Tomatoes in the garden tips for growing early and ripe fruit
A guide for home tomato growing advising careful variety selection hardened plants, planting depth, spacing, and protection. It covers starting from seed, hardening off, timing mid June planting, and techniques to ripen fruit early including single stem pruning and basement storage. It emphasizes avoiding frost and weeds, and proper watering and feeding timing.
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Opan
Tomaes
Luther Burbank
Barliana
Chalk
Open Air Chrysanthemums By R H
A historical note on gardening hobbies from R H praising early flowering chrysanthemums as suitable beginner’s projects. It discusses amateur breeders laying foundations for modern florists, ease of cultivation, suitable soil, and autumn displays, with tips on planting in garden or pots and water needs in dry seasons.
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Amatteurs
Iituke
Greenhouse cutting and transplant guidance with rose lists
Instructions cover greenhouse use for cuttings from rooting in frames to potting stages and early April planting. Advice includes light, watering, ventilation, and handling, plus a long list of rose varieties such as Roi des Baines Provence Goodheys Crimson Marie Masse Ralph Curtis Horace Martin and Norbert Purvez with color notes.
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Roi Des Baines
Provence
Goodheys
Marie Masse
Ralph Curtis
Horace Martin
Gustave Grimerwald
Norbert Purvez
Polly
Pyecroft
Crimson Marie Masse
J. Binnister
Dorothy Ashley
Leslie
Abercorn — Beatty
Verona
Phosphoric Acid in Fertilizers Boosts Tree Health
The text argues phosphoric acid is often deficient in soils and crucial for overall plant nutrition. It notes its role in fruit setting, dark foliage, and sturdy wood, with bone meal suggested as a good soil source.
Prairie fruit yields and orchard data from 1918 Canada Year Book
The Canada Year Book 1918 reports prairie provinces with many small fruit trees, 10018 bearing apple trees and 3373 non bearing, orchard acreage 674 plus gardens 32704, fruit outputs include strawberries 20955 quarts raspberries 29935 quarts currants 805 quarts gooseberries 11009 quarts and apples 1899 bushels. Justice Rose to preside over non jury Supreme Court session opening at St Thomas on Monday.
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Prairie Provinces
Canada
Dominion Statistician
Justice Rose
Supreme Court
St. Thomas
Scarlet Runner Beans Set by Hummingbird Visit
A reader from Medicine Hat reports success growing Scarlet Runner beans after observing a hummingbird visit blooms during drought. The note describes insect pollinators and a long bird visit aiding set, with the writer noting past drought and hoping for a repeat visit this year.
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B. Oxley
Esa
Medicine Hat
Control of the Cutworm Pest by Home Remedies and Policy
A gardener recounts efforts to combat the cutworm pest using poisons and fumigants, noting life history from July to September and the eggs hidden in weeds. Advice includes fall plowing to bury eggs, bagging weeds, and a Paris Green mash recipe for poisoning, with cautions on reliability and methods.
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Ottawa
I. H. Strickland
Paris
Water Co
Cutworm Nuisance Spurs Gardeners To Fight Back
A correspondent describes mid June cutworm activity and failed remedies. An expert in the States notes Paris green in water as the only effective method, with clover or grass dipped and scattered along seedling rows. The writer urges collective effort to curb the costly pest and protect garden work.
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Paris
Cauliflower Culture and Soil Practice Guidance
Cauliflower is the most popular brassica and yields good market returns. It requires thorough soil manure mixing and discourages trench manure systems. Watering during dry spells is not essential if soil is mulched and surface soil is stirred. repeated top growth can strain roots and reduce moisture efficiency.
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Acre
Cold Weather Slows Cabbage Growth and Remedies
With cold nights and unfavourable weather cabbage growth suffers. Progress can improve with a light top-dressing of fertilizer or mulch. If using chemicals like sulphate of ammonia or nitrate of soda mix with dry soil, use sparingly. Dried blood near plants can boost growth.
Sure Fellow Gardener Claims Personal Planting Secret
A narrator praises a local gardener for a single successful crop blamed on his exclusive method, dismissing soil and weather as irrelevant. The tale then shifts to a critique of garden faddists and a claim that vinegar can kill cutworms, noting continued experiments but limited progress.
Baby's Own Pills Offer Relief for Constipated Children
Advertises Baby's Own Pills as a safe, effective laxative for infants and children with constipation or indigestion. Claims to regulate bowels and sweeten the stomach, backed by a testimonial from Mrs. Thomas A. Bortot. Pills sold by medicine dealers or by mail for 25 cents per box from The Dr Williams Medicine Co.
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Thomas A. Bortot Lake
Potatoes Carrots and Peas Planting Guidance
The note advises planting early potato varieties now, and recommends a main crop sowing of carrots. It predicts quick pea germination as soil and air warm, urging timely sowing for rapid growth.
Small sowings of lettuce and mint propagation tips
The article advises making small lettuce sowings every four fortnights to keep a fresh supply. It notes frequent mint propagation by cuttings or division, using strong shoots, to maintain plant vigor and yield.
Proper Earthing Up for Celery Growth and Preservation
Guidance on celery earthing up clarifies its goal to branch and tender stems, warns against premature soil addition, and advises delaying soil until late September for frost resistance. It also covers preventing soil in the hearts, tying plants, and combating green fly with soapy spray and soot to reduce pest return.
Let Kiddies Ave and Garden Teach Gentle Learners
The text argues children should not be compelled to work in adults gardens. It favors giving kids their own garden with regular instruction and clear accountability. It suggests children respond to ownership and engaging tasks, fostering interest while avoiding forced labor.
Garden play for child development in outdoor duties
The text urges outdoor work and a garden for children as essential to their present well being and future life. It emphasizes moderation, pleasant tasks, and giving each child a garden of their own to cultivate daily duties and habits.
Dandelion Proliferation and Control in 1917 Medicine Hat News
The article describes the spread of dandelions as a nuisance in Milo City and beyond, urging civic action by council and public to destroy plants before seeding. It notes digging out roots with a fork, and mentions medicinal root use and high London prices for dried roots.
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Medicine Hat News
Mr. Oxley
Milo City
London
How to Grow Dwarf Beans for Flavor and Yield
Advice for sowing dwarf beans in sunny rich soil with two drill rows or two drills one foot apart. Harvest before they become large, water after flowering, and mulch in hot dry weather. Plant spacing, seed depth, and succession cropping are covered for steady supply.
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