HOOD ACRES DELPHINIUMS 
Delphinium Enemies 
The clean garden discourages many enemies, especially 
the bacterial ones. Decaying litter provides them a good 
home. 
Avoid fresh manures near plants as you would the pest¬ 
ilence. And use any high-powered fertilizer with extreme 
caution. It is much safer to stick to the plain old-fashioned 
foods that we all know how to deal with. 
Before the Delphiniums start growth in spring a lime- 
sulphur spraying of the soil, at the orchard strength of 
ten to one, is an excellent precautionary measure. 
If there is a tendency to mildew or black-spot, adding 
Black-leaf 40 to the lime-sulphur at the rate of one table¬ 
spoon to three gallons of water, is recommended. Fortu¬ 
nately, Hoodacres is quite free from these disturbances. 
Slugs will sometimes leave home merely by the use of 
sharp sand strewn over the ground, but more persistent 
breeds may need copper sulphate crystals crushed fine 
and scattered where they raid. This is very poisonous and 
must be handled accordingly. 
A DELPHINIUM-GROWING CUE FROM MISSOURI 
Ridgeway, Mo., 1931. “Last fall I bought a packet of 
Hoodacres Delphinium seed, planted them indoors in Jan¬ 
uary and grew 50 fine lusty plants. But in June we had 
an extreme streak of dry weather with intense heat, last¬ 
ing about ten days. I tried to save my Delphiniums by 
watering them but soon lost nearly all. I only saved seven 
plants and they were ones I did not water at all, but mere¬ 
ly hoed every day. They are just wonderful and one is a 
double White.” 
“What is worth coveting is worth purchasing.” 
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