The Home Garden 



out the fruit, leaving not more than half that 

 sets. Rub off all but the branches you intend 

 for next year's fruiting. Keep the ground 

 about the vines well stirred. 



If a shiny black and green bug threatens to 

 injure your melons, cucumbers, and squashes, 

 make a sort of box of fine wire netting and 

 place it over the plants. Bank up soil about 

 it to prevent the enemy from working its way 

 under. 



Transplanted seedlings will need shading 

 until they became established in their new 

 quarters. I make a protection against the sun 

 by cutting circular pieces of thick brown paper, 

 a foot across. This I double over on one side, 

 in such a manner as to give the paper a sort of 

 funnel shape. Through the doubled-over por- 

 tion I run a stick or wire, about a foot in length. 

 This holds the cone in place, and the lower end 

 of the stick or wire can be thrust into the 

 ground, close to the plant needing protection 

 Thus I get all the shade required without 

 shutting off a free circulation of air. 



Go over the strawberry beds and nip off all 

 the early runners. Allow none to grow until 

 after the season's crop of fruit has ripened. 



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