PRACTICAL GARDENING 



held the trenches and made some advances but 

 your success in this campaign for production 

 hinges on your action during September. 

 Keep the cultivator busy; strike down the ad- 

 vance of the fall weeds ; keep in check the fall 

 insects and be prepared for the first attack of 

 frost. 



Celery. Keep celery growing vigorously. 

 Apply weak liquid manure water at least once 

 each week. Water the plants freely after 

 each application. One tablespoonful of ni- 

 trate of soda dissolved in one gallon of water 

 applied in the evening will also stimulate 

 growth. Boards are by far the best means of 

 blanching celery but soil is often used. As 

 the plant is reaching full growth, begin to bank 

 it. 



Winter Squash. Squash should be harv- 

 ested before the frost discolors the skin. 

 Squash vines and other vegetable growths not 

 used should be dried and burned so as to de- 

 stroy insect eggs and disease. 



Asparagus, Asparagus shoulcf be given 

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