PLANTING AND CARE OF DAHLIAS 
Fratig, 
Scatter about five pounds of good “fertilizer coiled: - 
S105 or 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 upward and cover the dahlia with two inches 
of soil. Do not fill the hole up. Fill the hole as the 
dahlia grows up. Allow only one sprout to grow, 
pinch all the others that grow. About the first of Aug- 
ust scatter one handfull of the same fertilizer and 
one handful of sheep manure around each plant, 
keeping it six inches away from the dahlia plant. 
About August l5th repeat the same treatment. 
Dahlias like plenty of water and should be soaked 
every ten days, and oftener while in bloom. Al- 
ways 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 culti- 
vate 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 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 good insec- 
ticide. 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. 
