The Hermiston herald., April 10, 1920, Image 4

THE HERMISTON
HERALD,
HERMISTON, OREGON.
POLLEN IS QUITE ESSENTIAL
Variety of Strawberries With Perfect
Flowers Can Produco Fruit
Planted by I tee If.
(Prepared by the United States Depart­
ment of Agriculture.)
Two types of flowers, imperfect or
pistillate, and perfect or staminate,
are produced by different strawberry
varieties.
Imperfect flowers contain
pistils but no stamen, while perfect
flowers contain both. Pollen which is
produced in the stamens Is essential
to the setting of fruit. A variety with
perfect flowers, therefore, can produce
fruit when planted by itself, but one
with imperfect flowers cannot set fruit
unless perfect-flowering plants are
near to furnish pollen through the
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With the Hedgerow System, Here
Illustrated, More Berries Are Pro­
duced Than by the Hill System.
agency of bees or other insects. Where
Imperfect varieties are used the usual
practice In planting is to set one row
of a perfect variety for every two or
three rows of an Imperfect one.
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New varieties are being constantly
introduced to the trade, but according
to the bulletin, few of them possess
any special value as compared with
others already more or less well
known, and most of them soon dis­
appear from the nurseryman's list, or,
at least, remain of only local impor­
tance.
He's pretty proud, that friend of yours as he shows you through his new
And as you turn to go back to your rented house you’re a little envious
home and about the grounds, isn’t he?
of your friend, aren't you, and just a bit ashamed of your own inactivity ?
There is no reason in all the world why you can't have a home of your
He takes you through every room and shows you each nook and cranny.
own—a home .built as you've always dreamed a home should be—a home
Asks if that cosy den of his isn't a “dandy” and if the wife's sewing
you’ve planned and designed and decorated—which is exactly in accor-
room isn’t “pretty fine.” ..Shows you the kiddies’ playroom and tells
dance with the wishes and needs of your family.
you it’s "the best thing in the world to keep the youngsters off the
Do you know that it does not cost any more to build than to rent ?
streets.”
tically the same amount of money yon pay out each month for rent—or
HOW TO GRAFT APPLE TREES
First Thing to Do Is to Secure Young
Trsss About Size of Pencil—
Any Time In Wintsr.
To graft apple trees the first thing
to do Is to have young trees a little
larger than a pencil. Any kind of
apple seed will do to plant to grow
these trees, which should be planted
during the fall.
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Any time until the 15th of March,
these trees can be grafted. Cut the
little trees off about six Inches above
the ground, pulling the knife up­
ward and making a smooth slope or
slant about one and one-half Inches
long.
Split straight down the pith
for about an inch. Then take a
limb of the current year's growth
from any tree of a good variety, and
cut just reverse of the above, so
that the two pieces will fit together.
It would take a picture to show ex­
actly how this Is done.
Wrap this
well with grass or wax cord. In two
years the trees are ready to plant In
the orchard.
NATIVES OF COOL CLIMATES
Currants and Gooseberries Ars Not
Adapted to Long, Hot Summers
•f Southern States.
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(Prepared by the United States Depart­
ment of Agriculture I
Both currants and gooseberries are
natives of cool, moist northern cli-
mates and tn the United States suc­
ceed best In the northern half of the
country and east of the one hundredth
meridian.
They are injured by the
long, hot summers of the southern
states, except In the higher altitudes
of the Appalachian mountains. Even
tn Missouri and Kansas they do not
succeed very well. They are not adapt­
ed to the hot Interior valleys of Call-
fernia, but are grown In the northern
coast counties of that state.
SMALL FRUITS NEED MULCH
Any of Ordinary Materials Are Good
for Raspberries, Blackberries
snd Currents.
Any of the customary mulching ma-
tertala are good for small fruits like
raspberries, blackberries and currants.
These are shallow motera and the
ground around them should be mulch-
ed for the winter. Strawberries
should alao be mulched but care must
be exercised that the manure does not
come In contact with the crown of the
plant. If the weather Is very severe
and the plants very exposed It Is not a
bad Idea to lay down raspberries and
plackberries and cover them.
Prac-
He explains that the entire house was built exactly as he and his wife
even less—will build you a home and entirely pay for it.
had planned it—that the designing and decorating were done according
sense in paying for the privilege of living in a home when you could just
to their own tastes and the rooms laid out to meet their own wishes
as easily own that home?
Where is (he
and requirements.
Build now!
Nothing is to be gained by waiting.
Authorities concede
He takes you about the grounds and shows you the fenced-in yard where
that building costs today are somewhat above normal, but they also state
the little ones can play to their heart's content. He tells you to sniff the
that costs cannot be lower until some future time as yet unforeseen.
roses in his wife's little flower garden and proudly exhibits a few feet of
against this, rents are higher today than ever before, so you are actually
garden plot where he has planted some of their favorite vegetables.
losing money every day yon delay.
He's pretty happy, isn't he? And his voice just rings with the pride of
For any information you may desire on any subject pertaining to loca-
ownership as he smiles on it all and says “My Home!” ..And then you
tions, plans, materials, finishings, furnishments, equipments, costs, in­
realize as never before what the poet meant when he wrote the words.
formation concerning architects, contractors, etc.—call at the Building
"Home. Sweet Home.
Information Office.
As
Not a thing to sell but a great deal to give away!
Tum-A-Lum Lumber Company
Designers and Materialers of Homes and Farm Buildings
R. A. BROWNSON, MANAGER
Hermiston, Oregon