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HOKTICULTUKE 



March 11. 1911 



HEELING IN PEACH TREES 



Trellis trees after Laving all superfluous growths re- 

 luoved will coumienee to grow rajjidly. These young 

 growths want taking in hand at once if the best shaped 

 tree is to be obtained. When about three or four inches 

 long a tie should be put around each growth, pulling 

 them into their right places; after this no tying will 

 Ije necessary for some time — the growths growing in 

 the right direction. If this heeling-in is not done when 

 the shoots come to be tied in later they will always 

 liavo a bend in them instead of being straight. 



CUCUMBERS 



With the increasing sun power cucumbers will need 

 an increasing supply of water. Never allow them to 

 get on the dry side. Admit a crack of air at 80° and 

 keep atmosphere as humid as possible, closing down 

 soon after noon and spraying thoroughly if sun is 

 bright, taking care to have plants dry before night. 

 Cucumbers will not need shade for some time yet. Bet- 

 ter results are obtained by keeping them used to bright 

 sun. 



MISCELLANEOUS VEGETABLES 



Shift artichokes on as roots show through. By the 

 time it is safe to jilant out these will be good plants 

 in 6-in. pots. 



More onions and leeks can be sown and pricked off 

 into flats and ready for planting out later. A few egg 



plants can be sown and placed in a warm house to 

 germinate. 



Tomatoes for planting out in the field should be put 

 in and brought along. A batch of plants worked up 

 into pots will pay for the extra trouble spent on them 

 by furnishing fruit two or three weeks ahead of the 

 main crops. 



Early celery should be sown in well-drained flats, 

 using a compost of equal parts loam and leaf soil. 

 Seedlings will be stronger by having plenty of light and 

 air and be less liable to damp off. Celery likes an 

 abundance of water during the whole growing season 

 and should never be allowed to become dry. Celery 

 seedlings will stand more than is usually advisable to 

 give to other seedlings. 



Lettuce can also be sown in quantity, growing on 

 cool and hardening off with other stuff before planting 

 out. 



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Duke'fi Park, Somerrille, N. J. 



NOTE: — The drawings used in these notes are copied from 

 R;irron's Booli on Vines. 



Mr. Penson's next notes will be on the following: Inarohing 

 and Grafting: TMnnIng Grapes; Strawberries; Melons; Harly 

 Beans and Peas ; Herb s. 



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