The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
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Iron Sulphate to Destroy Weeds in 
Celery 
Would iron sulphate destroy duckweed 
iu celery without harming the celery 
plants? Our greatest trouble is in the 
seed-bed, and I would like to know if 
Prof. Massey has had any experience in 
this. How much could be used without 
harm to the celery plants? c. j. B. 
Wolcott. N. Y. 
I do not think that the iron sulphate 
will hurt any plant which has perfectly 
smooth leaves. Plants with pubescent 
leaves or hairy leaves will be killed. I 
have not tried it on celery seed-beds, nor 
in fact in the cultivated garden at all. I 
have tried it on weedy brick pavements, 
and have noticed that it does not affect 
smooth-leaved plants. I have tried it on 
the wild garlic that infests lawns at times, 
and it had no effect on the garlic, but 
killed chick weed. Whether celery will be 
hurt can only be known by experiment. 
When I sow celery seed I sow iu rows 
wide enough apart to cultivate clean. 
Then as to weeds there is something in 
the way one sows celery seed. I sow the 
seed on line, not furrows, and merely pat 
the seed to the soil and do not cover; 
then I cover the whole bed \fTth gunny 
sacks, and water well on them, and find 
that I get a quicker and better germina¬ 
tion that will give me the start of weed 
growth. Of course the sacks are removed 
as soon as the germination is assured and 
the little plants show green. I have cel¬ 
ery up before weeds get up. and then I do 
not allow any weeds to grow. The solu¬ 
tion of iron sulphate must be a saturated 
one. W. F. MASSEY. 
Overcoming Potato Lice and “Wilt” 
There seems to be considerable hesi¬ 
tancy on the part of farmers and garden¬ 
ers iu this vicinity toward the planting of 
potatoes this Spring, owing to the serious 
loss for the past two seasons from potato 
aphis and potato “wilt.” If this condition 
is general it certainly will be a serious 
proposition as far as Connecticut is con¬ 
cerned. The results from the use of 
“Black Leaf 40’’ and kerosene emulsion 
iu combating this pest seem to have been 
rather unsatisfactory, and I doubt very 
much if either of the above prescribed 
remedies will be as enthusiastically re¬ 
sorted to this coming season as they have 
been for the past two years. Probably 
you have noticed that in many instances 
where the earlier varieties were used and 
where the potatoes were planted unusu¬ 
ally early the total yield was less af¬ 
fected by the aphis or by the wilt thau 
where the later potatoes were used, or 
where the crop was planted at the usual 
time. Considering this, would it seem 
logical to you that the thing for Connec¬ 
ticut farmers to do would be to plant 
more of the earlier varieties and to plant 
these as early as possible, so that the 
potatoes will be very nearly matured and 
the vines fairly tough by the time the 
severe heat, wilt and aphids are doing 
the greatest damage? 
Perhaps you have also noticed, as we 
have, that where turnips were planted, 
adjoining or near by potatoes, the latter 
suffered far less from the aphids than 
where there were no turnips. Would you 
think that this might indicate the advis¬ 
ability of sowing turnip seed between the 
rows or scattering it broadcast over the 
potato piece, after the last cultivation, iu 
order that the young tender turnips might 
act as a protective crop which would at¬ 
tract the aphids while the early potatoes 
are putting on their last two or three 
weeks’ growth? Turnips could likewise 
be successfully made use of in this way 
throughout the season and would protect 
the later us well as the earlier varieties. 
Let me know what you think of this com¬ 
bination plan of a “turnip barrage” and 
an “early Spring offensive” as a means of 
combating our two greatest potato 
troubles of last season. 
SIDNEY A. EDWARDS, 
Meriden, Conn. Agricultural Agent. 
We think the plan of planting early 
varieties as soon as the ground is fit a 
good suggestion. Surely it is well to push 
the plants along as fast as possible before 
the plant lice appear. We have more 
confidence in tobacco extract and Bor¬ 
deaux than many growers now have. As 
for the turnips, we have not noticed any 
such immunity. We cannot quite see how 
the turnip crop can drive off the aphis, 
but if such a thing has been noticed by 
several good observers we should try the 
suggested plan at any rate. Iu fact, we 
usually try to use some turnip seed in 
every cover crop seeded before the middle 
of August. The turnips make a good 
growth and we think they do more than 
add organic matter to the soil. We have 
observed that the potato crop folloiriiifi a 
cover crop of turnips is usually thrifty. 
This, we think, is partly due to the ability 
of the turnips to utilize potash compounds 
in the soil and make them over into avail¬ 
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