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February 
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J. T. LOVETHT :: :: Box 162 :: :: LITTLE SILVER, N. J. 
1. Will you toll me how to- grow and 
prepai’e the Japanese salad plant, Udo? 
2. I have a Catalpa tree grown from 
seed w’hich I believe was sent to sub¬ 
scribers of The R. N.-Y. about 1883-5. 
Three of these trees came up but only one 
lived. It now i.s about 25 to 30 feet high 
and one foot in diameter. I find it is not 
very hardy, as a part of it dies every 
year; but in June it is covered with large 
clusters of flowers. Can you tell me 
what kind of Catalpa it is and if I am 
right about the seed being distributed by 
your paper? Can this Catalpa be grafted 
into the common Catalpa? If so how and 
when? w. B. o. 
Seekonk, Mass. 
1. The Udo, Aralia cordata, is a new 
.Tapane.se vegetable, about which but lit¬ 
tle is known by the general public, as its 
cultivation, and use as a vegetable in this 
country dates back but a few years, and 
has been mostly’ experimental, and con¬ 
ducted by a few men in widely separated 
districts. The best authority on the cul¬ 
tivation and use of the udo is David 
Fairchild, agricultural explorer in charge 
of the Office of Foreign Seed and Plant 
Introduction, IT. S. Department of Agri¬ 
culture. Washington, D. C. He states 
he has had since 1906 a patch of udo 
growing on his place in Jlaryland, and 
during that time he has been experiment¬ 
ing with it in his kitchen, as well as 
blanching it in the garden, and now feels 
confident that the udo is entirely worthy 
of adding to onr list of Spring vegetables. 
He states that it is easily grown, its 
shoots are readily blanched, and it re¬ 
quires hut little care and may be forced 
every Spring for at least six years. The 
flavor of the udo, it is stated, is distinct¬ 
ly aromatic, like celery or parsnip, but 
different from either. The reason for this 
lies in the fact that the stems contain a 
resinous-matter which gives it a decided 
taste of pine when tasted raw, but when 
properly pi-epared is a most delicious 
vegetable, the blanched shoots only being 
used, which have their own characteristic 
flavor. The blanch can best be accom¬ 
plished by setting a large drain tile over 
each hill in Spring before growth starts. 
It is stated that amateurs have expe¬ 
rienced some difficulty in gi’owing the 
plants from seed, but that anyone with 
greenhouse or cold frame facilities should 
have no difiiciilty with fresh seed if sown 
one-fourth inch deep in ilareh or April in 
what is known as screened potting soil, 
consisting of one part loam, one part leaf 
soil or mold, and one part sand. Two or 
three w’eeks are required for the seed to 
come up. From the flats the young seed¬ 
lings can be planted out in the ground as 
soon as they are three or four inches high, 
or they can be potted, and later set out 
in the field. The plant is a heavy feeder 
and requires a strong, mellow soil, well 
supplied with nitrogen. Plants should be 
set SYz feet apart in the field, as they 
make large crowns and need plenty of 
room, 
Mr. Fairchild recommends the follow¬ 
ing recipes for preparing the udo: 
Udo on Toast.—Peel the shoots and 
drop them into cold water. Cut them 
into four-inch lengths. Boil them in salt 
water for 10 minutes, then change the 
water, adding a fresh quantity of salted 
water and boiling until quite soft. Pi’e- 
pare a white sauce, such as is used for 
cauliflower or asparagus, put the udo in 
it, and allow it to simmer until thor¬ 
oughly soft. Serve on toast in the usual 
way. If there is too much of the iiine 
flavor, as there may be, if the shoots are 
not thoroughly blanched, a second change 
of water will remedy this. 
Udo Salad.—Peel the shoots, cut them 
into three-inch lengths, and then split 
them into thin shavings, letting them fall 
into ice water as they ai’e made. Allow 
them to soak in the Avater from a half 
hour or an hour, so as to remove the res¬ 
inous material in them. Serve with a 
French dressing of pepper, salt, oil and 
vinegar. Do not dress the shavings until 
just before serving, as they become 
stringy on standing in oil. 
Udo Soup.—Bemove the skin from the 
shoots, cut in pieces one-half inch long, 
and wash thoroughly iu cold water. Cook 
until tender and mash through a colander. 
Add pint and a half of milk, one-half pint 
of cream, two tablespoonfuls of but¬ 
ter. and one tablespooiiful of flour, mix¬ 
ing flour and butter until smooth. Sea¬ 
son with pepper and salt. (Recipe for 
one bunch of ndo, enough for five per¬ 
sons). 
Anyone interested in the cultivation 
of the ndo, and thinking of giving a tri:il, 
should before making the venture, send 
to the Department of Agriculture, Bureati 
of Plant Industry, Washington, D. C.. 
and get a copy of Farmers’ Bulletin No. 
84. This bulletin' gives a history of the 
udo, and full information as to its cul¬ 
ture, and probable future use as a vege¬ 
table in the American home. 
2. This is no doubt Catalpa speciosa. 
The seeds were probably distributed to 
readers of The B. N.-Y., as about that 
time much Avas being said and Avritton 
about this tree, as a good substitute for 
locust for fence posts, cross tics, etc., on 
account of its durability. This species is 
a native of the "We-st, and at the time tne 
seeds Avere distributed by The R. N.-Y. it 
was cultiA’ated and had become widely 
naturalized in Southern Arkansas, West¬ 
ern Louisana and Eastern Texas. Since 
then it has become Avidely distributed in 
the country. The tree is Avell adapted ^’or 
the temperate and perhaps the sub-tropi¬ 
cal sections of the country, but does not 
stand the rigors of our Northern climate 
so well, as more or less damage to the 
tender branches is almost certain to oc¬ 
cur in severe cold Aveather, many branches 
being killed outright, which soon ruins 
the shape of the top and renders it un¬ 
sightly for ornamental purposes. Speci¬ 
osa can be gi’afted into the common 
stock, but groAving them from seed is a 
much simpler and surer Avay of propaga¬ 
tion. K. 
Catalpa Near Well 
A Catalpa tree stanus about 10 or 12 
feet from a well. Do you think the tree 
would have anv effect on the taste of the 
water? Vein in well comes .in well from 
the same side as the tree. ‘ Tree is six 
or seven years old. If you think it 
would affect the w’ater Avould cutting the 
tree down Avithont removing the roots he 
all that is necessary? E. Ii. 
Clove, N. Y. 
There is but little if any danger of 
the water in this well being injured by 
the roots of the Catalpa. The writer 
owns a well that is situated between a 
large yellow locust and a larger swamp 
maple, the locust being about 10 feet 
aAvay and the maple 12 feet aAvay. The 
water has never been affected in the 
least. The roots of the locust are very 
offensive smelling, and AA’ould no doubt 
contaminate any water they were con¬ 
tinually submerged in, but as the Avater 
has remained SAveet all these years it is 
good evidence that trees growing near a 
well, especially if supplied with sufficient 
moisture from sources nearer the sur¬ 
face, will not send their roots into a 
deep well in search of it. I remember 
one instance where a very large willow 
stood within three feet of a Avell that Avas 
walled Avith boAvlders, the roots of which 
never entered inside the well, nor did 
they affect the water in the least. I 
knoAV this to be true, as I drank Avater 
from this Avell for many years, and helped 
clean it two or three times diu’ing that 
time. There may be some species of 
trees that Avonld send their roots into a 
nearby well, and injure the quality of the 
water, but I do not know of any such. 
K. 
The Cushaw Squash in California 
I noticed last September some one asks 
for a remedy for squash bugs that de¬ 
stroy pumpkin vines. Here in California 
w’C have many more insects than in the 
East, for they can live right on through 
the Winter. Those bugs are here by 
hundreds and four kinds at that. We 
cannot raise field pumpkins at all. The 
bugs do not hurt the Cushaw pumpkin, 
the big ci’ookneck, some call it. It is the 
best pumpkin for home use that Ave have 
found, and just as good for stock. We 
let the other pumpkins go. and only plant 
(^ushaAvs. They groAV from 18 to 24 
inches long here. mbs. s. c. d. 
Glenn, Calif. 
Jimmie giggled when the teacher read 
the story of the man Avho swam across the 
Tiber three times before breakfast. “You 
do not doubt that a trained sw'immer 
could do that, do you?’’ “No, sir,” an¬ 
swered .Jimmie, .‘but I wonder Avhy he 
did not make it four and get back to the 
side Avhere his clothes Avere.”—AwgAvau. 
