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HORTICULTURE 



August 21, 1909 



to take about one-half the buds and 

 on Nov. the 1st take off the other 

 half; then stop pinching. This will 

 bring in your crop for the holidays. 

 To explain this matter more fully, will 

 say that August, September and Octo- 

 ber in the last few years have proven 

 to be very poor months for cut roses 

 In the New York market, as asters, 

 dahlias, etc., have full swing at that 

 time. It pays better to get roses in 

 in May, June and July, and as Killar- 

 ney is a rapid grower, the pinching 

 process has a tendency to run it up 

 and develop into a plant which is 

 plenty large enough by Oct. 20, if 

 planted on July 15, providing, of 

 course, that the stock is in good con- 

 dition when planted. You will obtain 

 better results than if you put them in 

 ■earlier, in this way. It certainly pays 

 much better, for by following the fore- 

 going rules you will not only bring 

 your crop in for Christmas but you 

 ■will strike Easter, too, unless weather 

 conditions are radically wrong. I 

 would say further that buds that come 

 from a second or third growth of Kil- 

 larney are far better in every way 

 than those taken from a first or single 

 growth. 



Feeding Killarney. 



Killarney is a fine grower and is al- 

 ways busy, therefore it requires lots 

 of food, but should not be fed with a 

 rank chemical. The way it should be 

 fed is in small quantities and often. 

 The kind of food to give is a fertilizer 

 that runs high in nitrogen or am- 

 monia, .in small quantities, just after 

 they have started a new growth, say, 

 when this growth is from three to six 

 inches long. This kind of food will 

 have a tendency to make your stems 

 run up longer. Then just before 

 the buds start to develop, apply in 

 small quantities potash in the form of 

 Canadian unleached hardwood ashes. 

 This kind of food will make your buds 

 heavy and give them color. I would 

 not advise strongly as to what fer- 

 'tilizers to use in every case or in what 

 quantities, as this matter depends al- 

 together on the condition of your 

 plants, the soil they are planted in, 

 and who is growing them, but I would 

 advise that you do not use too much 

 rank fertilizer at any time, as it is apt 

 to cause a bad case of indigestion, and 

 I also would advise strongly against 

 applying more than can be used up 

 promptly by your plants, be it in the 

 form of cow manure or otherwise, as 

 too much bulk on your benches will 

 prevent them from drying out readily, 

 and you know that the faster your 

 soil dries out and the more frequently 

 you can water, the oftener you can 

 feed, and the faster your plants grow 

 the more profitable they are. 



My Maryland. 



My Maryland has many good fea- 

 tures. Its color and fragrance are 

 pleasing. The size and shape of the 

 bud is all that could be wished for 

 and stem and foliage are good, still 

 there seems to be some uncertainty 

 as to its commercial value as yet. 

 The features of this rose which do 

 not please as I observe it are, that 

 there is a little too much hybrid 

 blood in it, that it seems to have a 

 little inclination to be sleepy in the 

 winter months, and it does not crop 

 as well as it might, but I think when 

 growers become more familiar with 



Fruit that Pays a Profit 



is the only kind wortli growing. To bring 

 30ung stock into earliest bearing and to 

 secure ma.ximum yields from matured stock 

 use POTASH, according to the needs of 

 different fruits. 



Quantity is increased and quality is 

 improved by its application: that is why 



Potash Pays 



Proof can be sliowii by liun- 

 dreds of poor orchards turned 

 into good ones by the applica- 

 tion of Potash. Your commer- 

 cial fertilizer should contain at 

 least loto 12 percent, of Potash 



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its requirements, more good qualities 

 will be brought out, and it may take 

 a permanent place in the front rank. 



Richmond. 



For red, Richmond seems to be 

 about the best thing in sight, and cer- 

 tainly it is fine when brought to per- 

 fection. This rose seems to have its 

 favorite localities; districts of Boston, 

 Philadelphia and Chicago turn out 

 Richmonds that make one marvel, and 

 it is painful and disappointing that in 

 this vicinity we cannot duplicate them. 

 Richmond, as you know, is of prac- 

 tically no value in hot weather, as it 

 will not keep. In the short days 

 when it is selling for good money, it 

 is sluggish and slow, and one cannot 

 cut much from them when he wants 

 to. Then comes spring with its good 

 growing weather and they come along 

 nicely, but by this time the Brunners 

 and other red stuff are in the market 

 and they do not give much in the 

 way of returns. Therefore, in this 

 locality it doe^ not pay as well as 

 other varieties. What we hope to see 

 in the near future is a red rose with 

 the stem and foliage of Richmond, 

 head of Bride or Bridesmaid and free- 

 dom of growth of Killarney. This is 

 worth trying for and I hope some of 

 our specialists will strive to attain it. 



In growing roses you should always 

 strive for the following three essential 

 qualities; you should produce a rose 

 to please the consumer; one that the 

 wholesaler as well as the retailer can 

 sell at a fair price and one that will 

 produce enough flowers to make it 

 profitable to the grower. 



THE BAG-WORM PEST. 



A not uncommon pest, and one which 

 is often quite destructive, was received 

 at the Division of Zoology of the Penn- 

 sylvania Department of Agriculture, 

 attached to a twig of the black locust 



State Zoologist Surface, in acknowl- 

 edging the receipt of the specimen, 

 said: 



"The locust branch which you sent 

 to us has been received, with the at- 

 tached insects. This is entered in our 

 collection as No. 13,559. The pest is 

 the Bag- Worm, which is a chewing in- 

 s^^ect, and feeds on the leaves of va- 

 rious kinds of trees, especially apple, 

 plum, quince, cherry, and the conifera. 

 It can be killed by picking by hand, 

 and destroyed by burning; or, it can 

 be killed by spraying with arsenical 

 liquids, using one-third pound of Paris 

 green, or two pounds of arsenate- lead, 

 to fifty gallons of water. Its chief de- 

 struction is in feeding on the foliage 

 of trees on which it is found, making 

 them brown and full of holes. 



"You have noticed the little pieces of 

 wood on the outside of the cocoon. 

 This, of course, is the bag, and by cut- 

 ting it open 5'ou will find the worm 

 inside. There is a similar species found 

 in India, where it is believed the 

 worms represent the departed souls of 

 jiersons who stole kindling wood in 

 this world and are doomed to carry it 

 with them through the next." 



NEWS NOTES. 



Adell, Wis. — A. E. Frost is arrang- 

 ing to carry on the nursery business 

 here. 



Litchfield, Conn. — The Rosemere 

 Nursery is installing a new heating 

 system. 



Springfield, Mass. — Mark Aitken, 

 the florist, has bought the E. N. 

 Powers' place at Agawam and in the 

 spring will erect a large greenhouse 

 thereon. 



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