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POPULAR GARDENING. 



July, 



CENTRAL SECTION. £ I I I I ^ 



a p. J; §■ § S 



<1 ■x] O CB A< PM 



Franklin County 3 3 3 3.3 



Greene " .... 3 4 3 4 5 3 



Licking " .... 1 1 3 3 3 3 



Lucas " .... 2 3 4 3 4 2 



Lake " ....323401 



Monts?omery " .... 3 3 3 4 4 4 



Montgomery " ... 3 2 2 3 3 3 



Montgomery " ... 5 54 3 54 



Portage " .... 3 4 2 4 1 3 



Summit " .... 4 4 2 4 I 4 



Summit " ... 3 1 I 3 3 



Washington " ...331331 



Kentucky. 



Jefferson County 3 3 3 3 4 3 



Indiana. 



Carroll County 2 2 3 1 1 3 



Delaware " 3 2 2 3 2 2 



Fountain " 2 2 5 2 3 1 



Hendricks " 334333 



Jasper " 3 3 3 3 4 1 



Marion " 3 2 3 1 4 3 



Putnam " 3 2 4 3 5 3 



Tippecanoe " 2 3 3 2 1 2 



Illinois 



Bloomington County 3 2 3 3 4 



Champaign " 2 3 3 4 1 4 



Hancock " 3 2 4 5 3 3 



Jackson " ... 3 3 3 3 3 3 



Kane " ... 3 4 4 3 



Madison " 5 5 5 3 4 3 



Marion " 5 5 3 3 3 



Marion " 4 3 3 4 4 4 



MlCHIOAN. 



Berrien County.. 5 3 3 5 4 4 



Allegan " ..322 . 1 



Berrien " ..233232 



Mason •' .. 2 2 3 . 1 



Oceana "..33213. 



Ottawa " ..33.31 



Ingham •' ..222222 



Kalamazoo " .234213 



Lenewee " ..334343 



Kent " ..333333 



Monroe " ..223324 



Ionia " ..233333 



Van Buren " ..454344 

 Wisconsin 



Brown County 3 3 1 3 . 



Dane " 3 3 



Ontaganie " 3 2 3 3 



Rock " 3 3 4 3 



Kock '• 4 4 4 5 



Sauk " 3 3 1 3 1 1 



Shiocton " 3 3 4 



Walworth " 3 3 4 3 



SOUTHERN SECTION. 

 Tennkssee. 



Oilson County 1 1 3 4 3 2 



Knox " 3 . 4 5 3 



Mississippi 



Oktibbeha County 5 5.45. 



Georgia 



Chatham County 1 1 3 3 3 



Dekalb " 4 3 5 5 5 2 



Augusta " 3 3 . 4 5 3 



Virginia 



Accomack County 3 3 4 4 3 1 



Arkansas 



Pulaski County 2 1 4 1 1 



North Carolina 



Miltord County 2 3 3 3 4 3 



South Carolina 



Chester County 3 3 5 3 5 4 



Spartanburg •■ 5 5 5 5 3 



Florida. 



Manatee County 5 .s 



St John's " 3 1. 



Texas 



Grayson " 3 3 3 3 1 2 



Grayson " .34.413 



WESTERN SECTION. 



Minnesota. 



Grant County 2 3 



Houston " 4 8 . 3 



Minneapolis 3 3 . 3 



Nebhaska. 



Butler County 4 4 S 5 4 



Jefferson " .... 3 3 5 5 5 3 



Omaha " 4 3 



Nemaha " 3 3 5 4 5 4 



Iowa. 



Allamakee County 4 . . 1 



Jones " 3 . . 3 



Mitchell " 3 2 3 



Scott " 3 3 4 5 4 i 



Story " 4 3 4 a 3 



Kansas 



Douglas County 2 2 5 3 4 3 



Douglas " 3 2 5 3 4 3 



Lawrence " 2 3 i 3 3 



Leavenworth " 2 3 3 3 4 3 



Nevada. 



Washoe County . 3 3 5 3 1 



Missouri 



Bai-ton County 5 5 4 5 5 4 



Bates " 3 3 4 4 3 2 



Bushburg " 3 3 4 5 4 3 



Greene ■' 3 3 4 6 5 3 



Jackson " 2 2 5 3 3 2 



Jasper " 3 3 5 4 4 3 



McDonald " 3 3 4 4 5 8 



Miller " 4 4 4 5 5 3 



Montgomery " 3 3 4 3 5 4 



St. Louis " 3 2 3 3 3 3 



California. 



Sonoma County 5 5 5 5 8 3 



Washington. 



Pierce County 2 2 5 1 4 



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PL, O M « S 



o Correspondent. 







3 4 4 4 4 4 W, J. Green. 



2 3 5 4 4 3 Robert L. Dean. 



3 4 5 4 3 3 A. M. Nichol. 



3 3 4 2 4 3 W. W. Farnsworth. 



3 5 4 3 3 3 J. H. Tryon. 



4 6 5 5 3 4 Tho. F. Longnecker. 

 * 4 5 5 3 4 N. Ohmer. 



3 3 3 6 3 3 Hoover & Gaines Co. 

 a ■* 3 3 3 3 Adrew Nillson. 



4 5 5 4 4 4 M. Crawford. 

 3 5 4 3 3 3 L. B. Pierce 



■ 4 4 3 2 2 W. W. Rathbone. 



3 4 4. . F. Walker. 



3 3 2 JuUa M. Kantz. 



2 Granville Cowing. 



3 13 John Wade. 

 433 Mordecai Carter. 



2 3 3 Walter L Gumm. 



3 2 3 Wm B Flick. 

 3 2 4 W. H. Ragan. 

 2 3 3 J. Troop. 



4 3 Sidney Tuttle. 

 . G. W. McCluer 



4 4 A. C. Hammond. 



3 3 Geo. C. Hanford. 



3 D. Hill. 

 3 2 Mrs. M. Bucknell. 



1 1 J. Spencer. 

 3 3 B C. Warfleld. 



■') . W. A Smith, 

 3 3 Byron Markham. 



. R C. Thayer. 

 2 3 J. E Campbell. 

 . . E. J Shirts. 

 . I. Mai-silg.. 



2 Robert L. Hewitt. 



4 J. N- Stearns. 



3 Peter Collier. 

 3 F. E. Skoels. 

 3 J. E. Inglefritz &Sons 

 2 Geo. Hosford. 



5 T. T. Lyon. 



3 3 



3 J. M. Smith. 



3 E. S. Goff 



4 W. D Boynton. 

 3 B. S. Hoxie 



5 Geo. J, Kellogg. 

 3 A. Clark Tuttle. 



3 Eben E. Re.xford. 



4 F. K. Phoenix. 



. C. M. Mer\in. 

 3 C. S. Plumb. 



2 



. 5 . . S. M. Tracy. 



3 3 3 T. L. Kinsey. 

 3 5 5 4 10 Swanton. 



2 3 2. . P. J. Berckmans. 



3 4 3 3 McMath Bros. 



. 3 5 4 . . W. K. Tipton. 



3 4 3 3 3 J. Van Lindley. 



3 4 2 . HA Green. 



3 4 5 10 Mrs. J. SB. Thomson 



3.56. . Reasoner Bros. 



. . ■ 3 3 . . W. C. Steele. 



3 3 T. V. Munson. 



5 . J. J. Fairbanks. 



3 3 



4 3 3 S Frogner. 

 3 2 2 John S. Harris. 

 1 3 3 L. Asire. 



4 3 3 4 3 C. J. Palmer. 



4 4 5 3 3 G J Carpenter. 



3 3 13 3 F. W. Taylor. 



5 5 5 4 3 Robt. W. Furnas. 



4 4 2 2 3 John F. Dayton. 

 3 4 4 3 3 Edward Hoyt. 



3 4 2 3 3 T H. Lovejoy. 



5 5 3 3 2 Mrs. M. R Waggoner 



4 3 3 4 4 J. L. Budd. 



4 4 5 1 1 B. F. Smith. 



4 4 5 3 3 A. C Green & Bro. 



4 4 4 2 4 G C. Brackett. 



3 4 4 3 3 J. Stayman. 



3 . 4 4 4 3 3 W. S. Devoe. 



4 3 4 5 5 3 3 Lon H. Gale. 



be worked in the spring these beds must be 

 manured, plowed, dragged and worked thor- 

 oughly,and two or three times before setting the 

 plants. This stirring the ground warms and 

 loosens it, and the young roots can soon get the 

 benefit to repay all trouble. 



The same directions can be followed for Tur- 

 nips,Onions, etc., especially when sets are scarce. 

 Early Onions can be grown this way, and only 

 need to be tried to be followed each year. 



Early Tomatoes. Tomato seeds are sown in 

 same kind of boxes as Beets. For the earliest 

 varieties sow first of March. We use Canada 

 Victor tor early. A week later sow late kinds. 

 With us the Acme does usually best for lat«. 

 The first aim is healthy,stocky plants, and 1 urge 

 them as fast as possible. With this object in view 

 they must have plenty of fresh, warm air to 

 grow dark-colored leaves, heavy roots and thick 

 stock. I do not allow mine to stop growing. 



When they have three or four leaves I pick 

 out with care, transplant in other boxes, same 

 size, give same temperature and treatment until 

 about the middle of April, when they are ready 

 to leave the hot house for the compost bed. 



The method of forming the compost bed is a 

 point 1 shall have to explain; it is made of sta- 

 ble manure hauled during winters, and the 

 deeper the better. I place my frames on this 

 and fill them in with earth five or six inches deep; 

 place on sash; in a day or so the dirt is warm; 

 then use all the care possible in setting out the 

 plants. Leave sash off all the time it is safe, giv- 

 ing the tops all the air you can. The under heat 

 will take care of the roots. 



With proper attention, by the tenth or twen- 

 tieth of May you will have No. 1 plants, heavy 

 roots, full tops with buds and even blossoms. 



They are now ready for transplanting on a 

 light, sandy soil, sloping to the south, should be 

 well worked and manured. The last plowing I 

 have done on the day I set them out, and I give 

 it a good top dressing; then thoroughly drag it. 

 Before taking up, the ground must be saturated, 

 then in the morning lift each one from the bed 

 with plenty of earth; press the earth to a ball be- 

 tween the hands; place in a cool cellar in boxes 

 until setting out in the afternoon. 



Now I have one hand go with narrow spade, 

 and spade holes about six inches deep, another 

 hand with water, a pint or more to each hole; 

 another hand drops the plant in the hole, and the 

 last one places the plant aiight, firmly settles 

 the dirt and the plants will not even wilt. The 

 cultivator should be started, in a day or two. 



The compost bed is used for Lettuce and other 

 eai-ly things. When fall comes I have a fine bed 

 of manure, well rotted ready to haul on the land. 



New York Market Quotations, 



Showing Tendencies. 



Week ending Week ending 

 June 19. June 5. 



.Apples— Russet, prime per bbl. . . i 50@:i 00 



Russet, fair to good a 00@2 25 



Baldwin, pr. to fancy 2 50@SOO 



Baldwin, fair to good 1 75@2 25 



Peaches— Ga., per 34 qt. crate. . . 50@I 75 



S. C per >< bu. box 1000150 



Plums— Wild Uoose, 24 qt. erate. 1 00®2 UU 



Per quart 6® 8 



Cherries— Fancy, large, per lb. . 12@ 15 



Medium sized, sort 3@ 5 



Sour, sound.. 6® 8 



Strawberries— Western N.T.,qt 16® 18 



Jersey, big varieties 10@ 20 5@ 7 



Jersey Wilson 6® 8 3 8 



Rasnl)erries— Red, per pint 10@ 15 



Jersey Black Cap, pint 7@ 8 



Huckleberries— Jersey, qt 14 



Gooseberries — Green, per qt 5@ 6 



Apples— Evap't'd. pr. to fancy. . iH"*^ 6 4W@ 5 



Evap't'd, common 5W@ 4}^ 3j|@ 4V6 



Evaporated N. C, sliced iU^SH 2fe 3« 



Evap. .State, quarters, 1886... 2H®Sii 2W® 3 



Evap. Ohio and Mich., qrs... 2^®^ 2>|® 3^ 



Evap. Chopped, per lb 1"^ lH®iH 



Evap., cores and skins 1 



Peaches— Del. .evap't'd, peeled'88 10 ® 13 10® 14 



Del., evap't'd, mipeeled '88. . 5 @5)4 5® 6 



North Carolina, peeled fancy 8 8U 



Southern, unpeeled 2^ 2>^® 3 



Raspberries— evap't'd '88 19 20 



Sundrled 1888 17® 18 18 



Cherries— Evap., per lb 10® 14 12® 15 



Huckleberries— Evap l(X3i 11 10® 11 



Plums-Evap , State 5H 5H 



South Damson, per lb, 5 5 



Blackberries- 1888, Evap S)^® 4 4 



Potatoes— Southern new 3 00®4DO 3 00®6 00 



Southern, seconds and culls. 1 0U@2 50 1 50®3 lio 



Old 1!!5®162 1UO@150 



Asparagus— Choice, per doz. bun 1 25®1 50 1 2.5®1 SO 



Falrtogood 100®1'25 1 00®1 12 



Cabbage— Southern, per bbl 1 00@1 75 1 50@2 50 



L. I., per 100 200@3 00 



Cucumbers— South., per crate.. 4i:i@l 50 50®3CO 



Green Peas-L. L.perbag 1 00®1 75 1 iiOel 60 



Jersev. per bbl. 3 00®3 50 



Onions— Bermuda, per crate 5C® 90 50® 60 



New Orleans, per bbl 3 00 150 



Squash— Florida, per bbl 75®2 50 50® 75 



StrlngBeans— .South, per J^b.c. 25®1 .50 2 00®S50 



Md. Wax, J4 bbl. basket 1 00®2 00 



Tomatoes-Florida, perorate... 100®175 1 00@2 50 



Turnips-Jersey White 100 bun. 2 0O®3 00 3 00®4 00 



