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Planting and Care of Dahlias 
Seatter about five pounds of good fertilizer called 
487 or 488 cr any good fertilizer you can get. Five 
pounds of fertilizer would be enough to cover 40 
dahlias. Then spade the garden. Then drive stakes 
in the ground to hold the dahlias from being broken 
by rain or wind. Next dig a hole six inches deep and 
lay the dahlia in the hole flat, with the sprout up- 
ward and cover the dahlia with two inches of soil. 
Do not fill the hole up. Fill the hole as the dahlia 
srows up. Allow cnly one sprout to grow, pinch all 
others that grow. About the first of August scatter 
one handful of the same fertilizer and one handful 
of sheep manure around each plant, keeping it six 
inches away trom the dahlia plant. About August 
15th repeat the same treatment. Dahlias like plenty 
of water and should be saked every ten days, and 
oftener while in bloom. Always cultivate well after 
watering. As soon as the ground is dry enough to 
work in order to loosen up the crust that has formed. 
The more you cultivate the better result you. get. 
During the hot days of summer, insects or pests such 
as aphids, thrips, leaf hoppers and green flies and 
cucumber beetles are more or less prevalent and 
dahlia plants are generally attacked by them. If 
any of these pests should be noticed on or around 
the plants they should be sprayed at once with a 
gocd insecticide. It is best to spray before any 
insects appear rather than to wait until they make 
their presence known. In the latter case many 
times the plants are stunted from these pests. We 
have found the best way to hold these pests in 
check is to spray the plants with Red Arrow. 
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