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they long since "went out." There seems little 

 chance that the food situation will become serious 

 enough to warrant gardeners taking them up 

 again, especially at the prices now asked for the 

 "marvelous new butter beans" — namely, six 

 seeds for 50 cents, or 16 for a dollar! 



The "Ideal" Gooseberry. — The first step in the 

 production of improved forms of plant and ani- 

 mal life is the determination of a type that will 

 combine the desired characters. Such a type of 

 gooseberry has been decided upon by the Ohio 

 Experiment Station, and is described as having 

 "the habit of growth of the Carrie, the vigor of 

 the Red Jacket, the freedom from thorns of the 

 Carrie and Houghton and the size of the Downing 

 and Red Jacket. " Until our plant breeders pro- 

 duce such a form, it remains for us to choose the 

 one of the above four which meets our particular 

 needs. Briefly summarized, the salient features 

 of each are: Carrie — bushes of good size, vigor- 

 ous, with long slender branches loaded with fruit; 

 berries about size of Houghton, solid red, of ex- 

 cellent flavor; not very susceptible to anthrac- 

 nose. Red Jacket — bushes of good size but low- 

 spreading manner of growth; fruit larger even 

 than Downing, green overcast with purple, acid 

 but good; thorns stout; productive, fairly late but 

 fairly free from anthracnose. Houghton — plants 

 of medium size, productive, vigorous, with long 

 slender branches and trailing habit; Thorns light; 

 berries small, light red with gray ash bloom; re- 

 latively free from anthracnose, heavy yielding 

 and vigorous. Downing — plants of good size, 

 vigorous, short branched thorny; berries green 

 with white ribs and bloom, larger than Houghton; 

 more susceptible to anthracnose than Houghton. 

 Of the English types, the station recommends 

 Industry and Whitesmith for trial in American 

 gardens. The former makes a medium large, 

 fairly vigorous, productive bush; bearing large, 

 late, hairy reddish, purple fruit; meaty and of 

 mild but very good flavor. Whitesmith develops 

 large, vigorous, productive bushes, with large, 

 greenish white, sweet and excellent fruits, and is 

 called "the best of the English varieties." The 

 station refers to the Canadian habit of growing 

 English gooseberries between orchard trees for 

 the sake of the partial shade, and suggests that 

 this may be a desirable practice here also. 



To Insure Next Summer's Fruit. — Most people 

 probably recall last autumn as a season of ex- 

 ceptionally beautiful weather with clear, bright 

 days, warm sunshine, and soft Indian summer 

 air. They may not remember, however, that it 

 was distinctly dry, but such was the case, and now- 

 some of us are beginning to note some of the ef- 

 fects thereof. Of especial interest from the fruit 

 grower's standpoint, is a report from several sec- 

 tions, notably southern Ohio, that the fruit buds 

 of apple trees did not develop sufficiently last fall 

 because of the drought. However it is not too 

 late to stimulate increased development between 

 now and harvest time, so that the yield need not 

 be really disappointing. To do this, advises the 

 extension horticulturist of the Ohio Experiment 

 Station, give a little extra fertilizer of good qual- 

 ity, and prune very carefully. Best results, he 

 says, especially on thin soils, are obtained from 

 applications of nitrate of soda made about when 

 the buds are showing pink. From two pounds, 

 for a tree just coming into bearing, to 5 pounds 

 for an old specimen, is the range of dose recom- 

 mended. Not only does this tonic make the pre- 

 sent buds more resistant to frost, assist in holding 

 the young apples on the trees, and generally im- 

 prove the quality of the fruit, but also it encour- 

 ages, later on, a better development of next year's 

 fruit buds. 



Moon's Beautified My Lawn 



COULD not decide between a formal and an informal 

 planting — they both have such charm. But MOON'S 

 came and showed me that with our location and style of 

 house the informal planting would be more in keeping. 



"That was years ago, and I have never regretted the decision. 

 We have reaped the reward many times over in its beauty 

 and gracious restfulness. 



'This Shrubbery is more beautiful than when first planted, 

 and when the colorful pageant of flowering bush and tree has 

 passed the varying hues of Evergreens remain to cheer us 

 through the winter." 



MOON'S Hardy Trees, Shrubs and Plants for Every Place 

 and Purpose have a hardihood and richness of growth 

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