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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



August, 1911 



To rid your trees, bushes, flowers and 

 vegetables of insects, bugs and vermin, with- 

 out slightest injury to foliage, without even 

 staining leaves or ground, spray with 



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24 oz. Bottle 

 49 oz. Bottle 

 1 Gallon 



$1.00 

 2.00 

 4.00 



The destructive CUT WORMS, bugs and insects that 

 work at the roots of plants and vegetables — down out 

 of sight — you can bring to the surface — in less than a 

 minute — to die, simply by applying 



ELECTRIC 



Worm Eradicator 



with an ordinary sprinkling can. 



24 oz. Bottle 

 48 oz. Bottle 

 1 Gallon 



Quick, sure, easy. 



$1.00 

 2.00 

 4.00 



Both preparations are highly concentrated and are 

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As the Fruit Ripens 



CLOSELY following the fruiting of the straw- 

 berries is the ripening of currants and 

 cherries. Currants will require little attention 

 if they have been sprayed with arsenate solution 

 earlier in the season to destroy worms. Birds 

 like mulberries better than cherries, and it is a 

 wise policy to grow mulberries just for the birds 

 so that they will not eat the cherries. When 

 planting a dozen or so cherry trees for family 

 use, plant a few mulberries among them. 



If you do not have the mulberries, probably 

 the cheapest protection that is practicable for a 

 few trees is to cover the fruit with mosquito 

 netting in a way to prevent the birds from eating 

 it. When the sun shines, bright new tin tied on 

 the branches may frighten the birds away for a 

 time, or you might make a little wind mill and 

 fasten strips of tin to the wings. 



There are no tree fruits, next to apples, that I 

 would plant with more confidence than sour 

 cherries. Grow sweet and sour cherries in the 

 peach belt, and only sour cherries outside. 



Before the cherries are gone raspberries begin 

 to ripen. I have learned some lessons about the 

 culture of cane fruits by observing the conditions 

 under which they best thrive when growing wild. 

 Wherever the ground is covered by brush and 

 leaves and is moist, the canes are strong and the 

 berries large and sweet. A brush pile around 

 blackberry and raspberry canes always induces 

 a larger growth. The most uncongenial soil is one 

 that is hard and dry. 



The garden culture of cane fruits that is most 

 practical and gives best results, is so to cultivate 

 them (until just before fruiting time) that an 

 earth mulch is kept on the surface, and the soil 

 aerated. Then place a mulch over the cultivated 

 surface to retain the moisture during the usually 

 hot, dry weather of July and August. The ma- 

 terial used for the mulch is a matter of convenience. 

 If one keeps animals the bedding used in the 

 stables is best. Refuse matter from the gar- 

 den or orchard can be used — weeds cut before 

 the seeds are ripe, vines of early peas, beans, 

 potatoes, or brush cut when pruning the fruit 

 trees, can be laid between the rows, if cut up so 

 as to lay down flat. Just try throwing brush 

 around some canes so that they can retain moisture, 

 and see the difference. It is the extra water in 

 fruits that makes them more luscious. I grow 

 the Cuthbert and Golden Queen raspberries. 



In the latitude of New York, the last of July 

 is the best time to sow cover crops among the 

 fruit trees. These crops are of great value in the 

 bearing orchard, especially when fertilizers are 

 needed for it. In the young orchard, up to 

 the time of bearing, I would grow some cultivated 

 field or garden crops. If sowed in July in drained, 

 fairly rich soil that is not acid, clover is best, 

 Next in value is vetch, that will sometimes thrive 

 where clover will not. The surest cover crop to 

 grow under all conditions is rye with a small 

 admixture of cow-horn turnipseed. When fruit 

 trees begin to bear they need feeding, and the 

 cheapest and most satisfactory way is to plow 

 under green clover in the spring. In well-drained 

 soil the application of lime generally enables one 

 to grow clover. Clover and alfalfa can do more 

 for the fruit grower than any other plants, for they 

 go down deeper in the soil for mineral matter, and 

 take nitrogen from the atmosphere. 



My plan of using lime for clover and alfalfa 







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