May, 1919 
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P IRST the blossom, then the fruit — but the exper- 
*■ ienced grower knows that he must help nature 
with plant food, or the fruit will not mature. 
Apply I 00 to 1 50 pounds per acre of 
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just before blossoming time. It is the most efficient 
nitrogenous top dressing for orchard, field or gar- 
den. 
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AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT 
are a few leaves. If this does not 
kill all the bugs, try it again when 
the buds are coming. The arsenate 
of lead will stick to the leaves all 
summer and does not discolor them, 
so you have a permanent poison — 
but as the leaves grow out, of 
course, you will have to add more. 
Powdered sulphur, dusted on the 
damp leaves, is good for mildew. 
Some tobacco solution or soap suds 
is good to kill aphis. 
White hellebore dusted on damp 
leaves kills many enemies of the 
rose, but the rain washes it off. 
The green worms and rose bugs 
will have to be hand-picked into a 
pan of kerosene. Very early in the 
morning you will see most of them 
at work. 
But you will not have all of these 
troubles. This is just to show you 
what to do, if you have one or two 
of them. 
Covering for the winter : — I have 
had the best success, burying roses 
in the ground, leaving the tips out. 
Many people bend them over and 
cover with leaves or straw, and over 
this place tar paper or boards. 
They must be kept dry and have a 
little ventilation. It is not the cold 
that kills them but the thawing 
and freezing. All of the Rugosa 
roses are hardy and should be in 
every garden. There are a num- 
ber of improved varieties that are 
double. — Mrs. H. B. Tillotson in 
Minnesota Horticulturist. 
Black Hills and white spruce 
make good evergreen windbreaks 
for the farm. They can be planted 
up to June 1. 
WANTED 
Position as Assistant Gar- 
dener. 
CHRISTIAN CONRAD 
Onalaska, Wis. 
Plant a few gladiolus bulbs now 
and more in a week or ten days. 
Plant a few Progressive ever- 
bearing strawberry plants this 
spring. They will fruit this fall 
if the blossoms are kept off t ill 
about July 1. 
Do not grow seedlings in a 
close, moist atmosphere and ex- 
pect them to do well when set 
outside. They need air. Cool, 
airy conditions will cause the 
plants to grow stocky and they 
will be in better condition to set 
out. 
Among the hardy perennials 
that should be in every garden 
to furnish cut flowers are iris, 
larkspur, peony, columbine, bol- 
tonia, and autumn daisies. All 
are of easy culture and may he 
set out now. 
Early cabbage should be set to 
their first leaves in soil. 
