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NARCISSI FOR DAMP SITUATIONS 



J. L. H., Penn. — The double poet's narcissus, N. alba 

 plena, thrives best in a moist, heavy soil. It often fails to 

 flower in dry locations, and it resents pot culture and 

 forcing. All the poeticus types should be planted in heavy, 

 damp, low ground, but the double gardenia-flowered form, 

 alba plena, flowers only when grown in heavy, damp soil. 



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P. D. M., Ark. — Cut the asparagus tops off in September 

 or before the berries ripen, and burn them. By doing this, 

 you avoid seedlings of asparagus coming up promiscuously 

 in the bed. There is a rust infecting the asparagus which 

 fruits about this time. If the asparagus is cut and burned 

 before the fungus fruits, the spread of the disease is checked 

 and cleaner plants next year are insured. 



PUT HUMUS IN THE GARDEN 



P. D. M., Ark. — Almost anything in the way of green 

 crop may be sown after the vegetables have been removed. 

 I do not know what is usually grown in your vicinity for 

 green manure, but rye is a very good thing for this purpose. 

 It does not add nitrogen to the soil as some of the legumes 

 will do if grown, but it does add humus; it is hardy and will 

 grow until very late in the fall. If you have a corn field 

 of any size, I would suggest planting cow peas between 

 the rows, sowing when the corn is given its last plowing 

 in July. 



WHEN TO PLANT FRUIT TREES 



H. M. S., New York — In New York, fruit growers set 

 apple trees in either fall or spring, with the preference for 

 fall planting if mature trees can be had. Fall set trees must 

 be planted as soon as possible after the leaves have dropped. 

 Baldwins and Greenings are both being set in considerable 

 quantities in Western New York and are profitable. A 

 choice between the two depends upon which will succeed 

 best on your land. Consult your neighbors and see which 

 is doing best in your locality. The chances are that Baldwin 

 is the better of the two for Wayne County. For an early 

 bearing variety, to be planted as fillers between the fifty- 

 foot trees, plant Boiken, Bismark, Wagener or Hubbardston. 

 Do not plant in sod. If the trees must be set in sod, 84x4 

 ft. space is the smallest area that can be dug up successfully; 

 dig up considerably more space if possible, and keep it 

 dug up. U. P. Hedrick. 



ROSE BUGS ON DAHLIAS 



C. C. A., Conn. — The tarnished plant bug, otherwise 

 known as the rose beetle, which eats dahlia blooms, is not re- 

 sponsible for the blackening of the buds. Of course, it will 

 disfigure anything it touches, but it will not cause the appear- 

 ance described, which is entirely due to something else. 

 My own belief about this trouble with dahlias is that when 

 the plant, owing to early starting, tries to develop its flowers 

 at this time of the year, it finds itself constitutionally unable 

 to do so, and in consequence of the strain upon its vitality, 

 in order to save itself it simply fails to perfect those early 

 flowers. Generally it is a mistake to plant dahlias so 

 early that they are forced to produce flowers in July. The 

 normal season of blooming is September and October, and 

 probably you would find success if you did not set out your 

 roots until the first week of July. If dahlias are planted 

 early, endeavor to force strength into them during the 

 summer by pinching back and thinning out the growths. 

 Try to get an open, well balanced plant, not too many 

 stems, and do not permit the flowers to develop before the 

 beginning of September. L. B. 



