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THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER 160 .(24) ORCHARD AND GARDEN PFAere to Buy the Best Seeds and Plants AX SIS-;. Hp!:!:;-'. ,r.j. :i. I'll-: , . if! ' filodern.Methods in Fruit Growing Delicious oeaches. May to November (8 kinds)." Apples, delicious as peaches,May-Nor.(8kinds). - Fresh strawberries, April to December (l kind). Luscious raspberries, June to October (i kind). Splendid roses, blooming first year, etc., etc. On orders for above collection of plants and trees, we prepay freight, and send a free supply of Modern Methods Plant Food which practically doubles results, and also our ioo page book showing how to get big and quick returns from fruit. CONTINENTAL PLANT CO., 107 R.RSt., Kitlrell, N. C. One of the largest Nurseries in the world selling direct o the people. Write for free catalogue. FROST -PROOF CABBAGE PLANTS "Early Jersey Large," "Charleston," "Wakefield," and "Successor." 500 for 75c; 1000 .to 5000 $1.00. per thousand. 5000 and over 80c per thousand. TIFT FARMS, H. H. TIFT. JR.. Manager. TIFTON, GA. 6 Glorious ROSES MAILED POSTPAID FOR. T A C ALL WILL BLOOM THIS SUMMER ! Hardy .Everbloomino.Guaranleed TruetoName LUC KERISSA Delicate pink, deep center. HADLEY Deep velvety crimson. BRITISH QUEEN-Splendld pure white. MRS. AARON WARD-Glorious coppery orange. MRS. E. ALF0RD Large silvery pink. RADIANCE Brilliant rosy carmine. I will send the 6 Roses in large 2-year size postpaid for only $1.25. DAHLIAS SURE BLOOMING COLLECTION PERLE de O'R Best white ZULU Velvety black crimson GOLDEN WEODWG Clear yellow A. 0. LIVONI Pure rose pink COUNTESS OF LONSDALE Salmon pink WM. AGNEW Glistening scarlet red One tuber, eny variety, 15 cants. Any I (or 40 cents. The 8 for 75 eents postpaid. DAHLIA SEED ftiMtf4 . iiia Alack fitrined. Double. Sin trie U colors. For IOC I will send 50 seeds-enough for fine Dahlia Garden. Catalog FREE. MISS JESSIE M. GOOD Florist end Dahlia Specialist Box 889 Spring! told. Ohio OJA BEANS FOR SALE Any Size Lots by JONATHAN HAVENS Washington, N. C. PEACH ffiHES Pear, Plum, Cherry- Small Fruits, Strawberry Vines, etc GENUINE HALE BUDDED from BEARING J.H.BALE .TREES. GENUINE delicious APPLES. CATALOG FREE. TEHN. NURSERY CO., Box 7, Cleveland, Tenn, BOLL WEEVILS Cannot Eat Pecans Now is the time to diversify your crops. There is nothing that you can invest in that will in crease the profits of your farm more than the Pecan will. They will advance the price of your land from $10 to $100 per acre in 5 years. My famous Stewart Pa per Shell treei are the quickest bearers, and the finest nut pro ducers on earth. Now is the best time to set trees to give them a good growth the first year I am prepared to supply you with three year setting at following prices: By Parcel Post, 2 trees, $1 80: 6 trees, $4.40; 12 trees, $8.00. Express, prepaid, 50 trees, $30: 100 trees, $58, I guarantee ev ery tree to live when properly reset, and to bear the third year after setting or a new tree will be supplied you free' of charge. Send your order today so as to get the most select stock. Address JOHN C. FLETC11ER, MORVEN, GA. NOT A "MOON GARDENER" " cedar about ten inches high, leaning . ; this over .the plant and letting-u ' ttimn iinttl all vonrvo.' r i . . c" But He Give. Lou of Vegetable, to CearT . Mobn-gardening Neighbors , -. nehetratM ' et the THIS is what I find necessary to . We have set plants in March, had make a good garden: (1) a south- the ground frozen crusty, and' stin ern-sloperU;-weil-arainea-sou-W lllcJr-J iZL wj1" plantsunder plenty of stable manure; (4) thor- canvas were killed. They do not ough preparation; (5) good seed; (o) maKe mucn top growth but a won ' work at the right time. I am rrot a derful root growth. moon gardener, but give a lot of veg- Remove cedars and cultivate- etables to my moon neighbors. ing to stakes or the vines will sliaL Igetthreecropsayear.frommostof their fruit. We use Tune p;u my land. In March Tplant Irish Cob-, -Earliana for earliest plants, Ponder- bler and Ked bliss potatoes; aiso osa and Brimner for main crom w onions ana peas ana worK mem uuui piant.au aoout the same time, as the they mature, and then I plant Truck- others grow longer before thev ser er's Favorite, corn in the middle , ot their fruit. Sucker the vines of the the rows. Then I work the dirt to summer varieties' and tie to stakes the corn, and at my last, working I not lower than five feet. sow Southern Prize turnips. This . Many early" tomato plants are makes me three crops on this and. twisted off their g b Of snaps, 1 make about tour plant- a small bit of cedar planted beside ings of the bunch, and two of the ihpm hr.wnU . tllJ.: rTprA pole kind, and I have them till frosts th countrv farmer can srnrp nw. My early corn is followed with ruta- ... ... Mr(im(ir- tj,, ron o1 bagas and late cabbage. The Brim- get cedar without cost mer tomato is ine ui i evw MRS..C. C. MOSER. Of okra, squash, lima beans, and pole vintnn Va beans, I make only one planting. I get two crops of cabbage from , , one planting, by cutting the first that Orchard and Garden Work This head and leaving the old stalks; they Week and Next will make sprouts that will head, , , . which I feed to my hogs and' cows. Jl1 1? m be i?la?ed I keep my garden growing some- Evcry home garden should contain thing all the time. By so doing 1 can rt VA U"U ,1U nuvvci' live at home and board at the same place twelve months in the year. Our FINE FRUIT TREES HALF PRICE From the Old Reliable Greensboro Nurseries Owing to drop off of export trade and other causes we have a surplus approximating 1,750,000 fruit, shade, ornamental trees, vines and plants. This is th finest lot of stock we have ever grown. We are going to sell at one-half price, pay freight on orders of $5.00 and over; In addition to the above discounts we are going to give our patrons for testing; 500 Oklahoma Beauty Peach, 600 Young's No. 1 Peach, 500 Beauty World (the finest red winter apple grown). 10,000 Greensboro Fa vorite Strawberry plants. Order before. all this gift stock is sent out They include the finest varieties we have ever offered. W. rite us today Don't delay. Reference, Brad street. . If you don'J know us, get your bank er to look us up. GREENSBORO NURSERIES, John A; Young & Sons, Owners! GREENSBORO. NORTH CAROLINA Fruit Trees, Shade Trees, Evergreena, Shrubs, Roses I Send for our Cataloaue free V ytl Cut-Tlowera and floral Designs COT TON For most money, most lint, heaviest yields per acre and ear liest maturity, write B. W. Haw kins, Nona, Ga., for history and descriptive circulars of his great and wonderful cotton, and price of seed. It's free, will be worth hundreds of dollars to you and help you make three bales per acre Keep your pruning tools sUarp so as to make smooth cuts Ragged wounds winter crops are collards, cabbage, do not heal readily. all kinds of turnips, onions, beans and peas, and canned fruit. Inquire of your county demonstra tion agent as to the possibilities of I have strawberries that bear until growing fruit for market in your rnsr. F. D. WILSON. callty Skipwith, Va. Success.With Onions Plan to have a garden this year that will provide fresh -vegetables every day. This is easily possible in every section of the South. Do not put off pruning until late rPHE best monev I have ever made 1 in mv garden was bv raisiner on- sprincr. At that time other work is ions from red onion buttons. pressing and the orchard is imeiy w During the winter I have the land be neglected, well plowed and stable -manure scat- Order a small quantity of seed ot tered all over the garden to rot. In vegetables that you have not piantea March I select a strip of land not before. You may like them ana tney subject to drouth, prepare it thor- will furnish a greater variety, oughly six feet wide, and across the Go Qver your canna roots, gladiolus entire length of the garden. Then and other bulbs and see that tney die using the handle of a hoe I lay off not rotting or starting into growth little furrows across the bed, about because of too much warmth and six inches apart. moisture. I then drop onions in the furrows In preparing your order for fruit about three and one-half inches trees do not feave out the berries. apart, and set the roots carefully Raspberries, dewberries, blackberries, downward, covering them shallow and strawberries do well in all parts with good mellow dirt. of the South and are a most vaiiwi After onions are planted I always addition to the garden. t , scatter, a few lettuce seeds of the The best time for top-gramng lip winter U T ..4 l' 11 - T 1 1. A-rysnn rntlditlOll WW Ul 111C U1UU113 JL LUlll UUL ICLlULe ilS I IVCl 111 d UUlliiOiii. ww and want it. ready to be used, inis can - Hoeing the onions twice and keep- by, burying the twigs in moist, we irig them well weeded, they are us- drained soil. , ually ready to gather by the last of Watch the hot beds carefully as 1 July. I store them in some sheltered watering and ventilation. Wa te place until I can get a fair price for the morning in order that the tonag them. of the plants may. have time to ary Then I have the land where they before night and apply a suihcie have grown well plowed and leveled' quantity to wet the soil thorou e off and sow turnip seed for greens rather than smaller amounts at for autumn use and turnips for win- frequent intervals. .Ventilate e . it... 1.: r ..i ... i,A-.r otiH vcrv cl .' ici, uius iiidK.uii' a. crop 01 onions, uay unicss it is ciwuu - , r lettuce, turnips and greens on the The lack of; proper venuin same ground. . cause weak, spindling plants and MRS. W. B. METCALF. . will be more subject to disease. Paint Fork, N. C. 1 . .. . ... . F. J. CRID. . . Associate 'Horticulturist. tuaejt Clemson College, S. C. ihc 1-1191 luuiaiuQ uii me MurKGl ' w E HAVE been Successful in hav- If with pleasure you are vlewms ftW w'01 k a man is aomg; ... 01 Tf vou Uke hlrrt' or you love hm, now; Ktinn till the Don't withhold your, approbation nnrnnn makes oration .... his h Hp with snowy U'los brow; . ,f i10 wo111 II liitn ing the earliest tomatoes for several seasons by the following sim ple plan: Sow the seed in boxes in the house early in February, water carefully and harden by exposure to the out- uuur aiiuusunere. as eariv as the : ... i?rounn -will wnrlr nronoro liille Tf vau think tome tralse is ue w . ' r.K. timo tft iiD It to mm. wl,ett lauiij uidiiure in cacn mil wnere For he cannot read his w" ;Un. the roots will extend to it. Set the he's dead.-JJaltlmore Evenu . For no matter how you shout really care about u, ta,.drops He won't knv how many team Diants earlv on the south side nf the 7 . vcar hill, leaving dirt as high as the plants JJS AmeroSV" 8 Now protect with a stout branch of new subscriber.
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