Evening Star Newspaper, February 25, 1928, Page 20

DONGHOE HEADS " DINNER PLANNERS Former President of Real Estate Board Is Chairman of Committee. 1 Clarence F. Donohoe has been named chairman of the committee in charge of the third annual Midwinter dinner | meeting to be held by the Washington | Rea! Estate Board March 21 at the| Willard Hotel. Mr. Donohoe is a for- mer president of the board. Chairmen of subcommittees which | will arrange various features of the banquet session have been named by 'W. C. Miller, president of the board, as follows: A. H. Lawson, entertainment: Ben T. Webster, guests: Llovd F. Gaines. orations: William R. Ellis, dinner and | floor: Thomas L. Phillips. tickets: L. H. Brodie, seating; Joseph A. Pet printing. | Present indications are that the al~‘ llhls comparatively new strawberry va- souvenirs; Fred A. Smith, dec- | P! tendance of last year, when more than %50 attended the banguet. will be re-| ated this year. A number of offices | Already have asked for reservations for | seats for their entire staffs. | Plan Novel Features. Mr. Donohoe and s committee are | working out various details of the ban: quet and they have planned a number of novel features. A large local firm Rhas stated that it will distribute souve- nirs to those who attend the banquet Mr. Lawson is planning an entertai will be a “speechless banquet.” in that no talk will be more | than one minute long. ‘The advantages of the District of | Columbia from a property holder's point of view will be set forth in de- ! tail in a series of five-minute speeches on “Why Washington Is the Best City | in Which to Reside.” which will be de- | Uvered at the regular monthly meeting | of the Real Estate Board next Tuesday evening at the Wardman Park Hotel. | Will Select Contestants. | ‘The purpose of these addresses is to Select winners to represent the realtors of the National Capital at the annual | five-minute speaking contest of the Na- | tional Association of Real Estate | Boards to be held at Louisville, K next Summer. President Miller will present tw cups, one to the winner of the asso clate division's contest. and the othe: to the winner of the active members division. It is expected that about a dozen speakers will participate in this | event. | The meeting of the associate division | of the board, held recently at the Ham- | Uton Hotel, was addressed by H Fulkerson on “Personality in Business.” The meeting was attended large | aumber of members of the division and | was held under the chairmanship of | Lloyd P. Gaines. | ESTATE LEFT TO WIFE. | | right trunk, is in common use. ESTATE. THE EVENING KRTAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 25 1928. president of the New York State Fed- eration of Garden Clubs. March 9, the place is the Department Gardening in Washington AND ITS ENVIRONS Conducted by J. W. Wellington, Garden Editor, The Star. Known both as Howard, 17, the orig- The Premier Strawberry. j inal and correct name, and as Premier,’ riety has, by virtue of its estimable qualities, forced fitself into a leading position in American strawberry grow- ing. It is an excellent variety for the home garden. The flowers are per- fect—that is, are able to set berries without cross pollination with other varieties. This is an important fea- ture from the home garden viewpoint for it means that the Premier may be planted by itself in isolated gardens and give satisfaction. The plants are strong growers and productive and, un- | like many others, maintain fruit size | pretty well through the entire picking season. There is not a flush of large berries followed by small cull fruit. | The fruits are attractively shaped nnfl‘} colored to the center: the flavor is asantly sprightly and very good. According to Dr, George Datrow, small fruit specialist of the Depart ment of Agriculture, Premier or Howard 17. as it should properly be named, is well adapted to this vicinity and merits first consideration when purchasing strawberry plants for the garden. Grape Pruning. No other fruit plant responds more {favorably than the grape to pruning. Without this treatment, the well nou- rished grape vine soon becomes a tan- network of living and dead cancs. Total fruit production is usually greater in unpruned vines, but the clusters are | small, uneven in shape and difficuit to spray and harvest. Furthermore, the | sugar content of the fruit is low in un- p‘mned vines, incident to overproduce tion . Grape pruning is relatively simple in vines growing on trellises and relalively difficult for vines on arbors and the like. In commercial culture and in large gardens, grapes are gencrally grown on a two-wire fence or trellis. Each plant is trained in a definite man- ner. The four-arm Kniffen system, in which two upper and two lower canes or arms, as they are often termed, are led off horizontally from a single up- ‘The | main upright trunk is maintained over | a period of years but the side. canes | are renewed each year. utilizing the previous scason's growth, It is, of course, not always possible to find | canes exactly re they are needed but the general plan can be quite easily || | followed. Generally speaking, a igor- ous well fed vine pruned to the Kniffen | system can support 40 to 50 buds, which | means four canes shortened to 10-12 buds each. Much work has been done in recent years on the relation of di- ameter of canes and the number of | buds retained to fruitfulness. Medium | thick canes have been found more | productive than very slender or very thick ones. The region of largest sized | clusters has been found between the | fifth and eighth buds from the base | of the cane. In pruming grapes trained on over- head Ttrellises and arbors, one should follow roughly the plan of limiting the | number of buds per plant. The length | of the side canes may be materially re- | growing conditions, strong canes will develop in a single season., The strong- est of these may be selected as the fu- ture trunk and tied directly to the wires. Dr. Shrader of the Maryland station found that young vines could be brought to profitable bearing very early in their life if the trunk was established as quickly as possible. Old-time practice stipulated the drastic cutting back of young vines for one or more seasons fol- lowing planting but this has now been shown to be unnecessary and ill found- ed. The home gardener naturally de- sires to bring his grape vines to fruit- ing size as quickly as possible. Light pruning in the early years will help and heavy pruning delay the realization of this ideal. Grafting Trees. Grafting has long held a fascination for fruit growers and gardeners. The comparative ease with which a twig or scion of one variety may be made to grow on the root or wood of another variety of the same species has made it f propagation. Often grafting de- velops into a sort of mild hobby, result- ing in trees carrying a dozen or more varieties with fruit ripening at different periods throughout the season. Grafting has, fortunately, practical use as well as appeal to the fancy. Many varieties of fruits are self-sterile when planted by themselves—that is, the flowers are of themselves unable to set fruit. Some times this is due to poor pollen and sometimes to failure of the pollen to grow satisfactorily in its own flower. A tree in this unfortunate condition may be made fruittul by grafting in scions of other varieties which bloom the same time and have good pollen. This prac- tice is resorted to to a great extent by commercial growers who have been un- lucky enough to plant large blocks of a single unfruitful variety. The amateur can well resort to the same expedient. Again some one has bought a tree { which proves on fruiting to be mis named and undesirable. This may be grafted with desirable scions and made Business over in three or four {fo‘“ into a de- sirable tree. Qrafting holds many pos- sibilities. It used to be thought that early Spring was the only time for grafting, but it 1s now realized that the operation may be done at any time during the dorment or resting period. A sharp knife, a chisel for large limbs, some grafting wax and a little care are the necessary requirements. The limb to be grafted is cut off squarely and neatly and split just enough to allow the in- sertion of the sclons. The sclon is a plece of last year's growth, two or three buds in length, with lower end beveled gradually and top cut just above a bud. ‘The scion must be placed so that its green underbark comes in touch with the green underbark of the limb. The crevice held open during the operation is then allowed to close tightly. 8oft ‘wax is pressed about the cut surfaces to exclude air. Healing is accomplished rapidly and a few days after normal buds expand those on the new scions will start slowly. With patience and care, the beginner may expect a fair proportion of success from the very start. Apples and pears are more readily handled than the stone fruits, such as plum and cherry. Grafting wax may be purchased at this season from many of the local hardware and seed stores. Electric Hot Beds. ‘The time may come when the home gardener will add the electrically heated hot bed to the rapldly growing list of electric accessories in the home. In regions where electricity is relatively cheap, such hot beds are already in use in a moderate way, and last year one of our agricultural experiment stations located at Pullman, Wash., conducted tests to determine hte efficlency and | cost of building and operating elec- trically heated beds, as compared with manure-heated beds. ‘The initial cost of construction of the clectric bed was high, but computed over a three-year period of use, costs of the electric and manue-heated beds were approximately equal. The electric bed had several advantages. Heat was more easily controlled and could be turned on or off when needed. Opera- | tion was much easier, for there was no | heavy load of manure to be forked over. Cleanliness was also a factor in favor of the electric bed. The principal point in favor of the electric bed is really the Imnt difficulty in obtaining fresh horse Property Salesmen ONE of the largest well established real estate offices in this city has openings for two experienced business and invest- vent property salesmen in their well equipped active Business Properties De- partment. AN n;flies confidentially treated. Address Box 247-D manure, In fact, it is often impossible for the home gardener to secure the right kind of manure. An electrio plant frame that could be operated at mod- erate cost would surely be a welcome asset in many gardens. Successful Demonstration. Approximately 100 citizens of Takoma | 2 Park and vicinity attended the prun- ing demonstration sponsored by the ‘Takoma Horticultural Club on Febru- ary 22, They were well rewarded for the time spent, as Mr. Z. La Pell's gar- den in which the demonstration was held, contains practically every kind of frult grown in this vicinity.” Apples, pears, plums, sweet and sour cherries, peaches, apricots, grapes and varlous bush fruits are all there as well as orna- mentals, Mr. C. C. Carroll, Takoma's leading rose grower, showed how to handle the various types of roses. Dr. D. N. Shoemaker and Mr. Edwin C. Powell demonstrated the pruning of the frults. The audience was manifestly interested and asked many questions concerning pruning and fruit growing in general, The Garden Clubs, ‘The Woodridge Garden Club s planning to expand its flower show pro- gram during the coming year by in- cluding several special flower exhibits at seasonable times. The usual plan of major Spring and Autumn shows has inadvertently caused neglect of the early Spring bulbs, a great many of which are now growing in Woodridge gardens. If the new plan is success- ful in gaining the interest of the local gardeners, it will probably be perma- nently adopted. It is not expected that prizes, other than ribbons, will be awarded at the smaller exhibitions but the new program will give members an opportunity to study and compare va- rle_;l;:s,h e Lyon Park Garden Club of Ly Park, Va., is one of the newest in \';\‘re: local family but is making up in ac- tivity for lack of venerableness. ‘This club has affillated with the National Capital Federation of Garden Clubs. Please bear in mind the coming lec- tl}n\ to be given by Mrs. John Paris, 1921 Calvert Street N.W. A very substantial residence property at an attractive price. Eleven rooms, two haths, with every modern convenience. Lot 18x100 ft. with a two- car garage on a 16-it. alley. This property can he very conveniently financed, and is Now Offered at an Extremely Low Price Our Sales Department will be pleased to giye your details. Thomas J. Fisher & Co., Inc. 738 15th Street N.W. of Interlor Auditorium. Mrs. Paris is a noted lecturer and her subject for the evening, “Making the Most of the Little Garden,” is timely and aj AT SHTEETAATALEEAEIET SRS SARE NS ENNNNNS ‘The National Capital Federation | C] The Charles H. Tompkins Company S Lt R AR R R A A A A s SR SR ST AR AT ITTR ITITIIIIRIIRN ore | REAL ESTATE. ‘The date 18 gardening to attend. Dr. W. W. Stockberger, in charge of drug plant investigations for the De- partment of Agriculture, is expected to address the Takoma Horticultural Tub its February meeting, brary. medicinal and drug den plants, many of \ppropri- will be welcom: g é g § o3 g z § 4 i Constructing Engineers Announce The Opening of Their New Offices 1608 K Street N.W, ATTALAATLAALLLLLTLATTLARTHATTEEERE ARSI 4 —beauty of architecture —prestige of location —comfort of.plan —character of construction —converience to churches, schools, stores and transportation than you ever dreamedsolittle moneycouldbuy z Room of Garden Clubs, as host of the eve- |to be held Monday evening at the Ta- ning, invites every one interested in | koma Park Branch of the Public Li- Dr. Btockberger will discuss the which are now grown in Washington gardens purei: for their ornamental value. Every one Superbly designed and located in the very heart of the best Mt. Pleas- ant residential section, with easy access to either 18th Street and Columbia Road or 14th Street ining Room in Exhibit Home Furnished by the Peerless Furniture Co. {duced, saving more but shorter side “The will of William Howard Thomp- |ATmS. Very often arbors are developed | -4n, former United States Senator from With shade quite as important a con- | iansas, who died February 9, left husSideration as fruit production. In thls1 estate to his wife, Mrs. Bertha Case a large number of buds may be Thompson. In addition to the prop- | left per plant but some pruning will rty there is life insurance of $20,000.' Prove necessary in promoting strong Star Office Northeast’s Best Home Value Positively the Best Buy in Town The will was executed July 8, 1915. deceased directed tha it in the cvent of his wife’s death before his lhe§ Sate should be distributed among his MARYLAND | For growth. Young vines from the nursery con- | sist principally of a root system and the | tops should be pruned back severely to | two or three buds. Under favorable Sale Historic Manor House Within easy reach of Washington and Baltimore over fine roads. . Stone colonial house, built in 1770 by the first governor of Maryland; house in excellent condition; 17 rooms; fine old woodwork; boxwood hedges. Private park of 25 acres, inclosed by high fence. Stream of clear water, stocked with trout, flows through park. Several emall lakes fed hy springs. Swan and deer, Entire property consists of 6,000 acres of fine timber land, on east side of Blue Ridge Mountains; 40 miles of bridle paths and 10 miles of trout streams. Altitade from 600 to 1,800 feet. Would make unique and delightful country estate or hunt- ing and fishing club, with wonderful sites for separate camps. MISS HARLAN, Exclusive Agent 1207 19th Street Northwest ‘Charming Detached Homes Colonial and English Chevy Chase Terrace : Overlooking Chevy Cha & lavatory, bright kitchen and pantry. ration, ample wardrobe o gerage, lot 80x132 fr., | @ to suit your convenience can he arranged. Design With Garage s, tiled guest Artistic deco- clos, Covered porch, scaped grounds. ’?.m..i Exhibit Home—4603 Norwonod Lirive ® Drive out Connecticut * @ west te Wi, @ or moter o onsin Avenue, south to Norwnod Drive; Wieconsin Avenue to Norwaod Drive Avenue to Bradley l.-n-.§ &k CAFRITZ & Owners and Builders of Communities ' -Jameson-Built Model Homes 31 Sold 913 to 937 6, 7 and 8 large rooms, tiled bath, h.-w.h. electric lights, hardwood floors and trim, one- | piece sink, built-in ice box, in- stantancous water heater and | other extras. Double rear porches, cement front porch. With or without built-in garage. “Ask the man who owns one”’ For Sale by Thomas A. Jameson Co. Owners and Builders 906 N. Y. Ave. N.W. Phone Main 5526 914 44th St. N.W. In Exclusive Wesley Heights A Marvelous Home for People of Means Fronting 160 Ft. on 44th St. Over 21,000 Sq. Ft. of Ground Designed in style of the Old Eng- lish Country Home of Stone and Rough-Hewn Timber. HE entrance is of center hall type, opening on left to an enormous living room, beautifully decorated; with French window entrance to side portico. A most attractive open fireplace lends charm and comfort to this wonderful room. From the hall, directly in front, is the lbrary, with paneled walls of dark hardwood, and convenient tiled lavatory. From the library is an entrance to the hig dining room, equally at- tractive and richly decorated; thence to the kitchen, a trinmph of modern ingenuity and beauty, Adjoining the kitchen are two maids’ rooms, bath, large closet and butlers' pantry lighted by window. On the second floor to right of hall are iwa hed- rooms, spacions and bright, with beautiful modern bath he tween, and two bedrooms with a connecting shower, On the left of hall s a master bedroom of unusual size, with its con- necting shower, lavatory, dressing voom, closets and linen presses, The thivd floor 18 one big finished yoom. The whole mterior is deceptive in size from the outside, 1t is surprisingly large. ANl tiree floors are of hardwood, the trim and decora- tions throughont are vich and beantitul, A garage, matching the honse, accommodates thiee car The Whole kffect Is Positively Charming Open All Day Sunday BOSLEHELPS 1417 K St. Main 9300 vive out Mass. Ave., across Wisconsin Ave., turm left on Cathedval Ave, 1o H1h St in Wasley Heoights and iaft 10 house, S50 a Month Including All Interest Lots 130 Feet Deen Ruilt of tha finest mate; in 6 big rooms, til builtn fixtures, ¥ attractive’ fixtures, fluore wide porches hack and fr rear porches sernened . model kit With huiltin tee hox, one-piece po 1ain sink and drainbodrd and expensi e enn range A splendid cellar with w ash trays, et any other featuces. Sample Home 756 20th St. N.E. (Just North of Benning Road) Come out Open al You owe it to yourself to see these homes defore you buy! HOWENSTEIN BROS. Realtors 7th & H Sts. N.E. Lincoln 897 and Park Road shopping and theatrical sections. and grovided with every modern feature that could possibly be desired by the most discriminating family—these homes offer the utmost in value and utihity. Before vou purchase a home we ask that you carefully inspect these homes. note their distinctive charm of design, their landscaped vards, their convenient six, seven or eight rooms with open fireplace, their beautifully tinted textone ialls, perfect baths. Splendid arrangements—then you be the judge of their extreme ralue. $12,950 Up On Convenient Terms 6, 7 and 8 Rooms ha 1418 Eye St. N.W. Main 8949 Investigate These Modern Homes in Parkside “Where Rock Creek Park and City Meet” Exhibit Homes 1808 Irving St. N.W. 1714 Hobart St. N.W. Open and Lighted Till 9 P.M. 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