THE VEGETABLE AND FRUIT GARDEN

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 15, 18 January 1936, Page 14

THE VEGETABLE AND FRUIT GARDEN

Slimmer prune all fruit trees and bu»’.rcs which are making excessive glow th. Spriiv with arsenate of lead fur codlin moth and pear leech, and with lime sulphur lor brown rot in r-toiie fruit. Remove the runners from strawberries, unless they are required f"r planting hoe or fork round the old plants aid gl'e a dressing of blood ami bone manure. Water well during dry weather. Plant cabbage. savoys, autumn cauliflowers, curly kale, leeks, and celery. :?uw reeds of lettuce, shorthorn carrots, runner beans, broad beans, gobi en ball, and swede turnips, round beet, radish and mustard and cress. Intake runner beans and peas. Pinch the tips out of the stein of broad bearu>, ami support them with a string on each side of the rows. Remove old cauliflower ami cabbage roots, fork and manure the ground ami prepare for further sowing or planting. Ordinary beet is not very sail-fac-tory when transplanted, but silver beet plants can be transplanted quite well. Dig potatoes as required and select a few medium-sized tubers from the best plans for next season’s planting. Thin seedling crops and keep ad soil scuffled with the hoe or pricked up with the fork, to maintain a toil muhh. Rambler Roses. The ramblers are at t’uvir best al the piesem time, ami like everything else they are excelling themselves this year. Whether grown uti pergolas, arches, or rustic fences, a,< standards, either upright or weeping or over banks, they •lie very effective and they maintain tin* display in the rose garden until the second crop of the Ino.i kinds I come on, thereoy maintaining colour ami interest. All ramblers are susceptible to t;i tacks c-f green fly and mildew, and unites sprayed in time to check liicse posts, the buds will drop off. "Wlr .1 | left unpruned they soon grow into a > i tangled mass of both old and young | wood, rendering effective spraying im pt.ssiide, and they soon become unsat.sfaotoiy. The ideal treatment is to ie place the old wood with strong young glow ihs which arise to the base the plants every year, and to cucour age these regular supplies of water have to be provided during d<y ' weather, with liquid manure once a j week. A mulch c«f well-rotted cow manure is an advantage. Should tou many growths arise, these can be thinned out Io suflicient to replace the old choots with one to spare in case of a-, cid-ents, and these should be tied in from time to time. After the flowering season is over the old wood ca.i be cut right out to allow the young > growths light and air to secure proper I ripening. The following are good varieties: — . American Pillar is the most desir ! able of all. It. hac single flower up j to three inches across, is bright pink. I with prominent yellow' anthers and a • white eye. It has glossy mildew proor I foliage and is a vigorous grower. Alberic Barbier has creamy white flowers, rhaded yellow, ami line dark glo.t.sy-giii eii mildew-pi'Oof foliage. Dorothy Perkins is one of t-he oldest varieties, but still one of the best, the flowers are clear bright pink in large clusters. Dorothy Dennieton is similar to Dcfothy Perkins, but the flowers are shell pink—a distinct variety. Emily Gray is the finest yellow Wichuriana and is a good grower. Excelsa is scarlet crimson and is fhe finPrt of the dark flowered ramblers. Pauls Scarlet Rambler is vivid scar let, shaded with crimson. It is a very desirable variety, which makes a good j standard.