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CROPS AND STOCK ON THE HOME 
FARM 
PREPARING FOR WHEAT 
Mustarp sown on July 14 is now quite ready 
for Wh 
lough in as preparatio: eat. 
Considering that the seed has on am in the 
ground eight weeks, this goes to prove what a 
valu catch crop Mustard is. If sheep food 
was scarce, this Mustard crop would кед be 
a boon he sheep farmer; my re plot 
would suffice for at least a month, and then the 
land couid be pl he 
vill b i rawing 2 E urat 
w з pressure behind the Шы ploughs t ke 
the soil firm and to effectively bury the Ма 
which, рейн irom its manurial value, has 
on the soil. It 
о 
of clay soils, improves the drainage, 
indirectly causes es land rmer 
adds S haa 
absorb a 
ploughed in two weeks 
the Wheat M Дау the 
peci as where fhe eta is lig 
EAT | 
nex 
est sample of seed Wheat "Take, mple. 
e red standard variety me der. what 
are known by the mill s ‘weak’ grains 
These are whitish-yellow in colou 
in the grain, having been thoroughly ins ned 
fore harvesting. hat is wn as ong " 
wheat the same OS is reddish- oe in 
colour, dosper f ently hard and 
translucent, resembli hen с d across. 
Such gra re the results of two cau 
ing in stiff soil under the best of cultivation. 
so 
and by cutting the crop several days before 
is thoroughly ri 
t 
From the fact that the “ weak " sample was 
fully tured re cut, » is but natural] to 
песн that such Lanes be the best seed, assum- 
se, that the grain has been well 
taken care of since аы not harvested іп damp 
ther. Е. Mol 
TRADE = 
СнлАвгЕз Danrets, who has held the 
Si of Managing Director in the 
Norfolk Seed Es Norwich, 
Chair! since e r 
B. E. Fletcher, will succeed Mr. Daniels as 
Managing r. Mr as. Daniels retains 
a seat Board, financial 
an oai voten зен байы ан 
elected a Director and Manag 
THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
[SEPrEMBER 20, 1919. 
E Tree FAILING TO FRU 
ГАЮ 17 
s difficult to offer an Satin а = 
ne tree, but we suspect that it needs 
ae Follow the advice куар уз p^ 
Mr. Hathaw us in his remarks on the Hardy 
Fruit garden, p.'153. 
APPLE TREE Roo Е. В. The depth t 
which an pa tive will send its roots de- 
pends, in a large measure, on the kind of 
hi grafted. Trees grafted on 
the paradise and other dwarfi t ar 
shallow rooted. Yo T MED: А in your 
assumption sis eeply-plungi use- 
ng r 
the "io ees erect а st high 
арыг. w d the si = Aca ape a considerable 
о ich і cessary іп the 
h 
production Fives fruit 
NG Ge: Yi bus ye 
of Dw: IBERA sen 
cultur: he оаа: Dw Ан 
рт е kled Cranber y) It 
1 STS. Tare 
а аѕ Carmine Podded Horti- 
gene 
Horticultural 
GRUT "ud Son 
cultural Bush, but 
582 
$ 
e green- shell 
seeds, 
w А. d 
potted and 
deep re TOW 
see ek around the hilum 
CLIMBERS SUT n "o FOR PLA AGA 
Watt: J. well. The f поене x is. a a list 
of plants Mud for planting against a wall; 
the only ones that are self-supporting are 
ind Ampelopsis Veitchii n . muralis. 
Deciduous: Actinidia arguta, Ampelopsis 
Veitchii, A. muralis, Clematis montana, 
ydrangea petiolaris, Forsythia suspensa, 
Jasmin nudiflo Е х  Agnus-cast 
Vitis Coignetiae, V. ergii, Wista 
chinensis een: Ceanothus dentatus, 
thyrsiflorus, Ivies of sorts, Escallonia 
macrantha, Pip — ов дее 
grandiflora Ру 
ulata and гете 
Gruss DESTROYING LETTU Hs P. The 
larger caterpillar is ihe гоне of the 
Turnip moth, Agrotis segetum; the smaller 
one is probably the same, but at a younger . 
tage. 
Metons Diseasep: H. W. W. e plants are 
attacked by арт at the sola e portion 
of the stem just above the roo It egi 
by bacteria, and the сме із likel y- 
spread to other Cucurbitaceous plants, ие 
Cucumbers. Remove the inf 
cluding infecte 
plants, and burn them, also the old soil į 
which me were grown. It would be bette 
to select a fresh house for growing Melon 
until a se or so has passed. Alit 
sulphur and lime duste gene e po 
e ste the plant will 
Hos seful 
purpose in helping to keep he тено plai 
tree from infection. 
y 
X's Pamon 
Jefferson ; 
Dymond; 
10, Prince Of ono 
12. Belle de Louva ain. 
NAMES or PLANTS: MS HL Ge -— 
со 2, Eup s um Weinmannianum. 
aix op o 4, Send wi 
5, Cupressus 
meri 
Mi 
т, Blue Imper atri 
scu riacu 
mu. M AME 
1, Malva 
y. 
duoi" with 
but P sid lanta 
ou x tc 
8 disease 
London, S.W.1 iH adv vise you 
met, оа’ of trea шоп Е 
сутна on PAINT FROM GARDEN FRA AMES | 
W. e a í 
w-l 
with the g 
bos IN Metons : J. W. H. Numerous bac 
e present, and these are probably the causi 
"the wilt. e only method known 
dealing with disease is to destroy 
affected doar by burning; use fresh soil 
the ne 
eae AND Per PLANTS WITH YELL 
Leaves: Г. 
f 
and then watering the mulc by m 
hose would bring about the desired “rel 
eS mart NRA ал IRENE rr SM е 
ceived. 
Pees, GR. PO 
Же . 
R. 
—W. R—A. W 
