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Notes from a Maryland Garden 
The editorial notice of the kudzu plant 
incites me to say more about it, though I 
had thought I had already written more 
of it than our readers care for. The plant 
is doubtless the most rapid growing thing 
ever brought us from that land of vege¬ 
table surprises—Japan. There seem* to 
be more than one variety. The first plant 
I grew, about 10 years ago, as a porch 
climber in North Carolina, was an ex¬ 
ceedingly rapid climber, but a climber 
only, while the plants I have used since 
will climb, but rather prefer to creep on 
the ground. Someone in the South about 
10 years ago sent me three plants, 
only cared for one, which I planted at one 
end of my front porch. The other two I 
planted at each end of the front entrance 
to one of our primary school buildings 
There was for a time a brisk contest be¬ 
tween kudzu and kids, but the kids finally 
won, and the kudzu evacuated the prem 
ises. 
My plant ran under the porch anc 
rooted at a number of joints. Another 
runner went JO ft. around the rear of the 
house and it also rooted a number of 
plants. It was entirely too much for the 
situation, and I dug the main, plant up 
and gave away all the suckers found. 
Then I planted the main root where it 
could cover a trellis and run over the 
wood and coal house. It does this very 
completely, and sent a sneaking runner 
JO or more feet into my raspberry plot, 
fought it there for a season, but finally 
had to grub out the whole raspberry plan 
tation to get rid of it. Therefore I would 
advise that if you have only lawns am 
garden, as I have, let kudzu alone. But 
if you want a plant in the field that will 
make more pasturage or forage than anv 
other plant grown, plant kudzu. But 
unless you pasture it it will sneak over 
the whole place, for the running shoots 
that creep close on the ground will not 
be caught by the mower, and if not 
watched closely the kudzu will get where 
it may not be wanted. One North Caro¬ 
lina man writes that a half acre in kudzu 
keeps his cow well, and I have no doubt 
that it will. In North Carolina only the 
late green shoots were killed in Winter. 
Here it gets killed a little lower, and in 
the North will probably be killed to the 
ground. But the roots are hardy any¬ 
where in the country, I believe. It is an 
advantage for it to die to the ground anc 
not accumulate woody growth. You may 
never want to get rid of it, but once es 
tablished you will have the fight of your 
life to destroy it. I saw once the flowers 
but I have never had mine here to bloom 
though now more than 10 years old. The 
flowers are dark blue racemes like small 
Wistaria flowers. 
Another northeaster still holds us. It 
remainds me of an old lady who had 
handsome place on the seaside, and when 
I remarked that it must be a delightful 
place to live, she said: “Yes, if it were 
not for the easterly spells in the Spring.’ 
Peas and potatoes seem to have been en 
joying the northeaster from the way they 
are growing, and the tomato plants do not 
seem to have objected to the torrents of 
rain. Even the sugar corn has lost some 
of its yellow color and is growing. 
Referring again to what the editor said 
about kudzu on high, dry sandy soil, I 
have it on just such soil, and if put on 
low and moist soil I hardly know what it 
would do in the way of growth. It will 
be best on rocky hillsides, where cultiva¬ 
tion is difficult, and let it take posses¬ 
sion. 
Our cantaloupe growers seem~much 
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the plants after germination, due to the 
cold rains and winds, so that almost a 
total replanting is needed. Cantaloupes 
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but if delayed till the main crop comes 
in with the South Jersey crop, the profit 
is nil. My cantaloupes in the garden 
have resisted the bad weather and only 
two or three hills were replanted. 
The late tomato plants are being trans¬ 
planted in a frame without sashes to get 
them in better shape for setting in the 
garden. Then I have some just above 
ground that I hope to have full of grown 
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