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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (May 2, 1915)
TIIE VVAHA SUNDAY BEE: MAY o 1915. u'' unvi tyv rirr nnn i crrirrr Dnoc i-- L Mil IIVII W UU1 f UVU1 JUiil lUVli VIVWA kj , Ji wm " WW M " H " m " W - M W " W " WT I Karlleot Heads Secured from Hants Grow from Seeds la Drill. L'ndrr 8ah -Mont Lettuce 1 th most popular of all the salad plants, says a re port of the New Jersey, State College of Agriculture, which aaya many Inquiries are being received dally by the extension specialist Id market gardening at the experiment station concerning vario ties and methods of culture for this crop. A number of Inquirers, It is aajd, complain that their attempta to get head lettuce in tht past bare resulted In the production of seed stocks. With this In mind, the experiment station makes the following statement: "Certain requirements are necessary to produce fine, solid beads of lettuce. It requires a deep, rich soil filled wltkr humus and readily available plant food. If the soil is acid, lime should be applied. The toll ahould be moist also and ample provision should be made for a water supply. Heads cannot develop when the planta stand closer than ten Inches apart each way. It has been proved also that well-formed heads are difficult to get in hot weather, as the hot sun draws up the seed stocks. "The earliest bead lettuce is secured from plants growxTunder aaaa and gradually accustomed to" the cold before being set in their permanent locations In the field' very early in the tpring. However, the main spring crop of lettuce is grown from seed sown In drills twelve Inches apart about the first of April. When the lettuce begins to grow, the extra plants should be thinned out with a hoe, to stand ten Inches apart In the row. "The time for planting spring lettuce dependsSargely upon the temperature and moisture of the soil. In the cooler moisture . of the soil the lettnee may be planted at a later date than in tho warmer soils la which the moisture is not so pronounced. Head -lettuce is seldom planted after the first of May, then not again until about July II, at which time planting is begun for the fall ' crop. Lettuce planted' up to the 10th of August will mature be fore severe freezing injures the plants. Sometimes the late ma turing crop is protected with burlap or salt hay on very cold nights. "Lettuce planted in May or June to mature In July or August is usually the non-heading Cos lettuce or Romaine. This le an upright growing variety, haa very tender leases and can stand y the beat of the summer much better than th riu r "The experiment station recommends a rich ground for lettuce planting. The ground ahould be plowed deeply and an applica tion of lime, well-rotted manure and half a ton of potato fertiliser should be disked Into It A ton of chicken manure and 160 pounds of muriate of potash may take, the place of the fertilizer, according to the experiment station specialist Wood ashee and chicken manure generally will produce good lettuce It applied property and. generously." Let Us Plan Your Landscape This is the last week of Spring planting; not much timo to plan, but it Is Just the time to see us about your planting plans for next Fall. Fall planting Is really the most desirable for laree clantinca: there Is more time to plan; more time to plant and, most important, we can make our plans so that the event ual result will harmonize more closely with your trees and plants already established. Thone, write r call on us now. Give us time enough that no part of the work will have to be hurried. LAST CALL ON OUR SURPLUS STOCK SALE FOR SPRlNGx Ac Farfi FRUJ TREE ON SALES GROUNDS CP MuX.U other stock proportionally low. ""ait JLialll This is first class stock or we wouldn't offer It. Too many trees reserved for local trade; spring season too short. We have apent a great deal handling it and must get a part of our money back. 1 Call and see these fine trees; you'll never have another opportunity to buy quality trees at such a ridiculously low price. Meneray- Omaha Nursery Co. General Office: State Bunk Bidg., Omaha ' rhoaa Tyler 114. OMAHA SALES GROUND 20th and Farnam Sts. Council Bluffs Sales Ground 3101-3147 Avenue A v; a. The Garden A great deal of ralaable work in vegetable gardening is done daring this month. Promptness and accuracy In performing these various opera tions will go a long way towards getting started right, either la gardening on the farm or for market. " Thorough preparation ot ground Is a most Important item in ' growing vegetable crops. Just as la thorough culling and grading of the product when the time comes for selling. It la necessary not only to plow deeply In order to store water for the summer months, but thorough harrowing and planking will pay In the long run, even though it apparently seems to cover quite a long time. " . I was looking over a piece of black land the other day en which the spike-tooth and planker had worked together at least doien times, and it was time and money well spent Above all ose good discretion regarding the condition of the soil for plowing or harrowing. I kave lately seen some Instances of soil handling which no good farmer would confess to. Lettuce -This has been excellent growing weather for lettuce. The mild, damp days followed now by warm sunshine have caused such varieties as Wayahead, Black seeded Tennis Ball and New ork to spurt. ' We already have quit a large number of plants set out It ia important to give these head lettuce plenty ot room; eight inches is none too much In the row. To follow these planta after they have begun to mature should be lettuce coming along now from seed. The above-mentioned varieties may be used again. The thinnings may be carefully transplanted to other parts ot the garden. The next sowing of lettuce eeed should be of such varieties as Uancon or Salamander,' those which will withstand the summer heat better than the varietlee grown earlier in the season. Cauliflower Broccoli is still selling to some extent. I shall have more to say about thla crop later, as I am now on my way to a broccoli-producing district The young" cauliflower plants for the first new cauliflower crop of the season should be now in the frames, or possibly field set. None but the best planta of the Snowball variety should be used. We have several thousand at thla time of writing In the frames. ,; These plants have been well aired during vihe daytime and protected at night by Bash. Warm days have brought cool nights and we have taken no chances. Cauliflower must be gradually - hardened- and aubmltted to no sudden change of temperature, or even soil conditions. If preparing to field set these plants, the soli should have been well fertilized previously, or even now chicken manure or nitrate ot soda will help to push them along. Tomatoes These should also be well along by the time this Issue of The Bee reaches Its destination. The planta ahould be In the frames, standing fully four inches apart and ahould not be drawn -that Is. long spindling. ' By all means protect at night by cloth-covered sashes or glass. The majority of farm gardeners do not grow a good enough plant. On an average they are too small and puny at the proper Um.v. Tomato 'plants now should be from eight to ten Inches high and as thick as a lead pencil ia diameter. In some sections poaslblT these heights might be varied according to the earlneas or late ness of the district It is not necessary to have .tomato plants in bloom when they are set If one wishes an. early crop. It they are blooming, well and good, but It should not be so at the expense of the vigor of the plants. A good variety will produce blossoms very soon after the plant goes In the field if It Is of the proper alse when field set The Earliana variety throw Its blossoms more quickly that la, ear lier than the majority of so-called "early" varieties. If yon are buying tomato planta, pay a good, reasonable prloe. IS to 60 cents per doten, or even cents apleoa, and get Individ- EVERYMAN'S GARDEN Putting the Home Grounds Into Shape for the Bummer. " From the Country Gentleman. ' Early in the spring the lawn should be given a thorough cleaning to remove the winter mulch, if any was used, and other rubbish that may have accumulated. Then look It ovor carefully to see how much repairing is needed. x If it ig in fairly good condition about all the care required" will be a thorough raking with an iron rake, loosening the soil as much as possible without tearing up any grass root; sowing seed In sjot that may look thin; applying a top-dressing ot bone meal and wood ashes; and giving a thorough rolling with a heavy hand roller, or In a "small plot a thorough firming with a hand tamp or the back of a spade. ' The lawn that ia beginning to wear out will, need more attention. ' If it la very far gone the easiest and best thing to do is to plow or spade It up, working under a good coating ot manure. Make the surface smooth and level and as fine as possible, and sow seed. Use bone meal on the surface. A lawn that Is bad only in spots may bejmt into condition by forking it up where' the sod la poorest and adding new soil where It may seem necessary. Use on the surface bone meal or puJverUed sheep manure mixed with the seed, as it is es sential that the tiny grass plants have aome rich food to tlx upon as soon as they begin to grow. Much of your success In making or remaking the lawn will depend upon the quality of grass seed you get. Good seed should weigh twenty pounds or more to the bushel. Buy only from a thoroughly reliable source, as weight alone ia not a guarantee that the mixture contains the right grasses In the rlg"nt proportions for lawn purposes. For shady positions a SIxture adapted to such conditions must be obtained, for even Kd seed of an ordinary lawn mixture will give practically no results in a shady place. A quart of good seed win cover about 800 square feet In remaking old sod use only about half as much. Select a qulot day, preferably juat before or Just after a rain, and sow as evenly as possible. Going over the ground twice, in opposite directions, using half the seed 'each way, will do much toward Insuring even distribution. Carry the seed in a box or a pail, not a bag. so that you can get at It readily, and sow it In small handfuls, being careful to take out Juat about the same amount each time. mwm rara Wire and Iron Fences and Gates for Lawn, Garden and Poultry Yards. Trellises for Vines and Roses. Grape nSs or3 Arbors. Flower Dorders. CIoUm Poets Iron and Wire Window Guards Svrr-n IMxr tiuarda Send for Catalogue Wire Arches , Summer Houses - Chairs and Settees Tire and Mower Uuasds Lawn Vase . CHAMPION lRUN U WlKJi WORKS. 15th and JacW Tel. Doug-. 1590 ually transplanted, stocky planta. They are the paying kin. Aspari gua aeed may be sown In outdoor drills, radish seed being sown along in the row tor showing the rows and breaking the crust. L. H. SMITH, Nurseryman Grower ot a general line of hardy nursery stock. 615 W. Broadway, Council Bluffs, Ia. Specimen evergreen dug with ball. Special for Monday We will sell, as long as they last, choice varieties of Double Peony Roots at 5c Each Regular Price 25c to 50c. Don't Miss This Stewart's Seed Store 1 IP North 16th 5fc Opposite Postoff.ce Summer Flowering BULBS : Easy to grow Most Attractive for Borders or Massing The Nebraska Seed Co. Douglas 1261 1613 Howard Street CUT PRICE SALE Of High Quality Nursery Stock M. P. BYRD NURSERY CO. - Bales Ground., 17th and st... back of Xaya.a's. AT ; COST. Beautiful Shade Trees Of All Kinds I-inch caliber T9o 1 to 114-Inch ...$18 i to t-lneh ta.00 Including maple, poplar, white eah and catalpa. These trees were 11 ft. in, nuraery row and are pruned for ptantlna. ' Good assortment of heavy to clear tho around. Assortment Apple treea in assortment. 4 feet ; J, Concord, and Moore's Early Grapei, dosen eoo Caa be sent by parcel poet, loo oxtra. LrK Downing Oocseberrle and Smith's Improved ....loo frutt treea for city lota Cheap of shrubs, vines and roses. Benson-Omaha Nursery nou Beaaoa 634. Bensoa, Was, Cyclone Sanitary ilawn Fence .i la the highest grade fenco on the market heavier, trong er and closer spaced than ajiy other. Complete, erected on wood post, 25 centa per lineal foot and up. x W carry a full liner of wire and Iron fence and (rates, trellises for rosea and vlnea. flower bed borders. fence stava, carbo steel post a for field fenrlna. Come In and aea tha Una and set our low nricea. rena for cataloa-ue. ANCHOR FENCE CO. SOT sort irtb at. ( Mom feed S14. NOW IS THE TIME TO PLAN YOUR Back Yard Garden This page will tell you how to do it and where to buy Seeds, ShrubberyEtc.