Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 39, Number 94, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 July 1907 — HORTICULTURAL NOTES. [ARTICLE]

HORTICULTURAL NOTES.

There Is no over-production of th« best Never peck overrtpe fruit for Shipment Midsummer pruning heals wounds quickly. There is no better mulch than thorough cultivation. There Is nothing better for lice on cabbage than kerosene emulsion. Stir the ground frequently around onions, especially after every rain. Do not let the boys kill the toads. They kill 10,000 Insects during the summer. - Air slacked lime will free the cabbage plants from worms and not Injure the plants. The small otrions picked from this season’s crop may be used as sets next spring. Abundant food within easy reach Is what plants require in order to make their beat growth. If asparagus has turned yellow it ought to be cut out and burned. It will kill'-aporee of rust which should be disposed of before they are ripe enough to be the wind.—Successful Parmer.