1890. 



POPULAR GARDENING. 



225 



1,'.'0N. Ooiden Elder, An Kn^rlish writer speaks 

 of it iis follows: Tliis useful plnnt should Im? 

 jji'own on 11 sunny bank in a mass or in the front 

 of the shrul)l)eries, as when Itacked up by other 

 foliiiKe nf a tiark (.-olor the olleet is inipro\'ed. 

 To reruU-r the leu\e^ larjfoi'and ol a deep ^()lcien 

 tint, pinrh out the point of eaeh shnot, when the 

 (■<il(u- will einnmenee to deepen at onee and re- 

 main inure jfohlen all the summer than when it 

 is allowed freedom. The tallest bushes ean be 

 re^rulated to a nieety to jrive the best effect, as 

 in a sloping position a larger area of golden 

 foliage is seen than when the front row of plant.s 

 is aihiwed to grow the tiUIest- Hy timely and 

 judieious pinching a better effect is obtained 

 thiui by allowing the gmwths to ramble at will. 



U7VH. Crops in Shade. There are a few 

 elimlH?i-s that will give perfect satisfaction under 

 the shade of a large tree. These, and the only 

 ones that will do it, are— the green-leaved vart- 

 cties of Ivies If the shade is nor too dense and 

 some good soil can be given to start them in 

 several of the strong-growing <'leraatis may 

 succeed, including C. montanaand C. Flammula. 

 <\ Jaekamani I have had do well on an arch 

 untUM' the shade of a tree where the branches 

 did not come very low down; but the plants 

 nuist be well supported. The common Honey- 

 suckles will grow in the shade if the top can 

 struggle out into the sunshine. The Hop will 

 grow in the shade under similar conditions.— ^-1 ' - 

 lantic. 



1,!>:.'7. Treatment for Cannas. Catuias delight 

 beyond all else in a very fertile soil. It does 

 not matter so much whether the land is muck or 

 sand or any other kind, so long as it is thonmgh- 

 ly enriched with strong stable nuuiiin'. In fact 

 to make the substance one-third manure would 

 give all the better results in tine growth. The 

 ('anna also ilelights in plenty of moisture at the 

 root.s. It is almost impossible to overdo the 

 matter of watering. An excellent course to 

 produce tine results with the plants is to leave 

 a depression in the soil about each one and fill in 

 se\'eiiil inches of manure gathered from the 

 stable, and then filling such basin with water 

 two or three times each week. 



1,W5. Autumn Transplanting. Trees and 

 shrubs can be transplanted successfully at almost 

 any titpe of the year, with proper treatment. 

 At the latter part of September the wood and 

 foliage of most trees is nearly mature, and we 

 would not hesitate to transplant trees at that 

 time, but if the leaves are yet in growing condi- 

 tion, it may be advisible to strip the branches. 



l.HJd. Culture of Tropical Fruits. California 

 P''ruits and How to Grow them is the title of a 

 .■)titi page volume by Edward Wickson, A. M., 

 published by Dewey & Co., San Francisco, Cal. 

 This treats cjuite fully on the culture of Oranges, 

 Itiinanas and other tropical fruits. We do not 

 know the price of the work. 



REPORT ON THE CONDITION OF THE FRUIT CROP 



From our Correspondents, June 2o, 1 890. 



Explanation: 5, indioaU's a very heavy crop; 4, over average; 3, average; 2, under average; 

 1, poor; 0, total failure. Kinds chicHy grown indicated by full face figures. 



EASTERN SECTION. 



■i C B- a li 



Correspoudcnts. 



11" 

 Vermont. 



Orleans C'lmnty 5 .5 3 



Chittendeu " 5 3 3 



Pennsylvania. 



Philadclpliia County 2 



Lanca.^ter " 4 4 3 



Lancaster " 3 2 3 



Lackawanna " 2 2 3 



Franklin " 1 2 1 



Franklin " 2 I 2 



Dauphin " 3 3 4 



I'umberland " 2 3 3 



Chester " 2 2 1 



Chester " 1 1 



Centre " 1 1 1 



Butler " 2 



Bucks " 3 3 3 



Berks " 2 2 3 



Bradford " 3 3 1 



.Allegheny " . .. o n O 



Warren " ... 1 1 I 



Montour " 1 1 2 



Crawford "' 1 1 1 



l)EL.\WAHE. 



New Castle County U 2 



Kent '• 1 1 1 



Sussex " 1 2 1 



New Jersey. 



Union County 112 



Monmouth " 2 2 3 



Orange " 3 3 2 



Essex " 1 1 1 



Burlington " 



Atlantic " 2 2 I 



Burlington " 3 



New YoKk. 



Wayne County 1 1 2 



Yates " 3 B 3 



Ulster " 3 3 2 



Tomi)kins " 1 I 



Suffolk " 1 1 



Suffolk " .... 2 2 



Seneca " 3 3 2 



Onondaga " 1 1 2 



Orleans •' 1 1 



Oneida " 4 4 4 



Niagara •' O 2 



Niagara " 1 O 1 



Niagara " 3 1 3 



Monroe " 8 a 2 



Monroe " 1 1 2 



Livingston " 



Erie " 2 1 2 



Chautaurjua " ... 1 1 2 



Chautamiua " 3 2 3 



Cayuga " 2 2 2 



Wayne " 1 1 1 



Chautauqua " I 1 2 



Ontario " 1 O 1 



Albany " 2 1 3 



Genesee " O 1 



Oswego " 1 1 4 



Connecticut. 



Tolland County 1 1 1 



Middlesex '• 1 1 1 



LitchHeld " 3 3 2 



Hartford " 2 2 3 



Massachusetts. 



Worcester County 2 3 1 



Hampshire " 4 4 5 



Hampden " 3 3 3 



Norfolk " 2 2 4 



epLiPHPno.o'^paSccB 



3 5 

 3.32 3 



4 4 

 3 4 



3 U U 

 1 O -.J '.i 

 3 O 











o 



4 

 3 

 



1 

 B 1 

 4 . 



3 3 T. H. Hoskins. 

 3 3 C. W. Mmott. 



2 3 



3 3 

 3 3 



3 2 Thos. Mchaii & Son. 



r, S Eii^'IciV Mro. 



3 3 II. .M. V.uKh: 



3 3 Isiuic F. Tillinghast. 



2 2 B. B. Erigle. 



. . B. L. Ryder-. 



. E. C. Briiiser. 



4 John F. Ilupp. 



2 J. A. Roberts. 

 1 Joseph H. Kent. 



3 Wni. A. Buckhout. 

 George W, Phillips. 

 3 Wm. H. .Moon. 

 2 CyiiisT. Ff).\. 



. Fri'.l II. Ciu'd. 

 Jatnes Seinple. 



2 2 3 F. II. Miller. 



3 A. Judstm Still. 



3 3 3 Mrs. E. L. Patterson. 



2 1 . Edw. Tatnall. 



3 3 3 Wesley Wells. 

 13 3 







1 







5 2 



3 3 



2 3 



3 3 







3 3 2. 



3 4 3 



3 J. H Shotwell. 

 3 F. M. White. 



T. II Spaulding. 

 3 E. Williams. 



2 B. Shedaker. 



. Wm. F. Bassett. 



3 B. D. Shedaker. 



3 3 



4 5 



4 



4 4 

 3 4 

 3 3 



5 5 

 .5 5 



3 3 



4 4 



3 I 1 



4 1 3 

 3 1 

 3 2 3 



1 3 

 1 



2 2 2 



3 2 



1 3 1 



1 2 1 



3 1 2 

 1 3 

 3 4 3 



3 

 4 

 3 

 1 

 5 

 3 

 5 

 4 

 3 

 3 

 3 

 5 

 4 

 4 



.5 

 5 

 3 

 4 



W. L. Dcvereaux. 



Geo. B Arnold. 



H. Hendricks. 



P. B. Crandnll. 



P. H. Foster. 



E. D. Putnoj-. 



Geo. A. Bonnell. 



Smiths, Powell & Lamb. 



V. Brogue. 



E. P. Powell. 



Heruy Lutts. 



J. K. Pcrrijio. 



Moody \- Sons. 



Joseph Harris. 



Ellwanger & Barry. 



L. D. Elder. 



E. Willett. 



L. Koesch, 



E. H. Pratt. 



D. M, Dunning. 

 David Lake. 

 .s. S. Cri.ssey. 



F. Greiner. 



J. A. Lintner. 

 J. F. Rose. 

 L. J. Farmer. 



4 3 3 2 



3 . . 



5 3 3 3 



1 3 3 



5 2 2 Wm. H. Yeomans. 



.5 3 3 W. A. Doolittle. 



3 3 3 T. S. Gold. 



3 3 . S. B. Kcach. 



3 3 3 W. H. Perry. 



4 3 . William N. Hoyt. 

 4 3 . F. H. Horsford. 



5 4 Warren H. Manning. 



1,S!I4. Bemedy for Snails. Sister (iraeious tells 

 of her troubles with the "varmints" in Ameri- 

 can Garden. An effective trap, she says, was 

 discovered accidentl.v. I planted some Fern 

 seed in a (lower pot saucer and put it under the 

 glass. Ne.\t time I took it out, I found three fat. 

 snails on tlie bottom, and next day some more 

 I exainiiir the case every day and the number 

 grows less and less; 1 shall get them all in time. 

 The Ferns and Begonias look much better ; my 

 trap is a success. 



l.HHO. Experiment Stations. The bulletins of 

 the stations are mentioneil under heading of 

 " Received at this OIHcc," at the end of reading 

 columns of each issue of Popular Gardening. 

 In every instance the name and residence of the 

 director of the respective station is given, By 

 examming this department, you will be enabled 

 to get the addresses of directors of all the prin- 

 ciple stations. Another way of getting this in- 

 formation is tfl address the United States Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture, Otiice of Experiment 

 Stations, Washington, D. C , for a copy of the 

 Experiment Station Record. 



1,889. encumber Pickles. Quite a voluminous 

 book might be written on the subject, so many 

 recipes, and very good ones, are given. One 

 way of preparing Cucumber pickles, says the 

 New England Farmer, is to pour boiling salted 

 water over the Cucumbers and let them stand 

 twenty-four hours; repeat the scalding on the 

 second and third days. Use one-quarter cup of 

 salt to three quarts of water. On the fourth 

 morning heat enough vinegar to cover them 

 with a little alum added and turn over the Cu- 

 cumbers; let them stand until the next day. 

 Now drain and put the pickles into jars and 

 cover them with good strong vinegar. Add to 

 each gallon of vinegar used one-half cup of 

 white Mustard seed, a small piece of alum, a 

 tablespoontui of brown sugar and a few well 

 bruised Horse-radish roots. Any one who is 

 planning to make Cucumber pickles to sell must 

 be prepared with vines enough to give a gener- 

 ous crop daily of very small Cucumbers. Those 

 sold in bottles and .jars are not the huge pickles 

 which are the only kind many ijeopli' make and, 

 however eatable, do not meet the reqiiinnicnts 

 of the market. Another good way, ilescribcd by 

 the Country Gentleman, is the following:— Make 

 a brine of two pounds of salt to one gallon of 

 wat<?r, and keep them in it about two weeks, 

 stirring up from the bottom every few days. 

 Then take them out of the brine and let them 

 lie in fresh water a day, and they are ready for 

 pickliiifr— i>idy do not put the vinegar on them 

 wliilc till y are wet. Take them out and spread 

 them till they are dry, or, if the number does 

 not forbid, wipe them off. The ob,iect of this 

 is to retain their crlspness Those that are not 

 crisp when you take them from the brine should 

 be discarded. Use strong vinegar, and dilute 

 with water, as this softens them. The vinegar 

 should be heated in a granite iron kettle, or un- 

 glazed earthen one, for salt and vinegar will 

 dissolve the lead in the glazing of any article. 

 Add to one gallon of vinegar a teacupful of 

 sugar, three dozen Peppercorns, two teaspoon- 

 fuls of Cloves (whole) Allspice, and a dozen 

 blades of Mace. Let these boil in tlie vinegar 

 ti\e minutes, and then pour over the Cucumbers 

 wliile it is scalding hot Protect them from the 

 air by having the stone ,iar full, .so that putting 

 on the cover will run it over, the same as sealing 

 canned fruit. The third day they should be 

 taken out, and the vinegar again scalded and 

 poured over them the same as before. Handle 

 them always with a wooden spoon. This process 

 should be repeated twice after this, with an in- 

 terval of three days between. They may taste 

 fairly in a month, but will he far better in three 

 months, and in fact time treats them kindly, as 

 it does wine— when you have them right to start 

 with. 



1,898. Bleacbing Celery. Of the two methods 

 suitable for home garden, namely earthing up, 

 and bleaching b.v boards, I hardly know which 

 to call the simpler. I am sure either will answer 

 well enough, and no simpler or better is known 

 to me. With the few plpnt-s in the home garden, 

 the labor of " banking " is not considerable, and 

 the job ean be done at odd and convenient times. 

 Begin as early in the season as the plants are 

 large enough, in order to have an early supply 

 of good Celery to use. For late fall use earth 

 up a week or two later, and use this most delici- 

 ous vegetable freely. Many people have it aU 

 right for use all during the fall, but are too 

 choice with it to use all they want, and then lose 

 a good portion of it by leaving it out too long. 

 Heavy freeze-ups usually come suddenly, and 

 we must be prepared tor them. When "a few 

 boards, ten or twelve inches wide, are at cora- 

 man<l. the bleaching can be done very easily by 

 encasing I'ach row with two lines of"boards, to 

 be held by little pegs or stakes driven into the 

 ground from sliding away from the rows at the 

 ground, and with strings, or slats nailed across, 

 from spreading apart on top. Celery intended 

 for winter or sprmg use should only be handled, 

 not bleached in the open ground. The bleaching 

 can be done in winter storage in the cellar or 

 trench.— G. K. 



