SOMETHING ABOUT VEGETABLES. 



Dissolve copper sulphate as for Bordeaux 

 mixture. Dissolve "jy'i pounds washing 

 soda in four gallons water. Pour the cop- 

 per sulphate solution into a barrel, half fill 

 the barrel with water, then stir in the solu- 

 tion of washing soda slowly, stirring con- 

 tinuously, and finally fill the barrel with 

 water. It is now ready for use. The 

 soda Bordeaux adheres better to the foliage 

 when freshly made than the ordinary Bor- 

 deaux mixture, but it deteriorates rapidly in 

 this respect and must be used as soon as 

 made. If left standing for 24 hours it will 



have lost nearly all of its adhesiveness. 



Tlie soda Bordeaux is not recommended 

 in preference to the ordinary Bordeaux 

 mixture, but where lime cannot be obtained 

 it may be used with good results. Further- 

 more, on account of its freedom from gritty 

 matter, there is less likelihood of the nozzles 

 becoming clogged when it is used. As 

 washing soda is considerably more expen- 

 sive than lime this mixture costs more than 

 the ordinary Bordeaux mixture. For fruit 

 trees use four pounds copper sulphate and 

 five pounds washing soda. 



Vegetable Pests 



<6'^^HE most effective preventive of 

 A mildew on lettuce is to grow it 

 rapidly," said Mr. J. W. Rush of Humber 

 Bay, to a representative of The Horticultur- 

 ist. " Sulphur is liable to kill the plants. 



" I have had considerable trouble with the 

 maggot on my cabbage and onions. The 

 best method is to pinch them between the 

 finger and thumb. I have grown cabbage 

 on the same ground for 28 years, and had 

 club root only the last two years. I have 

 moved the crop to other ground to try and 

 get rid of it. 



" Two to four acres of melons were grown 

 at one time, but now I have only a few hills, 

 as melons can be brought here from outside 

 points more cheaply than they can be 

 grown." 



Vegetables Under Cotton 



" I do not beHeve the growing of vege- 

 tables under cotton frames will ever be a 

 success commercially," said Mr. W. T. i\Ia- 

 coun, horticulturist at the Central Experi- 

 mental Farm, Ottawa, to a representative 

 of The Horticulturist recently, who visited 

 the farm, " but it may prove a success for 

 amateurs who would like to keep a garden 

 in the city and are unable to do so through 

 the destruction worked by cats, dogs and 

 chickens. 



" The frame we have at the farm cost 

 $15. It is 62 X 15 feet and the wood will 

 last for years. The cotton lasts two years 

 and costs about $5 a year. This year we 

 are growing cauliflower, radishes and beans. 

 The idea of using the frames in growing 

 these vegetables is to keep out the root mag- 

 got from the cauliflower and the radishes 

 and to get the beans earlier in the season 

 and have them more tender. 



" Cauliflower, radishes, beans and lettuce 

 have done the best. Early cauliflowers are 

 usually a total failure outside the frame, but 

 I have not found them so in the frame, ex- 

 cept were the root maggot having got into 

 the hot bed, comes out on the roots. Radishes 

 also have been frequently a total failure 

 when grown outside, but have succeeded in 

 the frame. The warm sandy soil arountl 

 Ottawa is suited to the maggot." 



A Big Crop of Celery. — " I expect to 

 grow about 50,000 celery plants this sea- 

 son," said Mr. H. R. Rowsome to The 

 Horticulturist a couple of weeks ago. "Paris 

 Golden and Evans' Triumph are two good 

 standard varieties, but Bruce's Hamilton 

 Red also give large returns. Swamp 

 muck and black sand are best adapted to the 

 growing of celery, while it will not grow on 

 land with a clav subsoil." 



