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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



March, 1909 



Increase the Yield of 

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GROWING CURRANTS AND GRAPES 

 FROM CUTTINGS 



C. H. G_, N. Y. — Currants will surely grow if cuttings 

 are made and put into the ground in the spring. Give 

 the grape-vines time to callus before they are set out; 

 otherwise, the bud will start into growth at once and take 

 all the life from the cutting before it has made root. Make 

 your grape cuttings as early as possible, bury them in 

 moist sand in a cold cellar, and by the time the ground is 

 ready to be worked they will have made a strong callus and 

 be ready to put forth roots. 



ASPARAGUS AND RHUBARB IN THE 

 KITCHEN GARDEN 



C. T. H., N. J. — Palmetto asparagus is considered by 

 many as being superior to any other. Preferably three 

 or four-year old roots should be planted; if older than 

 that they are difficult to move, and if younger than that 

 they will take longer to get established. It will, however, 

 take two years to properly establish a bed under the 

 best of conditions. Asparagus does not have staminate 

 and pistillate flowers on separate plants. In an article in 

 the April, 1907, number of The Garden Magazine full 

 instructions were given for planting and cultivating. 

 Among rhubarbs Burbank is recommended as a quick- 

 maturing kind, while other very popular varieties are 

 Champagne and Linnaeus. The difference in these is 

 more in the color of the skin than in anything else. 



HOW TO GET GOOD MELONS 



R. A. S., N. Y. — Melons and tomatoes are rank feeders, 

 and there is little danger of making the ground too rich 

 with manure. Put a good handful around each hill. If 

 the vines show a tendency not to set fruit, rake in a handful 

 of wood ashes around the hills. The best melons are those 

 borne near the ends of the main shoots, and by pinching off 

 the side shoots more vitality is thrown into them. Com- 

 mercial growers rarely pinch their plants, but it is often 

 practised by gardeners who wish to raise fewer melons of 

 larger size and better flavor. The vines ought to be from 

 four to six inches high in the hotbed to transplant well, 

 or as large as they will grow without commencing to run. 

 Melon and tomato vines will grow stocky in a hotbed if 

 the temperature and ventilation are right. The principal 

 cause of their spindling is too much heat or close air. A 

 less common one is having the glass too high above the 

 plants, which has the tendency to draw them up. 



GROWING VEGETABLES IN BOXES 



R. J. E., N. Y. — From the first to the middle of March 

 is the best time to start most vegetables in boxes. Do not 

 allow the night temperature to go below 50 degrees, and 

 beware of coal gas or escaping illuminating gas after the 

 plants are up. A good soil for the purpose may be pre- 

 pared from two parts garden soil, one part sand, and one 

 part leafmold. If any well-rotted manure is available use' 

 one part of that in place of half the garden loam. A very 

 common mistake is to have the soil too rich. The idea of 

 starting plants in boxes is to have them develop a good 

 root system before transplanting; therefore if you force 

 them while in the boxes it will be at the expense of root 

 formation. A too-concentrated plant food will stunt, 

 distort, and kill vegetables instead of helping. A table- 

 spoonful of dry poultry droppings dissolved in a gallon of 

 water, used to water the plants twice a week, is enough. If 

 the soil appears to be poor, improve it by a mixture of one 

 pound of commercial acid phosphate of lime, half 

 a pound of sulphate of potash, and one-fourth of a 

 pound of nitrate of soda. Mix this evenly with from 600 

 to 800 pounds of soil. These materials are all soluble 

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