November 3, 1906 



HORTICULTURE 



47-6. 



MORE ABOUT FALL GRASS. 



The "Practical Farmer" of Philadel- 

 phia in a recent issue takes "G C 

 W." of HORTICULTURE to la^ik for 

 his advice in regard to that great lawn 

 pest— "crab" or "fall" grass. The gist 

 of the criticism is: That letting the 

 crab grass grow to the milk stage then 

 cutting with the scythe and raking off 

 is bad advice because it had been 

 tried in several places in West 

 Philadelphia the past season and in- 

 stead of a nice green lawn the result 

 was a brown stubble, The Practical 

 Farmer submits that the mower is the 

 only thing to keep this pest down, 

 ignoring entirely the recommen<lation. 

 of "G. C. W." as to the fall sowing of 

 good seed on the aforesaid brown 

 stubble so as to get ahead of any fall 

 gra^s seeds- still remaining in the soil. 

 The illogical nature of the criticism 

 may be realized when we consider that 

 it is the lawn mower that causes the 

 "crabbing" of the fall grass close to 

 the ground. The sight of the digitate 

 seeding stems perfectly ripe and 

 shedding their seeds while quite flat 

 on the grosnd is one familiar to us 

 all in this neighborhood. This crab 

 grass is a fierce proposition and we 

 should welcome every suggestion that 

 promises good results. I for one am 

 anxious to be instructed but I have 

 no patience with such illogical foolish- 

 ness as that referred to in The 

 Practical Farmer. As for Mr. Lonsdale 

 and his advice — digging it out — very 

 good and very effective, but look at 

 the labor and expense. The method 

 I recommended is just as effective, 

 much quicker and vastly less expen- 

 sive. And I want to give credit to the 

 late Allan Barr who was the first man 

 I know of in this locality to success- 

 fully follow this plan and who first 

 called my attention to it. I have 

 recommended it to my customers for 

 many years and have yet to hear of 

 a case where it did not work satis- 

 factorily. As for the steam mower 

 and its weight as a remedy, well, it 

 may be so but I'll be hanged if I can 

 see why! Mr. Kleinheinz claimed it 

 did but I think he was mistaken not 

 in results but in deductions — according 

 to him — he has a steam mower and 

 very little fall grass; ergo: the steam 

 mower did it! I was up there one day 

 on an inspection tour and found the 

 gardeners sowing down a piece of 

 lawn that looked to me a good thick 

 sod already. I commented on this and 

 was told that it was the regular cus- 

 tom to sow some seed all over every 

 season whether the lawn seemed to 

 need it or not, and that I think is 

 what did the trick and not the weight 

 of the steam mower. But I am willing 

 to be instructed and would like to 

 hear the logical reasons why the 

 heavy mower kills the fall grass when 

 the latter is perfectly flat on tJie 

 ground and can't be touched with any- 

 thing outside of a spud! Fall seeding 

 is the scheme after the crab grass 

 has been cleaned off under the scj-the. 

 G. C. WATSON. 



Through the advertisement in HOR- 

 TICULTURE I disposed of all my 

 stock, and shall be glad to use your 

 paper again when I have more to 

 otter. HENRY W. VOSE. 



Hyde Park, Mass. 



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