14 MARKET GARDENING. 



that one year the order for Bloomsdale and Eeedland 

 Farms, six hundred and fifty acres, reached the sum of 

 twenty thousand dollars. When stable manure cannot 

 be had, as in a sparsely settled country, wood ashes may 

 play an important part, and, if artificial fertilizers need 

 to be hought, superphosphate and Peruvian gnano will 

 come in as useful adjuncts to home manure, compost 

 and green crops, plowed under. Bangh's superphosphate 

 is in good repute in Philadelphia, and we feel warranted 

 to say, from our own experience, that it is reliable. In 

 short, all organic matter, and nearly every substance 

 that decomposes, is ahle, if rightly applied, to stimulate 

 vegetahle growth. But let it be observed, for on this 

 fact much depends, the product, in respect to earliness, 

 is influenced in proportion to the quality and quantity of 

 manure aj^plied. The truck gardeners of Philadelphia 

 understand this well, and place in market, by the aid of 

 excessive apj^lication of excrementitious matter, cabbage, 

 lettuce, radish, beets, long before they are fit for use in 

 private gardens, where such rank manures w^ould not be 

 countenanced, and, of course, wdth extra early products, 

 they reap large profits. 



It is a good plan to prepare manure in advance of 

 the season of demand, by making compost heaps, as they 

 are called, which can be drawn upon as needed, without 

 having to look up fertilizers at a busy time, and when 

 crops may be delayed, awaiting their arrival. The expe- 

 rienced cultivator understands all this equally Avell with 

 the writer, but he is advising the inexperienced, those 

 who inquire of him the why and the wherefore, and to 

 such only, be it understood, is he addressing himself. 



Another point of important consideration and of. 

 interest to those wdio design embarking in the business 

 of gardening, whether for market or private gratifica- 

 tion, are the implements best adapted for such work. 



Implements. — If the operations are designed to 



