1868. 



NEW ENGLAND FAElMER. 



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crops, &c., to those living at a greater dis- 

 tance from market. All vegetables designed 

 for market should be gathered either late in 

 the afternoon preceding, or early in the morn- 

 ing they are to be marketed, so that they may 

 remain out of the ground as short a time as 

 possible before they are used, and then they 

 should be carefully handled, and kept shaded 

 from the sun. While enjoying the varied pro- 

 ducts of the garden, we should not forget to 

 provide for the future in the way of seeds. 

 Too often this is neglected till all the earliest 

 and best specimens are gathered, and only the 

 leavings and scallawag products remain for the 

 production of seed for future use, or none at 

 all is saved. Now, as "like" is said "to pro- 

 duce like," we may not expect to get hand- 

 some, early products unless we savrf seed from 

 the like ; and it is always better for one to 

 grow most of his own seed than to depend on 

 any other source of supply. 



Asparagus. — Keep down all weeds, and 

 encourage the plants to grow to recover from 

 the elFects of the cutting season. If seed is 

 desired, gather when perfectly ripe, and sep- 

 arate from the pulp, and either sow at once, 

 or dry and lay it away till spring. 



Beans. — Gather for the table as fast as they 

 come to suitable age, and see that running 

 sorts are kept to the poles. Some of the bush 

 sorts may still be planted for late use, pickling, 

 canning, &c. 



Cabbage. — Savoy and red cabbage, set dur- 

 ing the month, will head before winter. Use 

 the hoe freely among those already set, to en- 

 courage growth and setting for heads ; and 

 destroy slugs and caterpillars. 



Cauliflower. — These need very frequent 

 hoeing, and should not be allowed to suffer 

 for want of water, in order to have them pro- 

 duce fine heads, or flowers ; use those that 

 come into suitable size, or they will soon run 

 up to seed. 



Corn. — Select a few of the earliest and 

 handsomest ears, mid mark them with a rilibon 

 or string tied to ihe stalk, and let them ripen 

 for seed. Use others as fast as they come to 

 suitable size ; dry for winter and future .use. 



Cucumbers. — Those planted late for pickles 

 will need hoeing to keep down the weeds, and 

 we may look for pickles during the month, 

 which should be picked close every other day. 

 Save seed from the earlier crop and observe 

 directions for seed cucumbers given last month, 

 with the pickle patch, if desirable to save 

 more seed. 



Egg Plants. — The fruit is apt to get down 

 in the diit unless prevented by something 

 placed under it ; a little hay or straw will serve 

 a good purpose. Destroy caterpillars where- 

 ever they may be observed eating the foliage. 



Herbs. — As these come into bloom, con- 

 tinue to gather and cure in the shade, away 

 from dust, and store to preserve their aroma. 



Melons. — The ripening of melons may be 

 hastened and their flavor improved by placing 



a clean sliingle or stone under specimens, and 

 turn them over occasionally, so that all sides 

 may receive the sun and ripen equally. 



Radishes. — Such as the black and white 

 Spanish, salmon and turnip-rooted, and Chi- 

 nese rose-colored winter, for late fall and 

 winter use, may now be sown. 



Strawberries. — Keep the runners cut, un- 

 less desirable to let them grow to form new 

 plants. Old beds may be renewed by manur- 

 ing and spading up strips through the old bed, 

 leaving a row of plants to throw off runners to 

 cover the new bed. Keep all beds clean of 

 weeds and grass. 



Tomatoes. — Those trained to a trellis, or 

 on something to keep them from the ground, 

 will do much the best. If trained to a trellis, 

 keep them tied up, and pinch off the ends of 

 growing branches after the fruit has beg uhto 

 set, to encourage ripening and increase size of 

 fruit. 



Plant, for a succession, wherever any early 

 crop has been removed, or vacant places oc- 

 cur, lettuce, onions for pips and wintering 

 over, spinach, turnips, &c. ; gather and save 

 all seeds as they ripen ; and let the flower 

 beds have a proportion of attention commen- 

 surate with the gratification and pleasure it 

 has produced. W. H. White. 



South Windsor, Conn., 18G8. 



List of Pears. — At a late meeting of the 

 Waltham, Mass., Farmer's Club, Mr. R. Mur- 

 ray, an experienced cultivator of this fruit, 

 recommended the following varieties, remark- 

 ing that he considered the Beurre d'Anjou the 

 king of pears : — 



For Standards— Bartlett, Seckel, Winter Nclis, 

 Lawrence, Slieldon, Buerre d'Clairgeau, Swan's 

 Oranse. 



For Dwarfs or Quince Stalk— Louise bonne de 

 Jersey, Duchesse d'AngouIeme, Urbaniste, Easter 

 Beurre. 



Either on Quince orPcar Stalk— Rostizer, Tyson, 

 Dearborn's Seedling, Flemish Beauty, Beurre d'An- 

 jou, BeuiTe Bosc. 



How to Cure a Cold. — Dr. Hall {Jour- 

 nal of Health) says : The moment a man is 

 satisfied he has taken cold, let him do three 

 things : First, eat nothing ; second, go to bed, 

 cover up in a warm room ; third, drink as much 

 cold water as he can or as he wants, or as 

 much hot herb tea as he can, and in three 

 cases out of four, he will be well in thirty-six 

 hours. The neglect of a cold for forty-eight 

 hours, after the cough commences, is to place 

 himself beyond cure, until the cold has run its 

 course, of about a fortnight. Warmth and 

 abstinence are safe and certain cures, when 

 applied early. Warmth keeps the pores of the 

 skin open, and relieves it of the surplus which 

 oppresses it, while abstinence cuts off the sup- 

 ply of material for phlegm which would other- 

 wise be coughed up. 



