ortunately, y one, and pensive A garden the three | | the sotl | such will aid in sofl improvement. sthing quite | the place of manures in the table refu crops. Those who about commerc use in the garden w write the National ciation, Investment Building, W: ington, D. C., for a copy of their let_entitled “Fertilizer for the nd the Lawn.” H. R r in charge, assures us that c ill be mailed to all who apply. 1 ociation has no fertilizer for sa PLANS THE GARDEN. A little foresight and thought about ingement of the garden pre easier and also production. ng, it far bette t s in rows rather than in The rows allow the use of wheel hoes or other tools the hand weeding required by solid beds. Species such as rhubarb and paragus, which live year after year should be planted at one side S0 ar to interfere as little as possible with annual plowing operations The rows should bes traight and ex- tend from one end of the garden to the er so that the cultivator may b run straight through without shiftin from row to row. Radishes, lettuc beets, onions and similar small plants which may be grown in close rows should be grouped together, followed by bush beans, cabbage! cauliflowers, egg plants, Summer squash and the like, and finally the tall, space-requiring kinds, such g sweet corn, tomatoes (on stakes) anc pole beans. It is a mistake to at- den ossible increase nerally is | tempt to grow low plants among the tall, as the latter will monopolize the suniight, soil food and moisture. Many plants, such as radish, let tuce, early beets, early beans, require only.a part of the season to grow hence the plan should include other kinds to follow o that full productior and succession of desirable vegetables he amount of each vegetable de pends so much upon the size of the family and its preferences that it i quite out of the question to sugges: the proportions of each. But in the small garden it is well to leave ou coarse-growing plants, such as swee corn, cabbages and potatoes, and giv the space to lettuce, radishes, bu THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. O, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 35 1927T. 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Something has already been said in | spraying fruit trees and ornamental | shrubs during the Winter or dormant As a general thing, one such spraying is enough. ‘But if San Jose or other | sprays are much better, the first now and the second as the leaf buds begin San Jose scale ap- season to show green. ashy scurf on the branches and twigs. Infested plants are usually disin- guished by a general unthrifty ap- pearance, especially evident in the growing season. The scurf consists of waxy scales that may be quite easily rubbed off the bark with the thumb nail. This insect is.very abun- dant in this vicinity and is often found ies, plums, cur- You’ll Thank Us! when you inspect these beautiful “Lifetime Homes” in the heart of Columbia Heights’ best section Between 14th and 16th Sts. On Parkwood Street for they fulfill your ideal of wi:nt a Home should be—location, design, type, character. influence on the neighborhood. 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Directions this column about the necessity of | the package and should be consistently will_be necessary to have a spraying | outfit con, nozzles and small of the Winter spray you ma Spring bath N.W. quinge lilac and Without spray- Many pest as are the fruit disea case of th curl is be: doomed to are avail- cible oil; tlphur is older and absolutely, Two remedies Ye: pests had in_ liquid tive forms ale in loca diluting are or spray or m is on stores for fo day is now attractive of lime su important ng should tion and s freezing. For large trees it sting of container, pump, and rod. For a few | trees smaller out The importance s indicated in the tive of scale insects, annually s to fruit trees. Pe v have noticed that ornamental cherries Basin receive their of lime tisfactory \ Jrrespe Al grower eating the of the frui and pear. about annu sulphur. the indication ¢ eggs of small was grown no one can expect to rious rodent woodchucks are thus controlled; the insects are destroyed spores of various leaf and For instance, in the e peach, the dreaded leaf st controlled by the late Winter spray of lime sulphur. ago before many of the worst reached our shores or na- had increased, good fruit without spraying. This long past and without such aise sound, fruit. The Winter spray Iphur is one of the most in the schedule of protec- hould not be neglected. Bridge Grafting mice, rabbits and re at times guilty of bark from about the base t trees, particularly apple Mice are a particular haz- ard, as they frequently work beneath il, leaving little or no outward of their destructive attack. New Substantially Built Modern in every respect. ok i Cor. Conn. 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The process is known as bridge graft ing and is in truth simply the bridg- ing of the girdled area by means of several young shoots cut slightly longer than the wound and beveled at each end go that they may be slipped beneath the trimmed edges of the bark above and below the wound. The clons are then made fast with small brads and the cut surfaces coated with grafting wax. The whole proce. (dure is admirably discussed in Farm- | ers’ Bulletin No. 1369, obtainable from | the United States Department of Ag- | riculture. { A8 the repair wofk must be done while both the cions used for bridging and the tree itself are dormant, those who are unfortunate enough to have trees which have suffered such in- | Jurles this Winter must take im- mediate action. Quite large trees can be saved by this simple but effective operation, Those who are planning the con- struction of hotbed this Spring should be making inquiries as to sources of fresh ‘“strawy” horse manure. In the days of driving horses it was an easy matter to se- cure this necessary constituent of the hotbed, but now it is rather difficult. Yet for a large home garden the hot- bed is quite essential to early produc- tion and for raising varfous tender plants, The order for seeds and fertilizer should be getting under way, as it will not be long now before some of the slow-growing vegetables and flowers may be shown in boxes of soil kept in- doors. Parsnips a and salsify left in the excellent condition for tuble use. In fact, these ould be used before new growth in Spring, as at that time the stored sugars turn to less palatable combinations. The spraying apparatus should be examined to see if it is in condition. Remember that trees or shrubs in- Real Estate SALESMEN WANTED We've got an_exceptional suburban_proposition our season is just opening and ~prospects ' indicate . a most successful year. = We have openines for Just 3 few men of sales ability. APPLY "0 MR. MORGAN. [ J Terrell & Little, Inc. i 1206 13th St. N.W. ERER e EEREE bathrooms. ge garage with wide driveway. wn landscaped with shrubbery. Nothing has been ‘overlooked in planning this home for your every comfort. Make it a point to see it Sunday, open until 9 p.m. D. J. DUNIGAN, 1319 N. Y. W)/ W2 & DUNIGAN HO! REAL ESTATE, fested with scale insects must be sprayed before the buds open. CLUB NOTES. Woodridge Garden Club will hold its February meeting on Mon- | day, at 8 o'clock, in the Sherwood Presbyterian Hall, Twentieth street and Rhode Island avenue. Soil and its management will be the chief subject of the evening. Dr. W. W. Welr, soll technologist, United tes Bureau of Soils, will be the| principal speaker, and will tell mem- bers “How to Manage Our Stubborn Garden Solls.” J. P. Shumacher, vice The » 19 proximately 150 interested spectators Various plants, fruft trees, bush frults, grapes and rose bushes will be pruned and full opportunity offered for asking questions. Full details will appear in this column at a later date. —— HOBO “KING” RETIRES. Jeft Davis, After 800,000 Miles of Travel, Goes Home to Wife. CINCINNATI, Ohio, February 5 (®) —Tired and road-weary, Jeff Davis. venerable “king of the hobos,” has forsaken his itinerant career for & ground last Autumn will be found in | life of ease at his home tablished here many years ago. Davis has deserted the open road to live with his wife, whom he mar | ried years ago and who had been left alone by the recent marriage of a son, Ellery. The abdicating “king of vagabondia” claims to leava be president of the club, will narrate his | adventures with the sofl in his back [ lot. S. G. Boernstein, successful flow- er grower of Woodridge, and a mem- ber of this club, will suggest “an out line of work to be followed by practical | gardeners during the month of Feb- | ruary.” The president of the club will give his usual 10-minute talk on|hind him 800,000 dusty miles, which botany, his subject being “Leaves he covered “riding the rods” and The somewhat delayed question box | walking. will make its initial appearance at this| He claims to have crossed the meeting, and all members are invited | United States 92 times and declares to use this means as a solution to some | his travel equals five and one-half of their garden problems. {times around the world. Age and a desire for companionship brought him home, he said Arrangements are belng perfected by the Takoma Hortlcultural Club for the pruning demonstration to be held on February 22. 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