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Pansy Plants as a Side Line 
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of snow the plants will get enough natui’al 
protection and the best kind, but there 
is cevtain to be some loss in an open Win¬ 
ter*!* 'When Spring comes plants which 
have been heaved out of the ground by 
the frost should be pushed back in place 
with the foot. 
By April the pansies wilt be blooming 
and usually there is some demand for 
plants by the end of the month. Beds 
are often grown in solid colors, but cus¬ 
tomers almost always want mi.xed lots, 
although there seems to be a special fond¬ 
ness for yellows and purples. The plants 
mind transplanting so little that they 
keep right on blooming as though nothing 
had happened, although carted around in 
baskets for several days and then trans¬ 
ferred to the garden. In some sections 
there is .a limited demand for veiy early 
()ansy plants, which are obtained by 
growing them in cold frames through the 
Winter, careful attention being given to 
the matter of ventilation. Of course a 
premium must be paid for these extra- 
early plants. 
Pansy growing requires so little space 
and equipment that it may be taken up by 
people with only a limited amount of 
land. A woman near Cleveland is said to 
clear $1,200 from two acres. Farmers 
who live near the cities have an excellent 
opportunity to add to their income by 
growing pansy plants. 
^Massachusetts. e. t. F.Mir.TXGToy. 
B. K.-Y. —While it is now too late to 
sow pansies as above described in the 
more Northern sections, there are many 
locations where it can can still be done, 
especially where favorable weather exists. 
The florist trade has been hard hit by the 
labor shortage, and we think small grow¬ 
ers will find a very favorable market for 
their plants next Spring. 
When.Peach Trees Have “ Yellows” 
When the fruit upon any one branch 
of a peach tree rijiens considerabl.v in ad¬ 
vance of its s(mson. and is red spotted 
and blotched in color, it is almost certain 
to indicate that the tree is affected by the 
disease known as peach yellows. The 
cause of this dise.ase has never been de¬ 
termined. and such trees should be de¬ 
stroyed. as th(> disease spreads to others. 
Occasionally the fruit upon one branch 
of the tree may be premature if the tree 
is severely injured upon one side by 
borer.s or Winter injury. Such fruit is 
.seldom red blotched. W'herc trees be 
come di.seased with yellows, it is quite 
commonly the case that the trees lose 
their vigor and the foliage ma.v become 
red or rusty in sjtots. The rust.v appeai’- 
ance of the foliage^ however, commonly 
indicates a weak condition or check to 
the tree, or, in other words, trees that 
( 
are weak from any cause commonly show 
spotted and rusty foliage. Where trees 
behave in such a manner, but where the 
fruit ripens normally, the tree may be 
sufl’cring from a lack of cultivation, lack 
of sufficient plant food or Winter injury 
to the bark of the trunk or roots. Peach 
trees require good culture and i)lent.v of 
plant food in order to succeed best. Win¬ 
ter-injured trees should be pruned back 
rather severely during the dormant sea¬ 
son, and receive good culture the follow¬ 
ing Summer. a. ui.ake. 
Cottonseed Meal for Fertilizer 
What is the value of eottons('ed meal 
as j)lant food or manure for a vegetable 
garden? I have about 000 pranids from a 
local bag dealer who saved this in clean¬ 
ing jute bags. It contains (piite some 
lint of the bags. Could this be used in 
connection with horse manure? li. AV. 
An average of many analyses of cotton¬ 
seed meal gives 7 per cent of nitrogen.! 
‘1 of pho.sphoric acid and 1.75 of imtash.! 
Thus it is richer in nitrogen than in the 
other elements, and not well “balanced.” 
It would not bo desii-able to mix it with 
stable manure, because both need phos¬ 
phoric acid rather than nitrogen. To use 
the meal and manure alone would give 
you a heavy groAVth of leaf or stem, but | 
not good seed or fruit. I’lio price of 
cottonseed meal is so high that it is sel¬ 
dom used as a fertilizer exce])t at the 
Houth or on si)ecial Northern crops like 
tobacco. At the South a favorite mixture 
is half and half cottonseed meal and acid 
phosphate. This supplies the needed 
phosphorus and givcis good results in 
garden crops. 
Blight Control 
Is It Possible Without the Knife? 
After six years of experience and consistent 
success in hundreds of orchards, we say 
Positively Yes! 
HOW? By the use of “Scalecide” as a 
dormant or scale spray. It kills the hold¬ 
over canker that produces the twig and fire 
blight. At the same time, “Scalecide”- 
will do all and more than any other dormant 
spray or combination of sprays will do—it 
will control scale and other insects, including pear psylla, 
leaf roller, bud moth, case-bearer and aphis. Read what 
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Prof. M. W. Richards, late of Purdue University, writes: 
“Even the old" pit cankers seem to be healing over nicely. 
The young blight and black rot cankers are peeling off 
completely, and a nice, clean, healthy bark has been formed 
underneath. This condition does not occur on the trees 
sprayed with lime sulfur, hence I believe we are safe in 
sajnng that ‘Scalecide’ did it.” 
Mr. A. N. Brown, Georgetown, Del., who has charge 
of looo acres of orchards writes: “The enclosed branch 
[see illustrations at the right] was cut from a Yellow 
Transparent that was an extreme case of apple blight a year 
ago. One spraying with ‘Scalecide’ arrested further prog¬ 
ress of the disease and new bark began to form, and late last 
season new buds appeared, which developed a growth of 
sixteen inches before winter. I have thousands of cases 
where one application did the work.” 
The experience of these two experts is typical of the experience 
thousands of other men have had. “Scalecide” saves labor, saves 
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Above is shown the 
original barkafter being 
killed by blight canker 
and coming loose from 
the branch illustrated 
to the right. 
To the right is shown 
the branch which was 
infested with blight 
canker. One spraying 
with “SCALECIDE” 
killed the blight canker, 
and new cambium 
formed, the old black¬ 
ened bark peeling off as 
shown above. 
These illustrations are 
of the branch sent to 
us by Mr. A. N. Brown, 
Georgetown, Del. 
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