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KITCHEN GARDENING. 



niatoos, E<r£r Plants, Cucumbers and Melons, Valentine Beans, Imperial Peas, Pump 

 kins among tlie Lima IJoans, White Turnip Kadisli, and La njc Indian Lettuce. We 

 are now well kAX for the season, except sowing succession crops of Peas, Beans, <kc., as 

 fjist as one crop is well above the ground. The seeds of ouV fall crops have to be 

 attended to by the beginning of A])ril, when we sow on a light, warm, sheltered bor- 

 der, Red and While Solid Celery, and, by the end of the month. Drumhead Cabbage, 

 Brussels Sprouts, Purple Cape Broccoli, Hed Cabbage, and Savoy. The Strap-leaved 

 red top Turnip and Curled Endive may be sown as soon as the early Potatoes are off 

 — say by the end of August. In September we have to sow, for the next season. 

 Early Scotch Caulillower (where it can be protected) and Wulcheren Broccoli (nearly 

 hardy), some Early York Cabbage, and, on the ground occupied by late Potatoes, 

 some Prickly Spinage and a few Onion sets ; the two last to be protected from the 

 sun by a little loose straw or litter. 



T\\(i preservation of crops is an important point. Peas and Lima Beans can be had 

 to a late period of the season, in pretty good order, by gathering the half-grown pods, 

 drying them gradually in a cool, shady place, and afterwards keeping them dry and 

 but a few degrees above freezing point. Beets, Carrots, Parsnips, and Salsify, may be 

 kept in any place not damp, and but a few degrees above freezing point, packed in 

 loam or sand. In all these operations, tlie object is to keep them cool and but just 

 dry enough to prevent evaporation. The above-named roots can be he&l kept packed 

 in hills out of doors, if tliey can be covered so as to get at them any time in frosty 

 weather. Turnips should always be "stowed away" in this manner; putting layers 

 of soil between every foot in thickness of roots, to prevent fermentation. Tomatoes 

 may be had very good till Christmas, by sowing some so as not to come to maturity 

 till September, then to dig up the plants with their load of green fruit before it has 

 felt the slightest frost, and hang them by their roots in a cool cellar or shed. As they 

 are desired for use, place some of them in a very warm place in the full sunlight for a 

 few days, and they will ripen nicely. Egg Plants may be had a good while by the 

 same process. Radishes may be had very late by sowing a iQ\f weeks before frost is 

 expected, and when they are large enough to draw, throw over them a few loose 

 branches or pea-sticks, and on these a little loose litter. The Onion keeps best tied in 

 "ropes," and hung up in a dry, cool shed, secure from frost. The Endive and White 

 Cape Broccoli (sown in April), or Purple Cape Broccoli (sown in May), can be liad 

 till the end of the year, by being taken up before severe frost, as mucli soil as possible 

 with the roots, and placed closely side by side in a dark cellar about 40° or 45° of 

 temperature. The Endive will grow and blanch beautifully, and the Broccoli produce 

 fair heads. Cabbage and Celery preserve best in the open air. The former may have 

 their heads buried and the roots left out of the soil, which will effectually prevent 

 water getting in to rot the hearts. The latter may be taken up before severe frost, 

 and laid down horizontally, with their roots against a wall or fence, then a layer of 

 sand or soil, another layer of Celery, and so on till completed ; the whole to be cov- 

 ered with litter, and kept dry. 



I will conclude with a few remarks on forcing. Peas can be had where there is 



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