GARDEN NOTES

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume XVIIII, Issue 449, 17 November 1916, Page 4

GARDEN NOTES

(Prom Eeswick'a Victoria Nursery, Waimate). NOVEMBER. VEGETABLE GARDEN-. The showery weather at the end of October, after a dry spell, will make the r.lanliny-out work, more satisfactory. This is the best, month for j:hinting out tomatoes in the open, also aIT kinds of cubage- and eaulilluwer plants fur late summer nsf. > 'ress, l.'ltu<'!', radish, and other -solids may In- sown at sliort intervals, fo give a continuous supply. Scarlet, runner beans iiroad ii-:-a-ns, and the Canadian Wonder Beau should now ho sown m rich ground. The Canadian, if lihorally treated, will yield a heavy crop, and any surplus crop may he salted down for use m the winter and spring. The writer had salted Canadian Wonder beans this week that were equal to fresh-gath-ered when cooked. Continue 1 to .sowpeas, broccoli and Savoy. Winter greens of sorts should be -sown to obtain a suppfy of cabbage and broccoli through the autumn and the spring. The various sorts should he sown. lUdge cucumber, vegetable imarrows and pumpkins can be sown out of doors. Outdoor cucumbers m 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 ! protected from the drying winds, : which, if they are planted on the : surface, porch them up and break : them oil' at the surface. When established, lay straw or manure, along the trench. This will retain the moisture necessary. Pier.aie celery trenched by digging mit a trench, placing the soil on each side of the trench". Malum- w 11, end !oa\e ; s lie Ircacii until it -.i< lim- fo plan; nut. on the two sides win-re the

soil has be-n thrown up sow 1.-l----lu.-e. These will mature before the surj las sod is ret pared for earthing up. the ccl.-i-y. Finish planting potatoes. Prepare ground f.,r leeks, to he jlantetl out late.

FRUIT GARDEN

Fruit Trees.—The black and grC-'u aphis are v<t ytroiibl -some just now. Keep (h,. spray pump going with ■inie and sulphur where mildew j-' showing, and use "Katakilla"' for aphis. Slop (.by piiiehing out) surplus buds on npri'-nfs, after fruit has set. This will assist this year's fruit to mature and n-guhne next year's fruit-

FLOWF.I! CAR DEN

Dahlias and chrysanthemums sluyald be planted out early this mouth; also iiiu'sh plaining gladbii. Hardy annuals, if sown now, will make a good show fur late summer. Plant out early sown annuals.

j The lawns should bo i>pt well j rolled -at least, mice a week. This I is a e-on I lime, nficr tie- showery j Wcath.-r.

I Save ail wood x-du-.s and soot and j | j,.,--,. nmnd the ro •!■; of plunls coin- ■ ing into bloom. Thi< will tone -p the- j knits. Alter ram, keep the hoe going amongst young planted-out annuals. Give liquid manure to all growing plants.