Evening Star Newspaper, October 19, 1930, Page 41

SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, OCTOBER 19, “1930—PART TWO. THE HOME GARDENER Practical and Seasonal Hints for the Amateur for Beautifying Surroundings of the Home. GARDENS who are planning to develop a ew era next Spring will us allowing the grass and to start decaying and also ing the sofl to the weather. Agrie iturists have observed that the bene- 1 effect of turning under sod mani- itself most strongly the second and have explained this phenome- on the supposition that the grass grass roots must first deeay before become avallable food for subse- ts. This is especially true h stems and roots and much e of tender Winter rye or clover under in early Spring. This vegetation rots quite readily as compared with older material. Hence the desirability of turning under old how that rotting may start ptly. Scientists have found out that the soil organisms which decom dried grass and other mature vegetation use nitrogen as part of their food, and that | amounts of undecayed material, | ves, placed i | the sofl the organisms actually compete with the vegetables or flowers or what ‘may be cultivated crop for this nitrogen. Hence undecayed vegetation in the soil may rily harmful and the sooner rotted the better. The use of quickly available nitrogens, such as ni- trate of soda, as fertilizer for croj on newly turned sod is ial- desirable, and in this way the supply il ni can be made to equal i Beze LT i ] {4 irned i F decay organisms. ‘Along this line of thought investi- gators found out why paper pots and ‘wooden boxes were not as as . has to be picked for long shipment. there _is evergreen culture on Nantucket Island, in which the author incidentally sets forth his method of planting PFirst a hole 18 inches across R o H tent tESEEICER g MATURITY i i g Hst ¥ ;}% el s T i : - §¥ins SORTS. ATLANTIC CITY, N. J. HOTEL LUD Sowth Careline Ave. ot the Boardwalk WHY Soeuinne: WHEN Iz ' s iy WHERE 25070000 gt At Prices That Please!il From Sept. 2nd, 1980, to Feb. 10th, 1981 2, o= el $2.50 up Daily—European Fireproof Garage Attached . B. LUDY, & homelike Hotel on beautitul Ave. Comfort without extr 3i8_up Weekly. American GALEN HALL ATLANTIC €ITY * Excellonce Withowt Extravaganse™ 600D FOOD = =~ FINE CPOKING Pl ‘cad Wiase reserveion !n Pres. & Man. Dir. ANNOUNCEMENT Ambassador Hotel ATLANTIC CITY, NEW JERSEY Special Fall and Winter Rates Rooms with Bath SINGLE . .. $5 PER DAY. ... $30 WEEKLY DOUBLE.... $8 PER DAY.... $48 WEEKLY BY J. W. WELLINGTON, Certain of the large, late-maturing varieties of celery, such before attaining a satisfactery have to be blanched plants are banked with soil and icture. Boards save a great sometimes with wide deal of hard labor in banking as Giant Pascal, edibility. Sometimes the boards, as shown in the and are satis- tory for the home garden. With storage after use, the boards may for many years. used —FPhoto by Courtesy of the Department of Agriculture. the situation, by devising a pressure tester which records the number of pounds necessary to force a round plunger into the pared flesh of the apple. As might be exggcwd, apples} and pears gradually soften with on- coming maturity, even before the thumb can detect the change. At all events, the pressure tester has worked very well and is especially popular in the Far Western orchards where fruit to considerable ex- The application of the pressure test has been extended to other fruits, peaches and even stra: It is, however, used in the East. ums, wherries, fl& although not absolutely reliable, | th, comes much nearer accuracy than did the older tests. PEONY VARIETIES The following list of peony varieties :u suggested in a recent number of towatd extremely small and very large types. The small flowered forms are taste more appealing than the glant varieties, Quite often one hears the question propounded whether or not the fad for giant forms of various flowers has gone too far. The radiance roses are quite common in this vicinity on saccount of their of tion and wonderful e long growing season, pays to attempt to grow the more deli- cate varietles. Hedge trimming and lawn cutting have become almost a lost art this Summer. On many home grounds no growth of hedges or lawn grasses has occurred since back in June. Ringing or girdling of young apple trees to hasten the production of blos- som buds has come to be a rather com- d | mon practice in certain commercial - | orchards where trees were planted very and Le Cygne, According to the paper this list was | cen recommended by the American Peony Soclety and as such constitutes the combined judgment of America’s finest peony growers. I GARDEN ITEMS - | Watching the excavators the cel- | lar for the new Department of Agricul- ture one is how uniform the soil is in that location, Height of Season Now at [VIRGINIA BEACH DAILY SERVICE 630 P. M City _Ticket Office, 731 15tk St UEi sESORT. A Famous Medical Baths. ATLANTIC CITY, N. J. WEEK-END, a week, & month...you'll en- joy every minute of it at Colton Manor. Won- derful meals, nggonally famous. Special Falland | Winter rates. Booklet. Phone, wire or write. @lmn aner Atlantic City g PAUL AUCHTER A. C. ANDREWS close to one another with the idea of removi part of the trees early in their life. The work is done in late th or eafly June simply by drawing a knife blade around the trunk or main limbs. That such treatment is not without hazard was shown in a Mich- igan orchard where a considerable per- e of the wounds developed into fire-blight cankers. dipping the knife blade into a mercury disinfectant after each cut, danger of T disease would be femoved. The small black bulbets produced in the axils of the leaves of the tiger Hly may be gw and planted this Au , much as one would handle true seed. The many young seedlings to be noted about the base of old tiger E}xyl plants trace their origin to these One enterprising firm has combined Evropean Plan SEA WATER BATHS AND POOL | held at singulatly attractive and exceptionally | free flowering and to many people’s | At the October meeting of the Poto- mac Palisades Garden Club, the follow- ing slate of officers was eleéted for the ensuing year: B. F. Reynolds, jr., pres- ident; Bernard H. Lane, vice president; E. C. Tittue, secretary; F. M. Thring, treasurer, and Mrs. O. L. Helsey and Mrs. B. Kennedy, delegates to the Na- tional Capital Federation of Garden Clubs. It was voted to support the fed- eration to the extent of 10 cents per member per year, thus to help provide funds to the federation on a more useful footing. The mee was held in the Community Hall at the corner of Cathedral avenue and Con- duit road. Garden Club flower shows are 'way below r:r in quality this Autumn, pre- sumably as might be expected, but, nevertheless, quite a disappointment to those accustomed to the fine quality shows typical of this vicinity. The near loss of the dahlla crop was a sad blow to amateur flower growers in the subur- ban area and left a hole that could not be filled by other flowers. ‘The Rockville Garden Olub has main- tained & full and very satisfactory pro- gram throughout the Summer and Fall | in despite the generally difficult growing season. Mrs. J. P. le, the agent of the club, in & communication ooncemlxég the meeting October 10, le home of Mrs. Winfred E. , states that there was an unusual quantity and assortment of choice flowers on display. Conspicuous among the blooms were two huge specimens of cockscomb that had been grown in an unwatered garden and many splen- did roses. The judges of the after- noon were Miss Laura Ann Wadsworth, Mrs. W. E. Yocum and Mrs. A L. Quaintance. At the close of the Sum- mer, or rather growing, season, win- ning points are to be totaled and of various desirable plant materials awarded. The club de- cided at the meeting that it would not hold the customary Fall show because of the general eonditions prevailing in A total of 30 members were m4mmm?okeflm collections and of her report to the National Oapital Federation of Garden Clubs, and Mrs. Om?e Hane, the president, led the round table discus- sion on garden problems. — HURT IN FALL Capital Carpenter Injured im Drop From Scaffold Near Alexandria. Spectal Dispatch to The ALEXANDRIA, ber . Falling from a scaffold on which he was working in connection with the construction work of the Mount Vernon Boulevard, Habeflrul; :a)n.wsl, of 430 Third street northwe ashington, D. C, received serious injuries yester- day. 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Members of the 1st Battlion, United States Naval Reserves of the District of Columbia, have heard with that their training ship, the U. S. de- stroyer Abel P. Upshur, will be relieved from duty here to go to ome of the Fast Coast mavy yards to be placed out of commission and in reserve. The Upshur is one of the vessels on the long list of destroyers selected to leave the active fleet and to repose in some fresh-water basin until it becomes ob- solete, unless some national emergency should arise necessitating it again be- ln”ut into service. yet, it was sald at the Reserve headquarters, no specific instructions have been received e m[ the de- tails for the decommissi g of the vessel, which has been ars, and which is used annually dur- g the Summer not only to the local Reservists on their periods of sea training, but also is used by the Balti- more, Md., Reserve contingent. Further than the sentimental regrets at the proposed removal of the vessel, there is a practical side. Twenty-six enlisted men will b2 placed in the fleld of unemployment. Some of these men have been aboard the Upshur and her Ex;edeceswrs here, including the U. 8. 8. gle No. 56, for about 10 years, re- celving the pay of their rank and grade in the Navy. They are all Naval Re- servists who have been placed on an capaity of ghikeepers. to keep, up the ca y of shipl TS, 'P_up rm?acne work aboard the vessel when she is not actually steaming on train- g . It was said at the Reserve heade at all of these men would have to be relieved and placed on an inactive status. The two officers attached to the vessel, of course, are in the Regular Navy line, and they will be transferred to other duties in the naval service. ‘The removal of the vessel, a move in the general reduction of ships in commission as a part of the govern- mental economy move, will also take from the local Reservists one of their very important training mediums. during the between-cruise period, when it was moored at the Washington Navy Yard, the personnel was given weekly drills aboard it, and it served to fa- miliarize the men with the details of the duties aboard this ship, which is the kind on which would be ex- pected to perform duty in the event a national cy Fuenud itself re- ing of the Reserves into Robbed of this important -y medium, the local Reserve forces have to confine their entirel . | active service. 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Prior to the arrival e tion had ing squadron in the lantic, consisting of two battleships and several destroyers, which will handle all the Reservists of the country at differ- ent periods. ereas with the destroyer on duty here three different cruises have been made, there is a possibility that the entire battalion may be sent away at one time next year, but nothing defi- nite has been learned bn it. e armory facilities here more equipment with which to train the men. There is only & comparatively small, poorly-heated room for drill 1;nn'- poses, and the ition is so that the three divisions cannot drill at the same time in the structure. A movement for an aromry was started several years ago by several of the offi- cers, but for some redson or other was ward Albert F. Wayne and bledick. prising a th two_monkfish, ‘W. H. Rogers, to the District, with headquarters at of Walter P. Chappell The promotion ‘lr":n Junior lleuténant to lieutenant in been announced. volunteer intelligence branch has Reserve, commander to fill a vacancy. announced that the records of the wam: leutenant commanders, having more than four years' service de, will be submitted to the ler, Charles G. Spoerer, les Lambert, Alfred 3 . Frederickson, , Erickson, Vestus J. M. Cob- Four fish weighing 800 pounds, com- : r shark, a tope and was one day's catch of & Bournemouth, England allowed to lapse. The following enlisted in the local Reserve and have been assigned to the 3d Fleet Division for duty: Willlam E. Harlow, fireman (third class), 3507 Thirty-sixth streef, Mount Rainier, Md., and Maurice J. Crawford, fireman (third class), 631 A street northeast. Ensign Lloyd transterred gm fleet branch. 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