THE YELLOW SHEETS 
and dark. The result was delicious 
Orange marmalade. The flavor of 
fermentation and also of the Peach 
was entirely covered, while the Orange 
was toned down to acceptable taste. 
Ordinarily about half that much peel 
ought to be enough. 
As soon as Ralph can get around 
to making the coops, | plan to buy 25 
Partridge Cochin baby chicks. Mrs. 
Chabled! Hetzler, Albany, Wis., was 
kind enough to locate for me a respon- 
sible firm handling them. Last spring 
_ | set one of my Buff Orpingtons on a 
nice clutch of selected eggs, and sold 
my rooster, which was promptly eaten. 
Then some neighbor kids stole the 
eggs, and there |! was. The Buff Orp- 
ingtons are a first-class back yard 
breed, large, high quality meat, good 
layers, quiet and thrive in confine- 
ment; but the Partridge Cochins are 
so much handsomer that, since I must 
get a new start, will consider the dec- 
orative quality too. 
One of the big mistakes of begin- 
ning back yard chicken raisers is to 
use a farm breed. That is, unless you 
like to scrap with your neighbors. 
They are developed to rustle for part 
of their living, and rustle they will if 
given half a chance. But breeds de- 
veloped in the thickly settled parts of 
Europe and Asia, where room for a 
coop is at a premium, will thrive, grow 
fast and lay well on three square feet 
of floor space if given proper atten- 
tion. 
Have any of you had success in 
raising the vegetable Celeriac? | 
want to try some next spring, and 
know nothing about its needs. Is it a 
Should it be planted 
spring or fall, or for succession? | 
am. strong for companion and succes- 
lime lover? 
sion plantings. We make early gar- 
dens from late January, which is ear- 
ly, to early March, which is late. Nor- 
mally we look for a six weeks’ drought 
in mid-summer, ending late July with 
copicus rains. Frosts that kill Toma- 
toes come about early November. 
Now with such a season, when should 
Celeriac be planted? Can it be win- 
tered like Beets and Carrots? Thank 
you. 


Am sold out of green and white 
striped, and the dark red Wandering 
Jew until new cuttings are rooted. 
Have plenty of the common, and the 
big leaf green, and the grey striped. 
Have been fortunate enough to se- 
cure the Peony plants I wanted; now 
would like to swap for the succulent 
known as Elkhorn (Dyera). Have 
had it and lost it in a blizzard. Build- 
ing much warmer now. 
Have just received a shipment of 
New Delta Fig trees from the New 
Delta Nursery. Due to a mistake at 
this end, they were held in the express 
office about two weeks; yet they were 
so vigorous originally and so carefully 
packed that I do not think they were 
We promptly 
them, using plenty of water to puddle 
seriously hurt. set 
the dirt around the roots, then ar- 
ranged a mulch of dead leaves over 
the surrounding soil, and am confi- 
dently expecting them to do O. K. 
What is the botanical name of the 
plant advertised a ‘‘Hen and Chicken 
Cactus?” 
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