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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



Informatiojt on the latest farming imple- 

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July, 1907 







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Cut back young blackberry canes after fruiting to three 

 feet, and laterals also if they get too long. Use a sickle. 

 Cut back raspberries to two and a half feet. 



Look sharp for the last brood of currant worms, and 

 apply hellebore as soon as the worms appear. Use helle- 

 bore this time, instead of Paris green, because there is no 

 danger in using it even if the currants are ripe. 



You can easily tell whether the San Jose scale is spread- 

 ing in your neighborhood by the characteristic purplish 

 discoloration that it makes at this time of the year upon 

 green twigs, leaves and young fruit The time when the 

 young scales move about is very short. They begin to 

 appear during the latter part of June. This pest probably 

 never can be exterminated in this country, but it can 

 be kept in check by spraying every week with whale-oil 

 soap solution, or twice a year with a soluble oil. 



Grapes ought to be sprayed three times during July 

 with a combination of Bordeaux mixture and Paris green. 

 In fact, grapes ought to be sprayed every ten days from 

 April to August. 



[Editor's Note: — Subscribers asking for information or 

 advice on gardening matters should be careful to give their 

 full names and addresses when writing. Frequently letters 

 that should have received prompt attention, if the advice 

 was to have been of any service to the inquirer, have re- 

 mained unanswered owing to the impossibility of commun- 

 icating with the writers. Seeming inattention is not due 

 to lack of courtesy, but to our total inability to do what we 

 should have liked.] 



ELIMINATING GARLIC FROM LAWNS 



D. P., Penn. — There is no very satisfactory way of exter- 

 minating wild garlic in a lawn except by digging. If the 

 lawn is very badly infested it will be necessary to spade it 

 up and allow the soil to lie exposed for some time — two 

 weeks — and it may be necessary to work the soil over a 

 number of times, removing as much of the garlic as possible 

 and allowing that remaining to become thoroughly dried 

 out and killed from exposure. W. B. B. 



FILLING IN ABOUT TREES 



A. J. R., Wis. — Hardwood trees such as oak and hickory 

 will stand much longer without any apparent injury from 

 filling around and above their roots than will the maple. 

 I have known hickories to stand for ten years without any 

 signs of injury with three feet of light, sandy soil filled 

 above their roots. One foot of filling will affect hardwood 

 trees but very slightly, if at all. In the case of four feet of 

 filling make a hole around the tree eight to ten feet in 

 diameter and brick or stone it up around the outside. 

 This will give an opportunity for a large amount of aeration. 

 This treatment has given satisfaction in many cases under 

 my own observation. J- D- 



EXTERMINATING MOLES 



E. L. B., Cal. — Traps are undoubtedly the most effective 

 method of attacking moles, and the reason that they often 

 fail is that it is a difficult matter to set them properly— to 

 set them so that the run is clear and the trap not laden up 

 with earth. If properly set, traps cannot fail to be effective. 

 It is sometimes found possible to take moles by poisoning 

 them. They seem to be especially fond of apples, and 

 these poisoned with strychnine or arsenic will usually have 

 the result of clearing out the moles. Of course, you should 

 remember that the mole does not eat vegetable matter 

 except as an incidental, but it seems to be especially fond 

 of the apple. Many farmers consider that the presence of 

 moles indicate that a pasture needs plowing and cultivating; 

 the same thing is undoubtedly true of a garden. A really 

 well-conditioned, well-cultivated soil is not the most con- 

 genial medium for the mole. It usually prefers to run in a 

 loosely conditioned soil that is in need of lightening. 



