GARDEN NOTES

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume XVIIII, Issue 447, 15 November 1916, Page 4

GARDEN NOTES

S (From Eeswick's Victoria Nursery, 1 .Waimate). I . NOVEMBER. | ! VEGETABLE GAB DEN. I The showery weather at t.h& end of B October, after a rlry spell, will make. I the planting-out. Avork morn satisfacI tory. Tins is tlio best month for R I Lulling out tomatoes in the open, r also all kinds of cabbage ■'""' ( 'aulI lllower plants foi' laic- summer use. Ij Cress, lettuce, radish, ami other sol- | ids may be sown at sborl intervals, I lo give a continuous supply. Scarlet runner beans, liroail beans, and flic ,(!anadian Wonder Bean should now Ibo sown in rich ground. The Canaj dian, if liberally treated, will yield '' a heavy crop, and any surplus crop : may bo salted down for use in the winter and spring. The writ or had salied Canadian Wonder beans this » : week that, were equal to fresh-gat.li- | ; ered when cooked. Continue to sow I [:eas, broccoli and Savoy. "Winter j greens of sorts should be sown to I obtain a supply of cabbage. ;uid I I broccoli through the autumn and the | 'spring. The various sorts .should I |be sown. Eidge cucumber, vegetable | unarrows and pumpkins can be sown out- of doors. Outdoor cucumbers j in this district are best grown in a trench, made similar to a celery trench, with plenty of manure and .rich soil. In this way they are f protected from the drying - winds, I which, if they are planted on the i surface, parch them up and break 1 j them oil' at the surface. When e.stab- | | iished, lay straw or manure- along II the trench, This will retain the ; moisture necessary. Piepate celery ' ! trenches by digging out a tr, neh, placing the soil 0:1 each side ..f tie 1 trench. .Manure \y. il, ;11 i leave I the trench uu:i( it i> lime lo plan. ; oiu. On the two sides wlere the j soil has be'ii thrown up 1 *'>w lels tu.-e. These will mature before Ihe I surplus sod is required for earthing up the celery. Finish planting potatoes. Prepare ground f>r leeks, iu lie 1 hinted out late. \ I tiu'it r:Aßi)t:y. 1 * ; Fruit Trees.--The lilack and gie^i j aphis are ver y troublesome just now. Keep the spray pump with lime and sulphur where, mildew is .showing, and use "Katakilla'' for aphis. Stop (by pinching out) surplus buds 011 apricots, after fruit has set. This will assist this \ ear's fruit to ~" mature and regulate next year's fruitj FLOWFR GAROFX. I Dahlias and chrysanthemums should be planted nut. early this r? month; also finish plaining gladioli. i Hardy annuals, if sown now, will make a good show for late summer. Plant out early sown annuals. The lawns should be kepi well rolled -at least once a week. 'Phis is a good lime, filler ;h.- sh.-wery M we.ilh.M-. \}a Save ail wood ashes and sooi and M place round the'roals of plants eomM nig into bio-iiu. This will lone -p U tlie. plants. After rain, keep the '[l hoe. going amongst young planted-out il annuals. Give liquid manure to ad •l growing plants.