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RURALISMS 
Flowers for Shady Place ; Trouble With 
Geraniums 
1 , What flowers could I sow or plant 
that would do well in the shade of au 
apple tree, where they would get very 
little sun? 2. What is the cause of 
geranium leaves turning yellow and 
dying, and still the plant continues to 
hioom? M. L. s. 
Housatouic, Mass. 
1. A partly shaded place under an 
apple tree is likely to have staiwed soil as 
well as shade. A pretty annual is the 
Godetia, with pink, red or white flow¬ 
ers of poppy-like texture, which prefers 
rather poor soil and partial shade. Tub¬ 
erous Begonias would be likely to do 
well, if the ground was Avell prepared. 
Attractive perennial plants that like 
partial shade are Funkias or day lilies, 
monkshood. Anemone Japonlea, Oswego 
tea or bergamot (iNIonarda). Trillium or 
wake-robin, lily of the v.alley, and Vinca 
or trailing myrtle. 
2, Too much water and a close tem¬ 
perature are the usual causes of trouble 
with geranium foliage, especially if the 
foliage is sprinkled freely; heavy, over- 
rich soil and deficient drainage are other 
causes. Give the soil a chance to dry 
naturally, do not let it become sodden, 
and the foliage trouble should be cor¬ 
rected. 
Hardiness of English Holly 
On i>age 402 one of your re.aders wants 
to know if the English holly is hardy 
in hi.s localitj’, but the articlo does not 
state in what locality the inciuirer re¬ 
sides. T have an Engli.sh holly in my 
backyard in Newark. N. ,T., that was im¬ 
ported from England. It has been there 
several Winters and h.as been flourishing. 
Messrs. Biddnnk Atkins in their nurs¬ 
ery in Bergen Go.. N. .1.. have a large 
number of English holly out in the field, 
and have had for .several years, that have 
stood the Winters without injury. I 
believe that from Newark south in .Jer¬ 
sey the English holly will be fouiul per¬ 
fectly hardy at loio levels, but I have 
been unable to get it to survive the Win¬ 
ters in Wan-en ('ounty where the eleva¬ 
tion is about 000 feet. E. c. vtck. 
Early Dropping of Gravenstein 
.\lthough I consider the Gravenstein 
the most profitable apple of its season 
it has faults that quite seriously affect 
the lu-ofits of many who try to grow it. 
First, the apples are liable to drop be¬ 
fore fully grown or cohu-ed. and when 
picked fi'om the tree the fruit lacks 
color to sell at fancy prices, ns many 
growers pick too early for fear of losing 
more by their dropping, I know of no 
variety which iiays so well to mulch un¬ 
der the trees and allow a large .share of 
the fruit to drop upon the mulch, pick¬ 
ing up every day and shipping as soon 
as possible. This method is used by 
many growers who can deliver their fruit 
by teams or auto truck. Also, where 
there is cheap and satisfactor.v express 
service, using largely the Boston bushel 
box. The apples average larger and bet¬ 
ter color, whi'eh means more bushels 
to the tree and more money to the grow¬ 
er. I handle practically all my Gr.aven- 
stein apples by this method, also some 
of my other Fall apples. 
Much also depends upon the location 
and care of the trees. Those on rich 
moist soil especially highly fertilized and 
cultivated drop their fruit earlier than 
tho.se more favorably located. Good 
light laud suitable for corn seems to suit 
this variety, as the fruit is firmer and 
higher colored, allowing a much larger 
proportion of the drops to bo sold at good 
prices. Where one has trees that are now 
dropping their fruit too early I would 
stop fertilizing and cultivation for a few 
years at lemst, and if the land is very 
rich the grass might be allowed to grow 
under the trees to form part at least of 
the mulch used to protect the fruit, cut¬ 
ting the grass rather late for that pur¬ 
pose. ;My experience for years in grow¬ 
ing this apple is that a certain amount 
of dropping cannot be prevented, but by 
choosing land that suits it and the night 
kind of care, including spraying, it may 
be made a very profitable apple for many 
parts of New England at least. 
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SEA ISLE CITY, N. J. 
