I shrank to meet a mud-encrusted swine,
And then he seemed to grunt in accents rude,
“Huh! Be not proud, for in this fat of mine,
Behold the source of richness for your food!”
I fled, and saw a field that seemed, at first,
One giant mass of roses pure and white,
With dewy buds ’mid dark green foliage nursed,
And, as I lingered o’er this lovely sight,
The summer breeze, that cooled that southern scene,
Whispered, “Behold the source of Cottolene!”
—_M. E. Wilmer._
Wormy Raspberries—Violets—Storing Cauliflower.
Can you tell us how to prevent having wormy raspberries? For
the last two years ours have been worthless from being wormy.
I want to have a bed of violets. Must I use roots or can I get
seeds?
How can cauliflower be put away for the winter? We cut ours
from the stump, turned the leaves over the heads and packed
them closely together, but some of them have spoiled.