1895. 



GARDENING. 



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deep in heavy land, six inches in light 

 land. Set the roots in these, heads up, 

 roots spread out, and cover two inches 

 deep with soil. In hoeing and cleaning 

 the ground during summer the trenches 

 will get filled level. Setting so deep 

 doesn't hurt the plants in the least, nor 

 whiten the "grass," and it saves the 

 crown eyes from injury when working 

 and cleaning the ground. 



The Vegetable Garden. 



GOOD POTATOES FOR fllWflTEURS TO GROW. 



I consider the two best potatoes to 

 grow are the Thorburn lor earh- and the 

 State of Maine for late and main crop. 

 Were I to plant oulv one varietv 1 would 

 plant the I'uritau; this is a trifle later 

 than the Tliorliurii. These three varieties 

 are first in (piality. they also have the 

 merit of productiveness and giving a 

 large share of their tubers nice size and 

 smooth. I have always grown the nicest 

 early potatoes from second cro|) seed 

 grown in Maryland, by Jno. W. Hall of 

 Marion Station. The true second erojjs 

 are sure to sprout and grow, are earlier 

 and produce fewer small ones. 



SiL.is L Albertson. 



Long Island, March 9, 1895. 



Second chop potatoes —As some of 

 our readers may not know what is meant 

 by "second crop" potatoes we may say: 

 They are full sized but immature potatoes 

 raised from sets planted in July (on Long 

 Island) or in August (farther souih) 

 They are not good to eat, but they make 

 excellent sets for the next sprinjj's plant- 

 ing, and they do not sprout prematurely 

 in winter, as ripe tubers are apt to do. 

 Many of our wideawake market garden- 

 ers, Abram Van Sicklin.for instance, grow 

 and use second crop sets for their early 

 potatoes. But we do not know who has 

 got them for sale. 



SWEET POTflTOtS. 



These are the principal winter root 

 vegetable of the south. In order to grow 

 them well give them as long a growing 

 season as possi Die. Make up a hcitbed 

 for them and get the tubeis started and 

 the sprouts ready and hardened off in 

 time to allow of them being planted out 

 in April or at the latest before the end of 

 May. If planted later the tubers may 

 grow large enough, but they will be 

 stringy and immature, and after being 

 dug and stored keep poorly, .^side from 

 earliness, starting them in a hotbed has 

 another advantage, from tubers so 

 started one gets three drawings of sets, 

 while in the ordinary way he gets only 

 one with a few scattering sprouts. 



The Bunch Yellow Y.am is a new 

 variety. Its stemsgrow erectin a bunch 

 and do not spread on the ground like 

 those of the old varieties, but otherwise 

 it is identical with the common yellow 

 yam. It is likely to take the lead. 



Memphis, Tenn. James Stewakt. 



WiTLOOF is a large-leaved chicory viitli 

 large long roots suggestive of small pars- 

 nips. We sow it in rows in the garden in 

 May or [une, thin it and cultivate it as 

 we do carrots in summer, and about the 

 end of October or first of November dig 

 up the roots, and cut off the tops, luitnot 

 very bare, and store the roots like carrots 

 except that we cover them with moist 



earth. Then in winter we force them in a 

 warm dark place to get their blanched 

 leaves for salads as a substitute for let- 

 tuces. F.J. I). B , I'ittsfield, Mass., sends 

 us some sami)les of his and writes: "I 

 have got it in perfection, it is crisp, ten- 

 der, and very sweet. I raise it in the 

 winter time. Since the first of J.-inuary 

 I have been supplying the home market 

 here, and sending some to New York." 



lAmniTioN Celery.— In answer to \). 

 \V., I'aterson, N. J. The large celeries 

 known as "giant" (except Pascal; .-ire 

 poor in quality and poor keepers. Sow 

 at once for September heads. And from 

 the moment the seedlings appear till you 

 dig the celery for use, keep it on a steady 

 rush of growth. This is done by early 

 and roomy planting, deep rich ground, 

 abundance of manure in the soil from last 

 year, or very thoroughly rotted manure 

 put in now, and an unstinted supply of 

 water, either rain or applied all summer. 

 Blanch by using boards. They give the 

 cleanest leaves. There is nothing in the 

 general idea that earthed-up celery only 

 is good flavored. Sempers gives the fal- 

 lowing formula for celery per acre: 



Nitiate of soda 100 ])()uii(ls 



Sulphate of ammonia 800 " 

 Dissolved bone meal HOO 

 Dissolved bone black ;i20 " 

 Muriate of potash 100 



But any good complete fertilizer will 

 help you. 



Kaklv corn THAT IS SWEET.— Frank 

 Ford & Son, Ravenna, Ohio, write to say 

 that Ford's Early Corn is not only sweet 

 and of good quality but equal to the best 

 of the late varieties. Extra Early Ver- 

 mont, they also say, is not as good as 

 Ford's Early, but it is decidedly superior 

 to any other extreme early variety that 

 they have tried, and just a little earlier 

 than Cory as thej' have tested it. They 

 have sent us seeds of both for trial and 

 comparison. 



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