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Questions

1. What did Robert Miller do to his strawberry
bed? Put a match to it to burn the
straw before cultivating it.

2. Do you get more tomatoes by tying the
vines up to stakes or mulching in
the usual way? Train the earliest
to stakes and mulch the main crop

3. Is August a good time to set hens?
Some think it is.

4. How get labels to last? Paint them
before marking.

5. Is it too late to bag grapes now? Yes,
it should be done when they are
the size of peas

6. How much trim a Crimson Rambler
rose? Cut out all branches that bloomed
this year.

The flowers, fruits and vegetables
were fine quality and good varieties
Moles are remarkable for their absence.
It was suggested that those who
have an abundance of grapes make
grape juice for sale.
Striped bugs destroyed four plantings
of melons at some places