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NOTES FROM A MARYLAND GARDEN. 
T IIE John Baer tomato, which I men¬ 
tioned in my last notes, is the monu¬ 
mental fake in seeds this season. It was 
claimed to be the earliest ever. In fact 
I picked the first ripe fruit the same day 
that I picked the first from the Brimmei\ 
one of the large Ponderosa type. The 
Louisiana Station says that it is simply 
Chalk’s Jewell renamed, but with me, 
while it does look like Chalk’s Jewell, it 
is a much later tomato. Having paid $1 
for a paper of the seed I gave it more 
space than other really early tomatoes. 
The Earliana was ripe two weeks ahead 
of it, and I would have been better off 
without the John Baer, if the space had 
been occupied with Earliana. 
I have always had a fancy for test¬ 
ing new tomatoes, and have tried nearly 
all of them from the time when I paid 
Col. Waring .$5 for 20 seeds of the Tro¬ 
phy, the forerunner of all the modern to¬ 
matoes. Before the Trophy came out the 
best smooth tomato we had was the Til- 
den. This was smooth, but with great 
seed cavities, and not meaty, as the best 
tomatoes now are. The Trophy was the 
first successful effort to get the big Mon¬ 
mouth Chihuahua tomato inside a smooth 
skin, and gave us the meaty character of 
the Mexican tomato without its creases, 
and this meatiness and small seed cavi¬ 
ties have been the aim of all tomato 
breeders, until now there is hardly a 
really new feature that can be added to 
the tomato of any of the good strains. 
The object now should be to eliminate 
any of the hard core. 
Among the tomatoes I have tried I give 
the preference among the pink sorts to 
the Globe, and of the red the Success. 
While it is interesting to have a few of 
the Monmouth or Ponderosa type, the 
medium-sized and smooth fruits give the 
larger number per plant than the mam¬ 
moths. In fact it seems to be a law in 
nature that when we increase the size of 
fruits we invariably decrease the number 
on the plant. The little pear, plum and 
cherry tomatoes will make 10 times as 
many as Ponderosa. The Big Susque¬ 
hanna peach never makes a great crop 
of fruit, and the Montreal Market can¬ 
taloupe will not make near as many as 
the Rocky Ford. 
One of the most useful of the cabbages 
in my garden is the Succession. The 
first sowing of these is now coming into 
head right after the disappearance of the 
Charleston Wakefield and the Copen¬ 
hagen, and a second sowing promises to 
come in in August. The Copenhagen 
Market cabbage is a fine second early, 
but it will not answer for Fall sowing 
and setting, as it runs to seed too badly. 
But sown in a frame in February it comes 
in very nicely with the Charleston 
Wakefield sown at same time, makes a 
fine head, and is as good a second early 
as one could wish for. 
The Portland Market corn from an 
Oregon seedsman was the earliest corn I 
have ever grown, but it was more affect¬ 
ed with smut than any corn I have ever 
grown. Nearly half the crop was ruined 
by smut, while I seldom have smut in my 
garden on other any later sorts. Coun¬ 
try Gentleman and StowelFs Evergreen 
are still the standard varieties for the 
table in this climate. It is very nice to 
have a few extra early ears, but for 
quality and good size the two sorts 
named have never been excelled in my ex¬ 
perience. Of course we can get rather 
large ears with the Mammoth and the 
Egyptian, but in quality they do not 
compare with the Country Gentleman es¬ 
pecially. 
Berger’s Green Pod bean is now giving 
us a plentiful supply of string beans of 
large size and great tenderness. It is a 
great improvement on the old Dutch 
Caseknife, and as I give it a five-foot 
width of chicken wire netting to climb 
on it seems to run a little higher than 
the Caseknife, and the dry beans are as 
good as the navy beans, which do not 
thrive well here. \v. F. massey. 
Maryland. 
These Trees Rob Crops. 
M T t CH of my land lies beside a neigh¬ 
bor’s woodland. This timber shades 
my fields and keeps me from raising 
a paying crop for many feet. How can I 
overcome such a condition? Perhaps roots 
rob soil of all fertility and moisture. Do 
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the trees do more harm through the roots 
than by shading? I think they do, and 
propose to dig a ditch along the line fence 
and cut the tree roots. How deep should 
the ditch he? Would the scheme he prac¬ 
tical financially? I do not know the cost 
of digging a ditch where there are many 
roots. e. H. 
Maryland. 
We should say that such timber oper¬ 
ates in three ways to injure crops grow¬ 
ing within a rod of it. The roots come 
out into the soil and take moisture and 
plant food. The trees shade the land and 
prevent air circulation or drainage. We 
should say that the timber roots are re¬ 
sponsible for about 40 per cent, of this 
damage. A ditch four feet deep will help 
somewhat, hut some timber roots will run 
down under it. If the ditch can be dug 
so as to act as a drain it may pay aside 
from cutting off the roots. It will not 
prevent all the trouble, however. 
Moving Bees. 
H OW can I change bees from one hive 
to another? A swarm came to me, 
and I put them in the only hive in 
the neighborhood. It is a poor one; 
would like to put them in a new one, but 
do not know how or when. They are my 
first bees. iirs. F. G. s. 
Skaneateles, N. Y. 
First, fit up your new hive with frames 
and foundation, or full sheets of brood 
comb; then, after smoking the bees in 
the old hive on any bright day, remove 
the cover of the old hive and set your 
new hive, without its bottom, on the old 
hive in the place of the cover. If it does 
not fit bee-tight, use some narrow strips 
of wood abont the edges to make it fit 
temporarily. With a stick drum on the 
sides of the old hive until you have 
driven practically all the bees up into the 
new one; then remove the old hive, put¬ 
ting the new one in its place on its own 
bottom board. Set the old hive a few 
feet to one side, turning its entrance in 
another direction from that it oi’iginally 
had, and after three weeks drum its bees 
up again into an empty box placed over 
it as your new hive was at the first drum¬ 
ming. This will get the bees that have 
hatched after your first drumming. After 
getting them into the box, smoke the bees 
lightly in the new hive and dump those 
from the box in front of the entrance; 
they will run in and join the colony in 
the new hive. The old hive can now be 
broken up and its honey removed. If in 
your first drumming you have secured the 
queen in the new hive, the bees will prob¬ 
ably stay in their new home; if you have 
not, they will return to the old hive and 
you will have to repeat-the operation; 
take plenty of time and do a thorough job. 
If you prefer, you can set the old hive 
to one side, place the new one in its place 
after having put frames and foundation 
in it and drum the bees from the old hive 
into a box inverted over it in place of 
the cover. Carry the bees in the box to 
the new hive and dump them in front 
of the entrance. Repeat the drumming 
after three'weeks as before to get the new¬ 
ly hatched bees. ii. b. d. 
The year 1915 will not only be a Mitchell year, but it will be famous 
as a year in which the Mitchell establishes another standard of values in 
automobile building. 
Those who have seen the new model —especially dealers — are not only en¬ 
thusiastic, but are clamoring for the first cars from the factory. 
Our Vice-President and Chief Engineer, John W. Bate, who designed the ori¬ 
ginal Mitchell, designed the “1915” from stem to stern and all his ingenious ideas and prac¬ 
tical engineering innovations have been utilized. 
The result is a car that beats them all—at a 
price $500.00 less than anything approaching it. 
In fact there is no comfort, no “safety first” ap¬ 
pliance, no accessory that adds to the enjoyment of 
automobile riding that will not be found in this car. 
Over 95% of the car is made right in Mitchell 
shops which cover acres upon acres of space. 
No detail is skimped — everything is weighed, 
judged, measured, tested with critical correctnes 
which gives the great service quality for which the 
Mitchell is famous. 
Read the specifications in another column. 
Compare them with any other car and you will 
find the most in the Mitchell. But after all don’t 
judge the new Mitchell until you’ve sat at the wheel 
of the new model—until you get the personal touch. 
We invite you to get this personal touch at 
our expense. We’ll put 
a car at your disposal. 
In the meantime 
send for the new litera¬ 
ture which tells the 
whole story. Ask for 
Book 121. 
The Mitchell Line for 1915 
Mitchell Light Four—two and five passen¬ 
gers—4 cylinders—35 horse power— 
116 inch wheel base—34x4 tires, $1,250 
Mitchell Light Four—6 passengers—same 
as above. $1,300 
Mitchell Special Six—5 passengers—6 cyl¬ 
inders— 50 horse power —132 inch 
wheel base—36x414 tires. $1,895 
Mitchell Special Six— 6 passengers—same 
as above. $1,995 
Mitchell Six De Luxe— 7 passengers— 
6 cylinders—144 in. wheel base- 
60 horse power—37x5 tires, $2,350 
F. O. B. Racine 
Racine. Wis. U. S. A. 
Light 
Four 
5 Passender 
35 H P. 116 irvWheel Base 
Junior Sturdy Jack 
the 
Will 
S E cS Motor Car 
Made for 1915 
Fully equipped in every respect, Electric Sell 
Starter, Electric Lighting, Power Tire Pump, 
and every one of the latest devices to se¬ 
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Remarkable Features: 
Light Weight 
Accessibility 
Economy 
Chrome Vanadium Steel Con¬ 
struction 
Long Stroke, High • Speed 
L-Head Motors 
Three-point Motor Suspension 
Full Floating Rear Axle 
Two-unit—Three-point Con¬ 
struction 
Silent Electric Starter 
Electric Lights 
Silent Chain Drive Shaft to 
Generator and Distributor 
Positive Helical Gear Drive 
to Cam Shaft 
Water Pump on Fan Shaft 
Dimming Search Lights — 
Non-Glare System 
Electric Horn 
Speedometer 
Gasoline Gauge 
Mitchell Power Tire Pump 
One-Man Top 
Integral Rain Vision Two- 
Piece Windshield 
Quick-Action Side Curtains 
Crowned Fenders 
Portable Exploring Lamp 
Demountable Rims 
Extra Tire Carrier in Rear 
Stream Line Body 
License Brackets 
Our Junior Sturdy Jack Gasoline Engine is a thor¬ 
oughly efficiently H. P. engine. Walks away with 
the work in line shape. Parts assembled in the 
same manner as parts of the very best automobiles. 
Economical on fuel. 
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Ask for JL 2f Pt ‘ D 
Bulletin Giving Warren, Pa. 
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