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Kudzu Seed in Greenhouse 
I wish to try out the kudzu vine, and 
would like the address of one or more 
dealers who have the seeds to sell in 
quantity. I shall plant indoors and grow 
them this Winter to set out in the Spring. 
New Jersey. MRS. A. s. c. 
Most of the large seedsmen advertising 
in The R. N.-Y. sell kudzu seed. We 
obtained a small quantity last year and 
sowed it in the garden in late June. It 
sprouted readily and started a rapid 
growth until a flock of little chicks got 
at it. They seemed to prefer it to any 
other plant within their reach. By pro¬ 
tecting some of these little plants we were 
able to save them, and by September 1 
many had vines four feet long and well- 
grown roots. They can be readily trans¬ 
planted next Spring. We plan to cover 
them with a coarse mulch as we would 
strawberry plants. As for starting the 
seed in the greenhouse, that is a new 
idea. We do not know that it has ever 
been tried. It seems possible, and -we 
hope it will be tried, but we should prefer 
the roots grown naturally—out of doors. 
Weeds in This Garden 
I have a neighbor, a most hard-work¬ 
ing man, who planted his garden in the 
Spring after giving the ground a liberal 
amount of manure, and from that day 
until last Sunday never went near it 
again. The weeds, needless to say. were 
luxuriant and solid. I asked him if I 
would have to cut them to keep the seeds 
from coming over in my garden that had 
no weeds in it, but he said he would skip 
church and cut them to oblige a neighbor. 
When he started to swing his scythe he 
came to where the string beans were 
planted, and there they were in perfect 
condition and a larger yield than mine 
over the fence. He was so surprised he 
called to me to come see; then he cut 
farther to the beets, and they were per¬ 
fect, only not as large as if they had pot 
been shaded. His wife has been doing 
up string beans and beets all week. His 
carrots are too small yet, and the onions 
thick but about three-fourths inch, but 
not one seemed to have missed. 
Long Island. E. o. fairctiild. 
Yes, we have known several such cases. 
We have one patch of tomatoes this year 
where the weeds got in and grew so fast 
that we gave it up. This is naturally 
wet land, and the almost constant rains, 
have driven the weeds into great growth. 
Yet the tomatoes are giving a fair yield, 
and are probably less likely to rot in this 
wet weather than they would be on per¬ 
fectly clean land. But all such things 
prove the exception rather than the rule. 
In a season without- sufficient moisture 
the weeds wonld have taken more than 
their share, and the garden crops would 
surely have suffered. 
Black Raspberries 
When is the best time to take up black 
raspberry bushes? Will you tell some¬ 
thing about the culture of them? 
Bolivar, N. Y. R E. 0. 
The best time for setting black rasp¬ 
berries is in the very early -Spring, though 
some growers set plants in the late Au¬ 
tumn, after growth has entirely ceased. 
When the plants are to be set. in the Spring 
we plow' the ground the previous Autumn 
so that it can be fitted as early as possi¬ 
ble in the Spring. If set in the Autumn 
a protection should be given, such as a 
light, mulch of strawy manure. Before 
the plants are set the old shoot should be 
pruned back to 4 or 5 inches, or even 
less. If left on the plant fruit forms 
and takes nourishment from the new, 
tender shoots, exhausting the plant. We 
set the plants a little deeper than they 
were previously; with the blackcaps per¬ 
haps an inch is enough. The rows are set 
six feet apart and thoroughly cultivated. 
The first season we grow cabbage be¬ 
tween the rows, thus insuring proper 
cultivation in order to secure a crop of 
cabbage. A light application of manure 
is valuable, but too heavy an application 
causes rank cane growth, at the expense 
of the fruit. The humus in the manure 
is valuable, but too much nitrogen is 
detrimental. Perhaps the best method of 
pruning is so-called Summer pruning. 
The growing canes when about 2 feet high 
are pinched back, causing them to branch, 
making strong laterals which produce 
abundant fruit. The old canes should be 
removed after fruiting, or at least by 
Autumn, as they become diseased and re¬ 
duce the vitality of'the plantation. 
t. H. r. 
Killing Out Hellebore 
What will kill hellebore? It grows in 
beds in the swamp which I intend to 
d ain next Spring; have about an acre 
below the pasture, which would like to 
make into a field. The forest fires have 
been through there several times in years 
past. Reds of sweet fern choke every¬ 
thing else out. Have been told that noth¬ 
ing will kill it, but if it is grubbed and 
worked over well, do you think it can be 
destroyed? h.e. n. 
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