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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



June, 1914 



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Give them a fair chance 



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 Under-the-bark decay and insect 

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Stake tomatoes and running beans, if on rich 

 soil, using stout poles. Seed of tomatoes may be 

 sown now for a fall crop. 



Both watermelons and muskmelons will begin to 

 ripen now, but unless you want seed do not let 

 them stay on the vine until they become over ripe. 

 Also keep all "culls" picked from the vines and 

 they will bear longer. 



Celery seed may be sown now for late crop. 

 Cover it very shallowly, and be sure to keep the 

 seed bed moist and partly shaded. Transplant to 

 damp soil, and give frequent watering to the grow- 

 ing crop. 



The sweet potato makes a good crop when 

 planted at this time of the year, so if you have not 

 already put out some plants do not think it is too 

 late to do so. In Florida it may be planted as late 

 as August. 



Bush lima beans may also be planted; and in 

 Florida and South Texas it is not too late to plant 

 running limas for a good crop. Okra may also be 

 planted. It does best on very rich soil, or freshly 

 cleared land. It is excellent as a soup flavoring 

 and can also be dried or canned for use during the 

 winter. 



After strawberries have finished bearing, give 

 them a thorough cultivation and keep the runners 

 cut unless you want to have the rows matted. 



It is now a good time to bud fruit trees and rose 

 bushes, and all other trees and shrubs that you 

 want to treat in this manner. 



Do not allow any culls or rotting fruit to lay 

 around in the orchard. The quicker you get 

 them out and turn them over to the hogs the better 

 it will be for both man and beast! 



Another important job is to keep the orchards 

 free from grass and weeds, especially the latter. 

 Cow peas and peanuts are good crops to plant be- 

 tween the trees. 



FARM CROPS 



Oats, rye, and wheat will be ready for harvesting 

 during the month. Cow peas for hay are usually 

 sown after oats and wheat, and if the soil should 

 be infected with wilt or black root disease, use 

 iron cow peas, corn, or sorghum cane. 



The Spanish peanut is also a good crop to follow 

 grain, and it is not subject to disease. Tennessee 

 Red Bush will also make a good crop after grain 

 in South Georgia and Florida. This variety re- 

 quires red land or lime in sandy soil in order to 

 produce well rilled pods. 



Georgia. Thomas J. Steed. 



When the Rose Bugs Eat 

 Grape Flowers 



WHERE grapes are grown on sandy land the 

 rose chafer is a serious menace because, in a 

 few hours, this pest will eat the blossoms and de- 

 stroy all chances of a grape crop. Such a catas- 

 trophe may be avoided, however, by spraying with 

 arsenate of lead at the rate of five pounds in fifty 

 gallons of water, to which two quarts of molasses 

 or twelve and one half pounds of glucose are added. 



The rose chafer may be expected to appear ready 

 for work at just about the time the Concord grapes 

 come into bloom. In northwestern Pennsylvania 

 this is usually about June 20th. Just before this, 

 very thoroughly cover the vines with the spray 

 mentioned. 



When the rose chafer appears in June and feeds, 

 mating commences and continues during the feed- 

 ing season. The female bores into the soil and 

 deposits the eggs. These hatch early in August 

 and the resulting larvae feed on the roots of the 

 grasses until November, when they bore down into 

 the soil for about a foot and make larval chambers 

 in which to pass the winter. In April, when the 

 ground begins to warm up, they leave these cham- 

 bers, coming up to feed on grass roots or other 

 available food until the latter part of May, when 

 they again form cells in which to pupate. This 

 pupal stage lasts from three to four weeks, after 

 which the adult comes out to feed. If the ground 

 is kept thoroughly cultivated during this time, 

 so that these cells are broken up, very effective 

 work can be done to control this bane of grape and 

 rose growers. ' 



Pennsylvania. Harold Clarke. 



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