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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



December, 1911 



IP 



SPRAY 

 THOROUGHLY 



Thorough spraying is a crop insur- 

 ance of the strongest kind, but you cannot 

 spray thoroughly unless you use 



Goulds 



- RELIABLE 



Sprayers 



They are better known, more widely 

 used, and in greater demand than any other 

 line — because, correct 

 design, perfect material 

 and expert workman- 

 ship — backed by 

 v \ more than 6 2 years of 

 ,y\ _rl3.dU) exclusive Pump mak- 

 ing experience— are 

 represented in each 

 Sprayer 

 we sell. 



Every Fruit Grower 

 should send for our 

 Booklet — 



"How to Spray— 

 When to Spray— 



What Sprayers to 

 Use" 



It goes into the subject 

 of sprayers and spraying 

 mixtures very thorough- 

 ly. We'll be glad to mail 

 it to you upon request. 



THE GOULDS M'F'G. CO. 



82 W.Fall Sl.Seneca Falls, N.V. 



We make all kindB of hand and 

 power pumps for farm use* 



We Grow Peonies 

 — Nothing Else 



Mohican Peony Gardens, Box 300, Sinking Spring, Pa. 



The Ideal Home Country 



lies in the wide territory traversed by the Southern Ry, System. From 

 the high landf of the Appalachians, with their dry, healthful climate, ,to 

 the Piedmont section, with its heavy yielding lands, on to the Atlantic 

 and Gull coasts, where every crop thrives — somewhere in this broad 

 territory you can find a place just suited to your needs and means. 



Land prices range from $15 to $50 per acre. 



The first year's crop often more than returns the purchase price. 



All grasses, grains, fruits and vegetables known to the temperate zone 

 thrive in the Southeast. Alfalfa grows nearly everywhere — 4 to 6 tons 

 per acre not uncommon — $15 to $22 per ton paid locally. Apple 

 orchards net $100 to $500 an acre. Truck gardening yields $200 

 to $400 per acre — everything else in proportion. 



The Southeast is the farmer's paradise- 



We have booklets giving full information of conditions in each 

 Southeastern State. Address 



M. V. RICHARDS, Land & Industrial Agent 

 Southern Railway, Room 43, Washington, D. C. 



with the unlimited fertility of this former swamp, 

 produced early vegetables of hitherto unknown 

 quality. 



Foremost among these is the now famous Dwarf 

 Erfurt cauliflower which is the parent stock of 

 nearly all other strains of this vegetable. Inten- 

 sive gardening became the order in the Dreien- 

 brunnen fields. Kohlrabi, cabbage and celery 

 were grown between the rows of cauliflower. 

 Cucumbers, spinach, radishes and herbs were 

 cultivated as "between season" crops. TJndei 

 Reichart's methods, a clear profit of four to five 

 hundred dollars per acre became the rule among 

 Dreienbrunnen gardeners during the latter part of 

 the last century. 



Reichart was, and is, the foremost apostle of 

 the gospel of efficiency as applied to gardening 

 that Germany has produced. That German gar- 

 deners are most efficient, must be credited to 

 Reichart. His preachings have survived the de- 

 cades and are more appreciated as we learn the 

 necessity of intelligent and concentrated efforts. 

 Reichart was the first man to figure out a schedule 



The world's oldest seed gardens are in the Drei- 

 enbrunnen Fields, near Erfurt. Germany. The 

 irrigating ditches are prominent in the picture 



of crop rotation, covering a period of eighteen 

 years. The strict adherence to the principles thus 

 laid down is responsible for the fact that the 

 Dreienbrunnen fields, after centuries of cultivation, 

 are still as fertile as they were the day the land was 

 drained. 



Few vegetables are now grown for marset 

 purposes on the Dreienbrunnen fields. Cauli- 

 flower and other vegetables are grown for the seeds 

 which are worth from $10 to $30 per pound. The 

 unusual fertility of the soil, the early maturity of 

 the vegetables on account of irrigation with water 

 from warm springs, the protected situation of the 

 territory and the intelligent human effort behind 

 it all, combine to give these strains of vegetable 

 seeds unusual qualities. 



So started that industry which was destined to 

 put Erfurt on the map of the world. The end of 

 the eighteenth century saw the issuing of the 

 world's first seed catalog by one of Erfurt's pro- 

 gressive gardeners. Soon, the discovery was made 

 that flowers did as well in fields surrounding the 

 Dreienbrunnen, as vegetables did within that 

 limited area. As the result, thousands of acres have 

 since been annexed, all devoted to the production 

 of Erfurt vegetables and flower seeds. Tons and 

 tons of them are now exported to all parts of the 

 world. 



Ohio. Adolph Krtjhm. 



Wonderful New England Asters 



YOU can't say that Americans are wholly blind 

 to the horticuitural-vaiueof wild flowers. In a 

 Rochester nursery we once saw, on Seotember 21st, 

 a mass of New England asters fifteen feet square 

 covered with thousands of purple flowers, each an 

 inch and a half across It was an exhilarating 

 sight. I 



New York. W. M. [ 



RARE AND IMLYTREES 

 GRACEpEHOMESTO 

 ™"~ LONGEST 



You never tire of a 

 magnificent Elm; a 

 Maidenhair (see illus- 

 tration) doing senti- 

 nel duty o!?ng the 

 walk 0. drive; or a 

 Magnolia, love'y at 

 all seasons with its 

 flowers, foliage and 

 fruits — yet these 

 trees are hardy every- 

 where and are just as 

 valuable for their 

 shade as others that 

 lack individuality. 

 We grow Deciduous Trees of 

 all leading kinds — the perfectly 

 hardy ones as well as those 

 which can be planted only in 

 the south. We grow them with 

 exceeding care — product ng rugged , quick -growing indi- 

 viduals which are in the end the cheapest you can buy. 



Get Our Catalogue— It Contains 

 Valuable Tree-information 



It lists worthy trees not generally offered; it describes 

 them in the words of the experienced tree-lover; its illus- 

 trations show them in home grounds, along streets, 

 etc. Wherever you live, and whatever you expect to 

 plant, you need this book. A request will bring it free. 



P. J. BERCKMANS CO., Inc., 



Fruitland Nurseries, Box 1070B, Augusta, Ga. 



Landscape Department, 207 Terminal Building 



r 



Tlie "Able Bodied" 



SHARPIES 



Tubular Cream Separator 



Two farm "hands" ask you for a place. One 

 is able bodied. The other uses a crutch. Which 

 will you hire ? 



Two kinds of cream separators 

 are looking for a place on your 

 farm. One is the " able bodied " 

 Dairy Tubular, built on a mod- 

 ern, patented principle, with 

 twice the skimming force of 

 others, and free from disks. 



The others are built on an old 

 style principle — they lack skim- 

 ming force — they must use a 

 crutch in the shape of disks or 

 other contraptions. 



Which kind for you ? 



The " able bodied " Tubular, 

 course. Write for catalogue 215. 



THE SHARPLES SEPARATOR CO. 

 WEST CHESTEU, PA* 

 Chicago, 111. San Francisco, Cal. Portland, « 



Toronto, Can. Win- ipeg, Can. 



of fresh IVIUSJirOOiTlS Growing Irjyour Cellar 



-i- in postage stamps together with the name of your 

 *'*■*• dealer will bring you, postpaid, direct from the 

 manufacturer, a fresh sample brick of 



Lambert's Pure Culture MUSHROOM SPAWN 



the best high-grade spawn in the market, together with large illustrated book 

 on M us i. room Culture, containing simple and practical methods of raising, 

 preserving and cooking mushrooms. Not more than one sample brick will 

 be sent to the same party. Further orders must come through your dealer. 



Address: American Spawn Co., Dept. 2, St. Paul, Minn. 



