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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



May, 1909 



Increase the Yield of 

 Your Garden 



by using the IGOE TOMATO AND PLANT 

 SUPPORTS. They will mean a more abundant 

 crop of Tomatoes of superior quality, and more 

 beauty and success of your heavily flowered plants, 

 such as Peonies, Dahlias, Golden Glow, Chry- 

 santhemums, etc. 



The Best and Strongest Support Made. 



MADE 

 STRONG 

 AND LIGHT 

 OF HEAVY 

 GALVAN- 

 IZED 

 WIRE 



Height complete 34 inchss 



of bottom section . , 24 



"top " ... 12 [ 



Diameter of circle 14 



PRICES: 

 Per Dozen, 



$1.75 



M^^ Per50,$7.00;perl00,$12.50\jb 



Send for Price List and Catalogue. 



IGOE BROTHERS 



€7-71 Metropolitan Ave. Brooklyn, N. Y. 



BOOTH TAEKINGTON'S 



"THE GUEST OF QUESNAY" 



deals with the peculiar situation of a man "Who loses 

 his memory in an accident and courts his -wife anew 



c Uhe story and the setting are exquisite. $ 1 .50 

 DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & CO., 133 E. 16th St., N. Y. City 



QOT OF BOOR WORKERS 



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'~5UCKERS^322 

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AJ.Tower Co. Boston U. 5.A. Tower Canadian Co. limited Toronto Can. 



that is very heavily laden in May may carry but 

 a thin crop in June after the drop. Some varie- 

 ties drop more than others; the Italian prune is a 

 noted example of a "self -thinning" variety. Much 

 will be gained if it can be done safely before the 

 pit or seeds begin to harden, when a considerable 

 drain is made upon the vital forces "of the tree. 



Peaches, apricots, nectarines and plums are 

 commonly thinned when the fruits are one-half 

 to three-quarters of an inch in diameter, or about 

 the size of a hickory nut. Thin so that the distance 

 between the fruits, when ripe, will be from two to 

 three times their diameter. This means that 

 peaches are usually thinned to five or six inches 

 apart, and plums to four or five inches apart at 

 the time of thinning. 



PREVENTING "OFF YEARS" 



When thinning fruits that bear on spurs, remove 

 all the fruits from some spurs, and if necessary, 

 thin the fruits on the other spurs to one. The 

 object of this is to give half of the spurs a chance 

 to make fruit buds for next year's crop, which they 

 may not be able to do if supporting one or more 

 fruits. The only way to prevent "off years" is 

 to limit in this way the number of spurs that bear, 

 coupled with good culture otherwise. There is no 

 reason why all fruit trees should not bear annu- 

 ally if given good care and not allowed to weaken 

 themselves by over-bearing. But certain varieties 

 of some fruits, especially the apple, have gotten 

 into the habit of bearing alternate years, and it 

 is difficult to overcome the tendency. 



Remove weak, diseased, and wormy fruits 

 regardless of their position on the trees, and burn 

 or bury them. All thinning should be done by 

 hand. Some people thin fruit by knocking it off ■ 

 with poles, but by the time the thinning is done 

 two-thirds of the crop may be on the ground. 

 Several hours may be needed to properly thin a 

 large peach or apple tree; at the rate of fifteen 

 cents an hour it may cost from twenty-five cents 

 to seventy-five cents per tree. If this adds one 

 dollar to five dollars or over to the value of the 

 fruit, as it may, the expenditure is certainly jus- 

 tified. 



When the trees carry a light crop, no thinning 

 may be needed. If certain branches on an apple 

 tree are loaded, and others not, thin the fruit very 

 little, as it is better to have the branches bear 

 alternate years than to have the whole tree barren 

 every other year. Much can be done to conserve 

 the strength of the trees of some varieties by 

 successive pickings. Early varieties of early 

 apples and pears, for example, should have part 

 of the fruit gathered when nearly mature, leaving 

 the remainder on the trees. The early gathered 

 fruits will ripen well in a cool place. Some varie- 

 ties of pears, especially those used for canning, 

 may be picked when little over two-thirds grown, 

 and will ripen into good canning fruit. The 

 Keiffer is occasionally handled in this way. 



Virginia. S. W. Fletcher. 



The Best Breed of Cow 



IT has been repeatedly stated that a Holstein 

 will make a quart of milk cheaper than any other 

 breed. This is doubtless true, but the dairy 

 farmer is not always so interested in the volume 

 of milk he obtains as in its content of butter fat. 

 The milk of the Holstein has less fat content than 

 any of the four leading dairy breeds. The Guern- 

 seys and Jerseys give milk with the highest per- 

 centage of butter fat and total solids, amounting 

 to s or 6 per cent. There is no need of guess work 

 in determining the quality of milk. By means of 

 the Babcock test, it is perfectly simple to determine 

 the richness of milk, and of course methods for 

 determining its quantity and weight are too obvious 

 to require comment. 



If a cow does not produce 3,500 pounds of milk 

 and 150 pounds of butter in a year, she does not 

 pay for her keep. If this test were applied to all 

 the dairy cattle in the United States, half of them 

 would have to be sent to the butcher's block — a 

 rather heroic means of improving the standard 

 of our dairy cattle, but one which would in the next 

 generation of cows convert many an unprofitable 

 dairy farm into one that would show a balance 

 on the right side of the ledger. 



New Jersey. John Harrison. 



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THE BUTTONS AND 

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Place a sundial in your garden or 

 on your lawn and it will return an 

 hundred fold in quiet enjoyment. 

 Write us for free booklet of 



Sundial Information 

 Chas. G. Blake & Co. 



787 Womans Temple, Chicago, 111. 



BARTON LAWN TRIMMER 



Saves all the tedious trimming with 

 sickle and shears. The best trim- 

 mer known. Send for booklet. 

 E. BARTON Ivyland, Ps*. 



SQUIER'S WEED KILLER 



For exterminating all obnoxious 

 vegetation anywhere. 



For exterminating all vegetation upon drives, paths, etc. 



Very economical to use. 



Write for circulars giving prices and testimonials. 



C. HARRISON MFG. CO., Rahway, N.J. 



F. E. CARPENTER CO. 



Manufacturers and erectors of high-grade 

 Wrought Iron Railings and Wire 



FENCES 



have removed their offices to the Postal Tele- 

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 Correspondence solicited — Catalogues furnished 



SPECIALTIES 



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 Mesh and Spiral Netting (Chain Link), Fences 

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