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Cover  Crop  for  Vineyard 
I  would  like  your  advice  with  regard  to 
a  green  manure  crop,  to  be  sown  this 
Summer  in  the  rows  of  Concord  grapes, 
set  out  this  Spring,  SxS  ft. ;  Eldorado 
blackberries,  6x8  ft.,  and  Adams  elder¬ 
berries,  6x8  ft.,  all  set  out  this  Spring.  I 
have  50  lbs.  Sweet  clover  seed,  from  50 
to  90  per  cent  annual,  remainder  biennial, 
hulled  and  scarified.  Would  this  (lo?  If 
so,  when  should  I  sow  it?  When  should 
it  be  plowed  under?  The  land  had  1,200 
lbs.  lime  this  Spring,  to  acre.  c.  J.  c. 
Yardley,  Pa. 
The  clovers  in  New  York  have  proven 
very  satisfactory  green  manure  crops  for 
the  vineyard.  Mammoth.  Medium  and 
Alsike  all  have  their  place.  The  chief 
difficulty  with  these,  however,  is  their 
slowness  to  start  growth  in  the  Spring, 
hence  a  rather  short  stand  for  turning 
under.  In  seasons  of  warmth,  with  plenty 
of  Spring  rains,  very  good  growth  has 
been  secured. 
Last  season  Hubam  clover  made  a 
very  satisfactory  stand  in  the  vineyard 
when  seeded  the  first  of  August.  This 
measured  21  in.  when  the  first  freeze  of 
the  Fall  stopped  its  growth.  This  was 
not  plowed  until  early  May  the  present 
season.  Ordinarily  the  clovers  are  plowed 
down  between  the  first  and  middle  of  May 
in  New  York,  In  a  dry  season  it  is  nec¬ 
essary  that  they  be  plowed  early,  as  their 
growth  greatly  reduces  the  supply  of  soil 
moisture.  f.  E.  gladwin. 
Dead-arm  Disease  of  Grapes 
I  have  some  grapevines,  about  eight 
years  old ;  they  are  bearing  most  pro- 
lifically.  Last  year  one  of  them  showed 
signs  of  illness  in  that  its  leaves  turned 
yellow  and  curled  up,  and  this  Spring 
that  side  of  the  vine  is  dead.  The  other 
side  started  to  grow  this  Spring;  the 
foliage  was  all  right  until  comparatively 
recently,  and  that  vine  and  three  others, 
on  the  same  trellis,  and  on  another  trellis 
farther  off,  are  showing  the  same  signs. 
The  grapes  have  formed  in  bunches  ;  have 
turned  a  little  pinkish ;  the  leaves  turn 
pale  lemon  color,  and  the  whole  vine 
looks  as  if  it  were  dying.  I  have  used 
Bordeaux  mixture  and  don’t  know  what 
else  to  use.  I  have  an  Italian  in  the 
garden,  who  says  the  trouble  is  with  the 
root.  Can  you  make  any  suggestion  to 
help  me?  If  so,  I  shall  be  glad. 
Rochester,  N.  Y.  e.  j.  f. 
From  the  description  of  the  foliage  and 
the  behavior  of  the  vines  in  this  instance, 
the  dead-arm  disease  of  the  grape  is  sug¬ 
gested  as  the  possible  trouble.  A  small 
organism  is  believed  to  cause  the  disease. 
No  control  through  spraying  or  dusting 
is  now  known,  but  it  has  been  found  that 
the  injury  does  not  extend  to  the  root, 
hence  renewal  trunks  and  arms  taken 
from  just  below  the  ground  level  are 
seen  to  be  healthy,  and  growth  and  fruit 
production  are  normal.  It  is  advised  in 
cutting  out  the  diseased  wood  that  the 
shears  be  disinfected  before  another  cut 
is  made  into  healthy  tissue.  f.  e.  g. 
Narcissus  Fly 
For  two  years  I  have  had  some  choice 
daffodils  in  a  bed  of  soil  mixed  with  sand, 
near  the  house.  I  accidentally  dug  out  a 
big  bulb  which  had  a  smaller  bulb  start¬ 
ed.  Both  were  filled  with  half-inch  white 
grubs,  eating  away  at  the  centers.  Can 
you  tell  me  of  anything  I  can  use  to  pre¬ 
serve  these  bulbs  and  prevent  the  grubs 
from  killing  them?  MRS.  A.  G.  w. 
Wellsville,  N.  Y. 
There  are  two  insects  whose  larvae  or 
maggot  attacks  Narcissus  bulbs.  One  is 
the  Narcissus  fly,  of  which  there  is  usu¬ 
ally  but  one  in  a  bulb,  and  the  other  the 
lesser  Narcissus  fly,  of  which  several, 
even  up  to  20,  may  be  found  in  a  single 
bulb.  A  bulletin  on  bulbs  issued  by  the 
United  States  Department  of  Agriculture 
says  this  does  little  injury;  it  does  not 
attack  healthy  bulbs,  and  dies  when  the 
bulb  decays  and  dies.  The  first  named 
insect  may  be  detected  by  the  “feel”  of 
the  bulb,  which  is  light  in  weight,  and 
soft.  Commonly  the  larva  can  be  squeezed 
out  of  the  neck  of  the  bulb  by  pressure. 
Such  bulbs  should  be  destroyed,  and  it  is 
also  wise  to  dig  and  destroy  bulbs  that 
fail  to  come  up  properly  in  the  Spring 
We  cannot  suggest  any  other  control 
measures,  but  where  this  trouble  exists 
it  is  wise  to  dig  the  bulbs  annually,  and 
give  them  a  careful  examination.  The 
larvae  of  the  Narcissus  fly  are  about  half 
an  inch  in  diameter,  the  lesser  Narcissus 
fly  larvae  yellowish  white,  a  little  larger 
than  th®  maggot  of  the  house  fly. 
Me.  Nuwed:  “A  friend  gave  me  a 
lovely  recipe  to  make  a  floor  polish,  but 
I  mislaid  it.”  Nuwed;  “Are  you  sure 
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^yer  stop  to 
think  of  this  ? 
We  are  what  we  eat! 
It’s  a  startling  fact,  yet  a  simple  truth. 
This  is  the  reason  every  one  should  know  that 
his  food  is  really  nourishing — not  merely  filling. 
Grape-Nuts — made  from  wheat  and  barley— is 
one  of  the  few  cereal  foods  that  includes  the  vital 
mineral  salts  so  necessary  for  supplying  proper 
nourishment  for  nerve  and  bone  structure. 
In  Grape-Nuts,  too,  is  retained  the  important 
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stewed  fruit,  or  made  into  an  appetizing  recipe. 
Try  the  suggestion  given  below. 
Prepare  plain  flavored  ice 
cream  in  the  usual  way.  Just 
before  the  cream  hardens  in 
freezing,  add  Grape-Nuts  as 
it  comes  from  the  package, 
in  the  proportion  of  one-half 
cup  of  Grape-Nuts  to  one 
quart  of  ice  cream.  If you  buy 
ice  cream  ready-made,  add 
Grape-Nuts  in  place  of  nut 
meats.  You'llfindthe  result¬ 
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