88 QUERIES AND ANSWERS, 



Cabbage 534. Q. What is the best remedy against cabbage worms? 



Worms. ^ gijl ^|jg g,.g^ brood with Paris green, applied to the cabbage before 



they begin to head up. After that stop the Paris green and use hot water 

 and kerosene emulsion. 



Earthworm. 535. Q Does the angle worm injure vegetables? 



A. Not to any extent. It does more good than harm, as it works 

 numerous passages through the soil, facilitating drainage, admitting 

 moisture to roots of plants and air to part with its nitrogen. 



Cauliflower. 536. Q. Why cannot I grow cauliflower in central Pennsylvania as 

 successfully as I formerly did on Cape Cod? 



A. Because of deficiency of humidity in the air — particularly because 

 of want of salt in the atmosphere and partially because of want of salt in 

 the soil. Cauliflower is of the cabbage family — a salt water plant — and 

 seems particularly to flourish in salt-air districts. Try it on a meadow. 



Hog Manure. 537. Q. Why does hog manure cause the soil of gardens to produce 

 wormy vegetables and club root cabbage ? 



A. Because the rich manure attracts flying insects to deposit their eggs 

 —the grub from which eat anything and everything green, soft and juicy. 

 The same over-rich masses of manure develop fungous growths, and club 

 root in cabbage is a result of fungus. 



Radishes. 538. Q. Why is it that some soils won't grow radishes ? 



A. Radishes will grow, but not good ones, on soils affected with grubs, 

 worms, ants. These conditions are brought about by the use of pig 

 manure or night soil. 



Potatoes. 539. Q. Why are some potatoes soggy while others, grown same season 



in same locality, are dry and mealy ? 



A. Some varieties of potato are never mealy ; and sometimes the 

 choicest sorts are soggy on account of unfavorable soil or season. 



Periods for 540. Q. In making repeated sowings during Summer and Autumn of 



Sowmg. seeds for kitchen garden, how late can I continue to sow ? 



A. Firstly, determine the average dates of slight frost in Autumn and of 

 killing frost. Secondly, divide your vegetables into the two classes of 

 those which will at once succumb under first frost and those which will 

 recover and continue growth till the killing frost. Among the first will 

 be vines, beans, egg-plants, okro, corn ; among the second, lettuce, spin- 

 ach, kale, turnip, cabbage. Thirdly, observe the time required in each 

 instance to mature for table use and plant accordingly. 



Onion 541. Q. I drilled two patches with your Strasburg Yellow onion seeds 



Germination, for sets, sixty pounds to the acre. One quickly developed finely formed 

 sets ; the other dragged along and finally resulted in almost a complete 

 failure. Why was this? 



A. This often happens, and is a consequence of conditions, sometimes 

 of soil and atmosphere, sometimes of period of sowing, oftener from 

 insect or fungous ravages. 



Rusty Beans. 542. Q. Will beans saved from a crop of rusted beans produce in their 

 turn a crop of rusty beans? 



