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The RURAL. NEW-YORKER 
Garden and Farm Notes 
Notes from a Maryland Garden 
I am still getting letters from the read¬ 
ers of The It. Ni.-Y. about the kudzu 
vine. After what I have said and what 
the editor has said, I cannot see that fur¬ 
ther notes on kudzu are needed just now. 
It seems to me that its greatest value is 
to make pasturage on uncultivable rocky 
hillsides and similar waste places. If 
anyone would realize how it can spread 
they have only to look at my big plant 
with about 100 runners starting off on a 
sneak. On these I use a verge cutter 
every few days to head them off from the 
garden. One man in North Carolina says 
that half an acre of kudzu keeps his cow 
well. In the North it will probably die 
down to the ground in W inter. Here it. 
lives 6 ft. above ground, where it is al¬ 
lowed to grow at will. It is of value as 
pasture, but do not trust to the mower 
unless you want it to spread. 
The boll-worms are as usual attacking 
the tomatoes, but as soon as the sweet 
corn is getting large enough to eat they 
ley. Later I will transplant a lot into a 
frame for Winter use, and it will run to 
seed early enough to give me all the seed 
needed to sow next Spring. I do not see 
much use for it. but there would be a row 
daily in the kitchen if there were no 
parsley. 
The great tomato crop of the Peninsula 
seems to be almost one of the past indus¬ 
tries. Whether it will ever revive is 
doubtful. It was always a source for 
Autumn cash, rathe rthan profit to most. 
A Florida concern is sending out circu¬ 
lars advising the planting of blueberries 
everywhere, and stating that it is found 
that truck crops can be grown between 
the plants. I sent one of their circulars 
to the Department of Agriculture, know¬ 
ing that the planting in cultivated land 
would fail, as has been shown in New 
Jersey. The reply was that one man in 
Florida has made a success with the tall 
huckleberry on suitable land, and this 
company is simply sending out plants of 
all sorts of Yaceiniums from the swamps, 
Dr. Massey and His Tomato Plants 
Fig. 401 shows the most recent picture 
of our popular contributor, Dr. W. F. 
Massey of Maryland. He stands with 
his hand on the stake on which the to¬ 
mato vine is twining. Near him is the 
County Agent of Wicomico Co., Md. 
This is the way tomatoes are trained to 
single stems. Some of them are making 
10 to 20 fruits each. They are Bonny 
Best. Dr. Massey says his crop is later 
than usual, as rodents destroyed the early 
crops. There should have been ripe fruit 
by June 15, but this year they are just 
ripening at the middle of July. 
will take to the corn and let the tomtaoes 
alone. A little calcium arsenate dusted 
on the silks might stop them if it would 
not interfere with the pollination of the 
stigmas. I think I shall try a few select¬ 
ed ears. Though we are now having an 
abundance of rain and hot corn-growing 
nights, there are still evidences of the 
work of the drought. A field of cucum¬ 
bers right across the road began to set 
cukes in the dry weather, and they were 
mainly nubbins. Since the rains set in 
they have improved, but I notice at every 
picking they get more second-class than 
they do of No. 1 hampers. The growers 
are now, however, getting fair prices for 
cucumbers. Cantaloupes are very late. 
Mine in the garden are as early as any, 
or earlier than most of the fields, and are 
now no larger than my fist. The most 
complete failure in the drought was made 
by the string beans outside the irrigation 
reach. They tried to make some beans, 
but made little pods an inch long, and 
the whole of the plants simply faded out. 
Some planted since the rains are up and 
flourishing. I sowed a row of the Chi¬ 
nese cabbage without marking it, and 
cuy old jobber cleaned out the asparagus 
bed next the row and raked the Chinese 
seed so that the row is now above ground 
and broadcast. As they are easily trans¬ 
planted, this will only give me better 
plants, as they will not be crowded. 
This Chinese plant, that looks like any¬ 
thing rather than cabbage, makes a fine 
substitute for lettuce in the hot weather, 
and but for the prolonged drought it 
would have been ready for use now that 
the lettuce is bolting to bloom. “Don’t 
forget the parsley, for last pear’s plants 
will be soon running to seed.” This is 
what I hear every season, and this Spring 
I sow'ed a row nearly 50 ft. long under 
the Skinner pipe, and there is no com¬ 
plaint from the kitchen of lack of pars¬ 
and the department has no confidence in 
them whatever. An invitation was given 
me to examine the blueberry experiment¬ 
ing grounds the department has near 
Bridgeton, N. J., where some remarkable 
seedlings have been produced. A friend 
who was there in the fruiting time told me 
that they are really getting blueberries 
nearly as large as a cherry. I hope to see 
them. w. F. MASSET. 
Troubles from Trespassers 
Last Summer we were much annoyed 
by the playing of baseball on the grounds 
of a Summer hotel just opposite our cot¬ 
tage in the country. The foul batted 
balls often came flying over in our front 
yard, making it dangerous for us to be 
there. Also the Summer boarders persist¬ 
ed in sitting on our lawn, in front of the 
house, watching the game. They made a 
good deal of noise and left papers and 
other rubbish around. Although we had 
“Keep off” signs up, they utterly ignored 
them. Now, I wish to ask if the new 
trespass law protects us from these an¬ 
noyances, and, if so, in what way? Will 
you please explain what signs should be 
put up, how large, how far apart, etc.? 
MBS. L. E. 
We have had a number of letters like 
the above, and they present difficult prob¬ 
lems. To one who prefers quiet and an 
orderly life, such scenes are very objec¬ 
tionable. There is genuine danger to 
women and children from these batted 
balls. The players are often irresponsible 
people who break down fences or shrubs 
and do other damage. Such ball playing 
becomes a genuine nuisance. On the other 
hand, if effective steps are taken to stop 
the nuisance the neighbor who does this 
will incur the hostility of the players and 
boarders. 
The new trespass law refers to hunters 
or fishermen who come on the laud with¬ 
out permission and take game or show 
that they are after it. This new law, or 
amendment, would not affect such a case 
as is here discussed, but the owner has a 
right to prevent such trespass. No one 
has the right to make use of her property 
or to come upon it without her permis¬ 
sion. We should first notify the boarding 
house keeper that no trespass will be al¬ 
lowed in on the ground. State definitely 
the case of sitting on the lawn and run¬ 
ning in after balls. Then put up signs at 
least one foot square on the line so that 
these boarders cannot help seeing them. 
Make these signs plain and simple, some¬ 
thing like the following: 
Keep Off the Premises. 
This is private property. No 
trespassers or outsiders are 
permitted here except by per¬ 
mission. 
Before you start, see the constable or 
sheriff and make sure that they will sup¬ 
port you. If you start this plan you must 
carry it out to the limit, for if you put up 
these signs and promise punishment, and 
then fail, you will never have any peace. 
Self-shelling Lima Beans 
Last year I raised some small Lima 
pole beans called “South Carolina Sieva 
beans.” Before they were ripe the weath¬ 
er acted as if a frost would come, and 
someone said the frost would ruin the 
beans unless they were pulled and kept 
from freezing until cured. When dry, 
they were picked from the vines without 
shelling and stored over Winter. When 
Un shell and Self-shelled Beans. Fig. £02. 
the hot dry weather came this Summer 
they were placed on a canvas out in the 
sun, on a very dry day, and it soon 
sounded like corn popping. The beaus 
that had been taken green stuck to the 
pods in shelling by hand, and were re¬ 
moved with some effort, but the dry hot 
weather coiled the pods more effectually 
than the proverbial ram’s horn, and re¬ 
moved the beans from the pods. 
Lenawee Co., Mich. e. w. allis. 
B. N.-Y.—Two of these pods are shown 
at Fig. 402, one unshelled, the other as 
the heat curled it. 
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