JUNE] 



THE KITCHEN GARDEN. 



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Where the corkscrew, or 

 spiral direction has been 

 once taken by the roots, 

 they are very apt to retain 

 it during their lives; and 

 if when they have become 

 large trees they are exposed 

 to a gale of wind, they 

 readily blow out of the 

 ground. To prevent this 

 occurrence, it is a good plan 

 to place trees intended for 

 transplantation in old bas- 

 kets. Through their wick- 

 er sides the roots readily 

 penetrate, and when this 

 has happened, the half de- 

 cayed baskets are lifted and 

 " potted" in other baskets 

 of a larger size. 



Fig. 45 is a sketch of a 

 root of Laricio, after hav- 

 ing been planted ten years, 

 illustrating the effects of 

 corkscrewing better than 

 any description. 



Fig. 45. 



JUNE 



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WORK TO BE DONE IN THE KITCHEN GARDEN, 



EARLY MELONS AND CUCUMBERS. 



About the first of this month all your melons and cucumbers that 

 have been hitherto under the protection of glasses or paper-frames, 

 may be fully exposed to the open air, having been previously and 

 gradually inured thereto. A piece of shingle or board should be 

 laid under each fruit of the early melons to preserve them from the 

 damp of the earth, which would injure their flavor. Occasional re- 

 freshments of water will be necessary, but particularly to the cucum- 

 bers. 



Your principal or general crops of melons and cucumbers, in the 

 open ground, should now be kept totally free from weeds, the ground 

 between the plants must be frequently hoed, and the earth drawn 

 gently to the stems of the latest sown : the vines should be laid off 



