xii ~ AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS July, 1911 
toes, etc., may be detached from the vine 
by an upward twisting motion, but egg- 
plants had better be cut loose with clippers, 
as the stem is tough and liable to skin the 
plant 1f twisted off. 
In picking peas and beans, grasp the stem 
firmly with one hand and remove the pod 
with the other, so as not to bruise the vine 
or loosen its roots. 
View on grounds of Mr. C. W. Munson, Port In remodeling this farmstead for a country residence, there were several 
barns to screen. Cedars, Hemlock and Spruce trees, 20 to 35 feet high from our nursery were used. 
Hicks Trees for August and 
September Planting 
& The readers of this magazine are probably not aware that transplanting Evergreens in 
if August and September is entirely success( ul. ewillship from the nursery or from the col- 
’  lecting fields. In the latter we have over one thousand White Pine, Red Pine, White Spruce, 
g_ and Hemlock, 8 to 30 ft. high. They have been root-pruned. A typical order for the place 
? of moderate size includes several large evergreens at $25, $50 or $100 for the important 
positions, using specimens 3 to 10 inches at from $1 to $25 and finishing 
with the smallest sizes in quantity to grow forfuture use. Such assortments 
may cost from $150 to $1500, and are mosteconomical. Are there large . . 
evergreens in your neighborhood? We can move them fifteen miles to Tomatoes must be allowed to ripen on the vine 
your grounds. Our special tree moving apparatus will take 
-, evergreens up to 40 ft. high and 30 ft. spread. Send for 
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Pe oak. \4 Is : *- Isaac Hicks & Son puzzling to the amateur. Looking with an 
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courage to pluck it, only to find its kernels 
undeveloped. Even the most experienced 
sometimes fail in judging corn. An edible 
ear must have its grains shaped, but milky 
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Corn is a difficult problem for the amateur 
and tender. If too old, it will harden in 
cooking. Generally, when right for table 
use it hangs off from the stalk at an angle 
of twenty-three degrees or a trifle less; the 
tip of the silk has dried and the husk does 
not yield when the ear is grasped. Corn 
that has dried all its visible silk and divided 
its husk near the top is out of the list as a 
table vegetable. 
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