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Newspaper
Carthage Record
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1897
Page
5
Extracts from Elias A. Long on preparing slips for rooting silver geraniums and other delicate plants. Notching soft shoots three quarters through and supporting them with a stake promotes hardening and rooting, while hard wood requires severe pruning to induce succulent growth for propagation.
An Illinois farmer asks about timing and methods for grafting peach pear plum and apple this winter. The reply covers scion timing after leaf drop, storage in dry forest leaves in a damp cellar, grafting on peach on peach, pears on apple or pear roots with pear roots preferred, deep planting, plum roots by latitude, tying with No 20 knitting yarn and hot grafting wax, wrapping unions with waxed paper and brushing wax to seal, using best 1-year-old roots packed in moist sand, and performing grafting in February with early spring planting.
A Farm Journal description outlines raising strawberry plants. After rooting in July, young plants are set in a richly enriched partly shaded area, then watered and tilled. They grow strongly and will be transplanted in August or early September to Pows for bearing next spring.
At the Hatch experiment station the Loudon red raspberry is rated first for hardness vigor quality size yield and firmness The bulletin calls it the most promising variety in the station collection and praises its overall merit.
Peonies improve with age and large clumps are common in old gardens. Transplanting and dividing is safe in fall or spring, fall preferred to minimize spring disruption. Divide when growth has done its job, using a heavy knife to create divisions with each having a few buds. Do this usually in early September. Plant in rich loam, water and top dress with manure in fall to feed, retain moisture, and cool roots.
A Rural New Yorker report recounts trials sowing oats among strawberries in 1893 1894 and 1895 with five bushels per acre. The expert notes poor growth in 1893 and 1894 drought in 1895 and argues rye straw mulch provides better moisture retention for high quality berries.
A 10 inch wide, half inch thick board on four runners marks straight rows for gardening. Two light shafts enable easy drawing. The marker handles slight ground unevenness better with a lighter, thinner board and marks rapidly for practical use.
Cannas when taken uppiae the fall can be laid for a few days in a cool shady place where they will slightly dry. They can be placed in boxes of dry sand and set in a dry warm cellar where they will keep until spring. Tops are to be cut off. If the cellar is not dry and warm they may decay. A moderately warm place in the house should be selected if the cellar is not suitable.
The Osage orange has separate male and female flowers on different plants and can be sexed early. Male plants feature large thick leaves that resemble true orange leaves, as described in Meehan's Monthly.
Old strawberry beds yield berries earlier with better crops in the second year when properly treated. The Rural New Yorker notes yellow wood trees shed leaflets early and throughout the season, requiring weekly lawn raking to stay tidy. Ben Davis bears well and looks attractive, Wilson strawberries show promise, and avoid grease or tar on fruit tree bark.
The remontant tree carnation is a commercial plant with new varieties yearly. Propagation from cuttings occurs Feb to April. large growers space 8 ft by 8–10 inches, maintain soil with hoe and later horse cultivator. Buds are kept off and shoots pinched to maximize branching for flower production.
The Farmers' Review cautions that soil richness benefits vegetables but requires care with orchards. Thin land for trees needs balanced fertilization to avoid excessive growth and blight in pears, while apples tolerate heavier feeding. Monitor growth so fruit matures with steady wood production and dark green leaves signal adequate nutrition.
A hedge of herbaceous perennials is rare and requires showy bloom and sturdy foliage. Gardening contributors recommend European gas plant Dictamnus albus and its rubra variety, also called D fraxinella, gas plant, burning bush and dittany. Known since 1596, it grows about two feet high, blooms in early June with white or deep pink flowers.
The usual method uses firm wood cuttings rooted under glass with bottom heat of 65 to 70 degrees. Propagation runs January to March, selecting strong cuttings with minimal foliage. Florists often choose flowering shoots, rooting in clean sand before potting into thumb pots for winter bloom the following season.
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