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JOTTBSAI, OF HOEnCUXTTRE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 



( NoTMaber 6, 1366. 



follows : Take up your plants in August or September 

 them in row; ! 



she row. Have nt them 



- s; until the next aur— T". I 



think tl_; mtBtoir I kn ■ be - ;. must be losi 



.r. V"; 

 have ::: -_ _...". 



in the saui: that ■ .„• '. We always 



take the finest plan:; 



an :_r: -e:.: -hi:h i; mil '. .::-.: :_^- :: h = ~e tie :: all ::' 

 :ih;: -7 ill in 1 tliuung : ; :'_; :'_;: ; art; : L. - :." :_ 



™c < - ; : ■ - :_1 D i tl - 



roots . 



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ire *■*■• 



for the— :: besom wel — !:h good cr 



; :: up. — 7. X. isi 



ml in ill . . 

 z . mdnstiMKns 



who :1 

 because its out of 



live;, will be i~: : 

 when arm- energy, as :. 



•• new-rlmgle 1 - :;:-? ini a: - :_ :_ 



due reveren a^U to be fan m I those 



::re tts 

 aot be : _ BecaOy ■ - mem lieywill 



■ever fall inl the many tr i\ 1 e e that —ill : sure to encompass 

 tu:;e-_. are HrHnl with any Qiiag anw jiihji thing Dad is 

 or pretends to be. new. Their grind characteristic is. that 

 they do hell 



genera". Iheir grea- ire so 



-lat they have no desire h 

 '•prove all things -edallyall new things, beir- 



: ■ ■ 



X : r 1 : r_ r 

 three-prrng ieh as three 



of the four an i r. rks coming into gener-i. 



me we ever and anon met with 1 



ing ma . ::^i :r 



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 ... . . . 



hare the 7 



"- I.----: -- - m - :-:,•_-: --.-iir- :- :_ .: -.: 



correspcff'deuis '• J. T. az own 



cheervaticu and experience, be aile Brie love of 

 the antiquated has taken such hold of fa 



— 1: - :_■ ' ' ... . 



. — many a hard days 

 w:r'£ . -_. 1 _r !.:_M 1:— mu:_ m:re m ir" ::uli ae : i _ e ' ~ 



; bring 

 him in about foot naac 



stagers many year; wei 



larr 1 i - - rt _ - 



:ii:i: 

 may i 7". am 



to a err fifienen I 

 We sl:u. . - : men 



*ira .tl the importance 



... 



to keep ah - .: - mi turther -lit men ::' the 



consider to be the — - - - --- -- We —ere still more 



-._. i wIhji _ e had the opportunity of locking 

 orer the.- girieu; Baden ccFer^z: tie ;:■: i : 



stiTt. which thep ;en: - _ Irural eihih:rl:n=. 



¥ar from be a 1 in lookirr —proved kinis ::' 



fjrnit ani - _-._.a-. _i= been rather : 



tt«t w"_ei -_.- l^ad obtainel - atel 1: '•-.— ir.'-.r..- :_ - 



!aet too -^-.. h - : lee7 :: t: themsahes : 

 ter.:-: to pari «rith :; - _11 eeni :zv. - '.-.-'- :ir ; :^ll 7 =avei and 

 HMaal re :i:-:;: urtiek "~t rrr :„:::;- :: tieeelr_-i 

 '-- : . ;.ri- -ins-- ::' i_ = ::'_ ; he— e; ::' :_-7 _.- .1:1 

 - — ■ :er :' their production- wotild lead 



na to the conclusion thi: if ? much wedded to the iU 

 oMefiybeei- _ - _.-= 7 .- :ved that old to be the best in their 



It is well that in making such a charge, " J. T. asd Othess " 

 -- - irhet-gardener ire - tor a hint may be 



t*ken iaMDj frcm a brother in the mie that might be resented 

 as a rude bit ■ if r.'-n by a stranger. For years it has been 

 •iw fa;.a;;r_ :: i.re:t -_ stt :.- _ rentl-nten tene: 



'.-.. - remunerative processes adopted by 



the n rter ; and so little, was it inferred, did gentle- 



men' e r.rl-ner? understand about cropping, that it was more 

 -._ m hinfa 1 :Li: every novice should be as much bound to pass 

 :.me in Falham or Eattersea fields as the young 

 furre:n -:ull be under the 1 I walking the hospitals. 



.__: ycsBg rardeners would learn much in these market gardens 

 - for a moment to be disputed : but those who went to the 

 -ivocacy forgot thi> very simple matter — that 

 : ever be a difference in economical returns when a 

 whole crop can be cleared from the ground at once, and when 

 -mill stops must be obtained in succession so as to yield 

 -. A waggonload of Cauliflower at one 

 time in i gentleman's garden would be poor compensation for 

 i : bavin 7 a head to cut for a week or two in summer. 



T_ agh «re may not consider market gardeners 



as •• J. T." represents them to be, and 



-.i;:l — -; would earnestly desire that they might be more 



im : u — a love of reading and a desire for 



ill information — not m:r;l~. n:r much, as means 



for bettering their temporal resour: e s - :' r opening up fresh 



_ 1 unalloyed happiness, which will remain as rich 



.. ill thi: b rr::?er ;^pH fail to 



heving that, as in other avocations, there may 



n for the charges of carelessly standing still, 



lack of literary interest in these reading days, and want of 



eraL professional, and scientific infor- 



easure to be told by •■ J. T. 



i/<n> Oxers:-;." ■■ Thai will nt i: torus youngsters; we mean 



e difference, to find out the best kinds, and. as 



:= Stri-'cerriee. the best croppers and the best carriere. 



r i on as such bring the best 



-id the preference being given to Alice 



eanor, and other firm varieties. And then as 



■ ;r : Bns - r_ :r_ — we are informed of an animated 



I s to the best modes of cultivation for market ; and 



us with the modes in dispute, and solicits an 



n. 



- :ur readers maybe benefited by these plans, and be 



: part in the discussion, we will as far 



ne able rresent them to their notice. First, then, as 



ie r modes adopted by --J. T." 



1 un i is well trenched and well dunged with rotten 



eowdung from 12 to IS months before the Strawberries are 



planted, cropped 1 — e meantime, the last 



crop being eir> Potatoes, which are dug up so as to put strong 



:he ground being again well 

 - -.— "terrie: are planted. 

 7 r em', kmde two plans are followed. First, those 

 Ddtobe stationary are planted in beds 4 feet wide, we 



them, and three rows 



ere planted in a bed. and thus they remain for three years. 



_e :en:re row :: the bed is removed ; the rows are lined 



; will leave them i_ i :'ee: apart from 



en are covered with a 



good c ii the plants remain two or three 



years Imager. The ?e::ni m:ie i; t : r Lant pretty thickly and 



them to remain 



.- mil thus good crops are obtained without con- 



euminr the ire?E_ur ir:n the :rm: tree;. 



3rd. For late and large kinds, and especially if the ground 



; ante are put on ridges, as if pre- 



tirei I Wiitiad , the rows being 30 inches apart, 



m I :_r plants a foot apart in the row, as they require plenty 



: : eun and air, otherwise they rot. 



=:1 Or the opposite plan — the matter in discussion. By 



t_-: m:ie the 7 lant; are tihen up in August or September, 



lost In lows 1 foot apart, and 6inches from each other 



and remain there until the early crops on the pro- 



- . lerry ground are removed, when they are lifted and 

 planted in June and July, and onwards. This plan, " J. T., " 

 h:— hi; 1 tint ::' view, considers a great mistake, and one crop 

 — ust al he always by his mode obtains a 

 good half crop in the ur;t 7^ar irom using only the first and 

 strongest plants. He considers this extra p l a nting and lifting 



r of time, waste of labour, waste of energy of root, waste 

 : :' : ue crop, loJfng to premature old age, &e. 



What say you, gentlemen of the jury ? We would rather 

 re:ei~e "tur verjict Bam grw E DS enm -7:n::n. Ii mttia. 

 imtr-.Te'ment ;:::e:.e; the :_t: gffiee .: the ihitrntan ii to 

 sum up. Now and then he may have to lead so as to provoke 



: ion ; so we win give a hint or two as a commencement. 



