Show I V I II Hr feln Q I I n Your Yo TO U r L 0 w wn t. t f j r I R t Q GP II I p iI L 17 lJ- lJ 4 by e c PLANT T A FLOWERING VERING CRAB The home owner who has but a small pace of oC garden at his disposal disposal disposal dis dis- dis- dis and who wishes to use that thatto thatto thatto to the best advantage with advantage with flowers shade and perhaps pe fruit should by byall byall byall all means Investigate the tho possibilities ties of the flowering crabs for they will furnish all three And planting may be done now A young tree purchased at once will vill in all probability flower next spring True it will give you only a a. few splashes of color just enough to whet your appetite for tor more and to make you think with longing of the following spring when it will willbe willbe willbe be massed and garlanded with its I I lovely blooms The colors of these flowering lowering crab apples range from white to red When the blooms fade tiny crab crabapples crabapples crabapples apples begin to form and as the season Advances these grow and take on alluring colors in themselves themselves themselves them them- selves until by the time fall arrives arrives arrives ar ar- ar- ar rives they are matured and ver very colorful indeed They are small of course not much bigger than cherries but in my opinion they look the prettier for their miniature dimensions The thrifty housewife will gather the he crabs for jelly making purposes thus hus getting the full benefit from tho the tree tree beauty beauty and loveliness beyond beyond beyond be be- yond compare as well as-well well as usefulness and a rare feast Lazy people like myself will leave them on the trees for or the sake of the effect and for the birds to eat cat if they wish Many flowering crabs have t leaves caves which open red in the early J spring changing later to the ten ten- tent t derest of greens Some never do r. r assume a really green color but al always always al- al ways rays arc are reddish or purplish Such Sucha a l variety is pyrus pyrus pyrus you yov understand being the botanical botanica name for the tree itself and Eley its name Ele Eley's s 's crab 5 is really a grand tree for the sma small back yard for in spring it will b be loaded with deep red flowers quite quit large ones its early foliage will vill b bas be beas beas j as brilliantly red and the fruits fruit which come later will vIll be red blood r tinged with purple F A crab apple tree furnishes a goo good amount of shade too Small yards A often have not room for Cor large shade shad J trees which would render it quite quit t impossible to grow flowers apar apart from the shade lovers but a flowering flowering flower flower- ing lag crab will vilI grow to just the right proportions no more Besides pyrus you might choose pyrus floribunda with flowers flowers flow flow- t ers which are rich crimson in th the bud stage opening to very large larg pale pink blooms pyrus guinea and pyrus I In f. f planting now be sure you have a ahole 1 hole large enough to accommodate the roots without crowding ant and t that the best soil you OU possess is f packed around them Water Vater we well and if you OU live where winter winds wind trouble you plant a good stron strong stake e along alons- with the young tree tre t tying trunk to stake so that th the f- f elements clements will vill not loosen the new newly set roots QUERIES Mrs T T. P. P N. N Ruth Nev I I am sorry that your letter was too Ion long longto to quote but I enjoyed reading o of your gardening operations The Th plant you ou describe is |