The available plums are of three classes--the natives, Europeans and Japans; the natives are the longest-lived, hardier in tree and blossom, and heavier bearers. The best early is Milton; brilliant red, yellow ...
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You have doubtless seen some of the numerous references recently in Florida papers to "Japanese bamboo grass" or "Carter's grass" as grown about Arcadia. These names rest upon a misconception. The grass is ...
Weight of Onions._--The legal weight of onions per bushel varies somewhat in different States, but 56 pounds of dry onions are generally considered a standard bushel.
... Florida possesses, in addition, a unique silage plant in Japanese sugar cane. The perennial nature of this plant and its high yielding capacity make it a cheap fodder to grow. It may be utilized ...
... 338, 404 Jacobea, 297, 373 January work among Flowers, 360 —in the Vegetable Garden, 152 Japan Pink, 262 Japanese Day Lily, 343 Jerusalem Artichoke, 6, 161, 165, 194 Jonquil, 339, 405 July work among ...
GROUND] [Illustration: WELL-GROWN CUCUMBERS] Ventilation._--Besides the precautions to be observed in watering plants in cold frames, extreme care is necessary to give the plants sufficient air to keep them in a healthy ...
... Make a paste of equal parts of plaster of paris, whiting, pumice stone and litharge, mixed with Japan dryer, boiled linseed oil and turpentine. This may be colored to suit. This will fill the ...
... Yard 30 Showing Vegetables Growing in Hotbed 32 Celery Banked With Earth to Blanch It 62 Japanese Climbing Cucumbers, Nearly Six Feet From the Ground 68 Well-Grown Cucumbers 68 Thorough Cultivation of the ...
Japanese Day Lily (_Hemerocallis Kwanso fl. pl._).—Admirably adapted for pot culture to decorate the conservatory, the rich variegation of its graceful curling leaves affording an elegant display of colour in the early months ...
... Some were a departure from the familiar design with "an expansive chuck for the bit," but others were simply elegant examples of the traditional brace, in wood, japanned and heavily reinforced with highly polished ...
... Indian; cow peas, Rhodes grass, Natal grass and sorghum from South Africa; soy beans, lespedeza, Japanese cane from Japan; carpet grass and Para grass from the West Indies; Bermuda from India; velvet beans from ...
If for several years before potatoes are planted the land has been properly manured with farm manures, or with green crops plowed under, commercial fertilizers can be advantageously used on most soils. Generally, a ...
Varieties:_ Japanese hybrid savoys make tender eating but may not withstand winter. European savoys are hardier, coarser, thicker-leaved, and harder chewing. For the first sowing I suggest a succession of Japanese varieties including ...
... The chief forage crops now produced in that State are corn, velvet beans, Japanese cane, sorghum, cow peas and beggar-weed. The first three perhaps take the lead. The corn and velvet beans are ...
... Some familiar kinds of green tea are _hyson_, _Japan_, and _gunpowder_. The best of these are the ones that come from Japan.
... This vegetable, known to the botanists as _Stachys sieboldi_, has been introduced into America from Japan and has a number of different names, such as Japanese potato, Chinese artichoke, chorogi, etc., but the name ...
... From San Francisco to Japan 3. From Tokio to Bombay 4. From India to the War Zone For sale by all Booksellers, or sent postpaid on receipt of 75c
Production of Seed for Onion-Set Growing._--Frequently the seed for onion-set growing is produced from bulbs selected from the sets themselves; in other words, the bulbs or mother bulbs are the overgrown ...
Thinning._--While ten to fifteen seeds are planted per hill for the sake of insuring a full stand, only two, or at most three, plants are left to make the crop. Thinning is usually ...
... A wide bowl of Japanese pattern is appropriate for the purpose, and to obtain the best effect the bowl should be partially filled with a number of plain or ornamental stones, with a few ...
Amount of Seed Potatoes._--In the following diagram 100 represents the total yield from planting single eyes. The figures may be read as bushels per acre, if it is constantly borne in mind that ...
Seed._--No matter what variety of melon is grown, it is extremely important that pure seed be planted if good melons are to be produced. The melon deteriorates very rapidly under careless methods of ...
Growing Seed Potatoes Under Mulch._--The Nebraska Experiment Station reported an interesting comparison of the value for seed purposes of potatoes grown under mulch with those grown with ordinary cultivation under like conditions, which ...
Distance Between Plants._--In deciding on the proper distance at which to plant potatoes it is necessary to take into consideration the size of the seed piece that is to be employed. In general ...
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