Work for the Week.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 9 October 1915, Page 4

Work for the Week.

KITCHEN' GARDEN. | i Seeds to Sow.—.Beans, beet, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, cabbage, cauliflower, ' camxts, celery, leeks, lettuce, onions', . parsnips, peas, radishes, spinach aud turnips. What to Plant.—Artichokes, asparagus, cabbage, cauliflowers, chives, garlic and potatoes. If a, dry spell should come, it will be necessary to water asparagus roots that wore transplanted tlrs spuing. Give beds a good soaking, because a little on eacii crown would be of little use, as what is wanted is to make the soil wet under the plants, an well as above them. Give the bed' a good soaking at once, and get the plants growing as soon as possible. Rhubarb roots would also grow better if they had a thorough soaldng. The green vegetables that are established get a large quantity of moisture | at night from the heavy dews. They 1 do not want watering nearly as much as ray asparagus, rhubarb and other roots. Potatoes should be planted as soon V as possible. The ground is now dry y and warm, in just a condition that [I suits these tubers, an they come away !; much better than when set in cold soil. When rain falls they should be covered with a little loose soil, because we must expect late frosts, and consequently we must protect these tender growths in time. Green-fly lias made its unwelcome, presence known, and no time shonld he lost in fighting the pest. It is more necessary to take strong measures now than at any other season, in order to check its increase. The mild winter has been favourable lo:r all garden pests, and they are sure to give great trouble during tiliiis season. Now, when they are breeding fast, is the time to attack them. There are many preparations on the market for this purpose, most of them good if used according to printed instructions; but when spraying remember force is necessary to drive the spray fluid into the insects. Another point to keep in- anind is that | as all insects breed in as sheltered a place as they can find, it is necessary to force the spraying material into all crevices find on the lower Bides (or surface) of the leaves.

HARDY FRUITS. Fruit trees that were transplanted during the winter should, if possible, be watered. The new shoots are growing, but there is but little moisture in the soil for" the roots to collect, and trees that have been transplanted have very different conditions about their roots than established trees, and consequently need different treatment. Although it may not be a life or death question, it certainly means the difference between a strong, vigorous growth and a woa.k, spindly one during the first season in their new quarter, and this being the Foundation of future development one can realise tho importance of a -strong! vigorous growth during tlie coming summer. After giving all trees a good Bonking, ptrt- several inches of manure around them as a mulch, to protect evaporation. This is the time to disbud the growths on peach and nectarine trees. Tt is. well known that these trees every spring make too many sfioOts, and such being the case, why leave them all? They only crowd one another, preventing all but the outside shoots from ripening, with the results that many have to be cut out in "the winter after the harm has been done. By disbudding the shoots iu the spring wo can regulate the number of new shoots formed, and we can have tlieni just we want them by leaving new growths that are well placed and rub- ■ bing off all the others. Another pTuivt ,is we keep the trees dwarf and -well furnished from their base. To disbud the growths, first select the shoots that are to l be left, then rub off all the others except the top <ne at the end of each shoot, which is left until the fruits are ripe and then removed, when the wood that has borne ' fruit is cut out. By this system of ; management the fruit® are larger, because tho tree has fewer branches to dovelop, and more of its strength goes into the fruits. After a little practice one can rub off the young shoots very \ fast, and soon get over a number ct trees. Apple trees will soon require spraying for cocllin molli. Hare everything ready for this 'wtoirk.