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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



January, 1919 



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Does It Pay? — Here is a report on my garden 

 for the past season, and while it may not be a 

 record breaker, it at least set the neighbors 

 talking. This piece of ground has been under 

 cultivation only two years, and in the beginning 

 was nothing but stiff, yellow clay which had been 

 mined out of some cellar. The first year nothing 

 would make an impression on it but a pick and 

 shovel. However, I managed .to break it up 

 and by digging in plenty of stable manure, lime, 

 and sifted coal ashes, raised a fair crop of vege- 

 tables the first year. In the fall rye was sown, 

 and last spring the process of lime, manure, and 

 ashes was repeated. When it came to digging, 

 the change was astonishing — no pick nor shovel 

 was needed, just a common digging fork. I raised 

 all my own plants with the aid of several cold- 

 frames and a sunny third story window. Every 

 foot of ground had to produce from one to four 

 crops, and a new crop was started before the old 

 one was out of the way. Most of the work was 

 done early in the morning and after seven o'clock 

 in the evening. My reward is as follows: The 

 finest fresh vegetables all summer for the family 

 and enough of many kinds put up for winter, 

 enough of the surplus sold to more than pay 

 expenses for fertilizer and seeds, health and ex- 

 perience gained which could not be measured in 

 dollars and cents, a gold medal awarded by The 

 National Agricultural Association, and last but 

 not least — a direct slap at the Kaiser! Space 

 under cultivation 18 x 64 ft. This includes two 

 peach trees and two grape vines. 



The details of the returns are: Used. — Lettuce, $4.2C; Spinach, 

 #1.15; Beets, $1.95; Radishes, $.£0; Swiss Chard, #1.05; Peas, $1.20; 

 Carrots, #.95; String Beans, $1.50; Lima Beans, $1.00; Tomatoes, 

 $3.80; Onions, $1.20; Egg Plant, $1.55; Early Celery, $2.15; Late 

 Celery, $10.00; total $32.20. Sold — Lettuce, $3.72; Beets, $.40; 

 Chard, $.95; Tomatoes, $4.99; Early Celery, $.1.16; Egg Plant, $1.15; 

 Parsley, $.29; Tomato Plants, $1 88; Egg Plants, $.80; Celery 

 Plants, $.45; Peaches, 6 baskets at $1.75, $10.50; Grapes, $3.00; 

 total, $32.29, oragrand total of $64.49. 



The values are based on the lowest prevailing 

 market price at the time. — A. A. Knock, York, Pa. 



Should Sweet Corn Be Suckered? — I shall not 

 answer this question, but merely put before 

 the reader the experience I had with a large 

 patch of sweet corn that was not rid of its 

 suckers. Always I have been scrupulous to 

 take the suckers from sweet corn. But this 

 year the thing got ahead of me, and I let the 

 suckers grow. I had the feeling that they would 

 injure the crop in that they would make the 

 main ears small, and would delay their matur- 

 ing. The corn was Golden Bantam. The result 

 was quite different. Though I cannot attrib- 

 ute the size of the ears to the presence of the 

 suckers, I will say that I never gathered a finer 

 crop of corn than I did from this half-acre 

 patch. After the main crop had been taken, 

 what was my surprise to find that two out of 

 every three suckers had an ear; small, it is 

 true, but a genuine ear. These developed well 

 and matured evenly, supplementing the main 

 crop greatly. I am sure that these innumerable 

 sucker ears almost doubled the yield of the 

 patch. In quality, this smaller corn was not 

 inferior to the corn from the main stalks. It was 

 small, and not always shapely; but it was com. 

 And so I ask, Should we sucker our sweet 

 corn? — A. Rutledge, Menersburg, Pa. 



Larkspurs and Shade. — Has any one else had 

 an experience with Delphiniums similar to mine? 

 I have but few plants attacked by the fungus 

 which blackens the leaves and buds, but occa- 

 sionally a plant will suddenly decay at the roots. 

 My plants are placed so that their roots are 

 shaded by others, and the sun does not reach 

 them. This is recommended by most authorities 

 as they claim Delphiniums suffer from drought 

 if their bases are exposed. My experience seems 

 to indicate the contrary. Has any one else had 

 the same experience? — Gertrude H. Smith, N. J. 



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