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Cut Cornstalks for Straw¬ 
berry Mulch 
In your opinion would finely cut corn¬ 
stalks be a suitable mulch for strawber¬ 
ry plants during the Winter? I usually 
cover them lightly with horse manure, 
and over that a covering of millet hay 
grown for that purpose, but I am going 
to he short of both this Fall. If you 
could get the experience of other growers 
through The R. N.-Y, I would be very 
glad. e. B. u. 
Poughkeepsie, N. Y. 
We would like to have the opinion of 
readers on this point. A proper mulch 
for strawberries should be coarse and 
open, so as not to pack too closely over 
the plants. Sawdust or forest leaves 
will protect the plants, but they mat 
down and exclude the air. The object in 
mulching strawberries is not to keep 
frost entirely away from the plants, but 
to prevent alternate freeze and thaw 
during the Winter. The plants must 
have a certain amount of air or they 
will not thrive. We have used entire 
stalks of corn laid lengthwise along the 
rows with good results. If the stalks 
were cut into fine pieces they would pack 
too closely over the plants. If we used 
the cut stalks at all we should have them 
chopped into coarse pieces—as large as 
the cutter will cut them. 
Treatment of Cucumber 
Seed 
Can you tell me how seedsmen treat 
cucumber seed? I want to save a quan¬ 
tity for my own planting, but have had 
trouble with the seeds sticking together 
if spread on paper. f. g. b. 
Bangor, Me. 
The usual treatment of cucumber seed 
is to use one ounce of corrosive sublimate 
to iy 2 gallons water or if you have only 
a small amount of seed to treat, one 
tablet of corrosive sublimate to one pint 
of water. The seed should be tied close¬ 
ly in cheesecloth and dropped into the 
solution for about five minutes. Stir the 
water with a stick so that the air will 
be removed and the seed will be thor¬ 
oughly wet. At the end of this time re¬ 
move the seed and thoroughly rinse in 
clear water. In order to dry the seed 
quickly it can be poured from one sheet 
of newspaper to another. This will blot 
up most of the water; then spread the 
seed out thinly to complete the drying. 
It is best not to put the seed in the 
bright sunlight or over a hot stove. 
Digging Dahlias Early 
Does it injure Dahlias to cut the stalks 
and dig up before a frost? t. s. m. 
It is not advisable to dig Dahlias while 
they are still in active growth, as they 
are before the tops are frosted. IIow far 
they would be injured we cannot say. 
The idea is to wait until active growth 
has ceased. This Fall the season, was so 
mild that some sheltered Dahlias were 
hardly frosted by the middle of Novem¬ 
ber, but we think growth had ceased, and 
do not think it unwise to cut the tops 
and dig them. 
Stringy Celery 
What is it that makes celery brittle? 
Is it in the growing or blanching be¬ 
tween hoards? My crop (garden) is 
thrifty, with thick stalks, but very 
stringy, so that none of the family enjoys 
eating it. f. L. 
Carmel, N. Y. 
Very rich soil, making the celery grow 
quickly, is one factor in preventing 
stringy celery, but mostly it is the vari¬ 
ety. I find that a green variety, properly 
blanched, is more tender than the self¬ 
blanching sort. I board my celery up as 
soon as it is large enough ; this causes it 
to grow in an upright condition, and to 
start the hearts. After the boards have 
been up for three or four weeks, the 
hearts are white and the outer stalks are 
blanched about half enough. The celery 
is then dug, leaving all the earth on roots 
possible, and put in a pit, wetting the 
roots as they are placed in an upright 
position. Then I put a covering of 
boards in an inverted V-shape over it to 
keep out rain or sunlight, but give plenty 
of air space over tops of celery ; if weath¬ 
er gets freezing cold, throw straw or some 
covering over the boards to keep from 
freezing. This celery is fit for table three 
weeks after putting in pit, and the people 
who are using it say it is the finest they 
ever ate. The variety is Emperor, and 
even the outer stalks, which are a little 
green, are more tender and brittle than 
the self-blanching sorts. 
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in Winter 
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HowMoBILOIL Ej 
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^T’HE first snow-storm—Mobiloil 44 E” in your 
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start up. 
A few more turns with the starter, but that is 
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in winter as in summer. And with the lightest 
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Put Mobiloil 44 E” into your Ford crankcase 
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