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POPULAR GARDENING. 



June, 



A, M. PTTEDY'S DEPABTMENT. 



Post-o^ce address^ - - Palmyra^ N. Y. 



Briefs, 



Keep up a succession of Radishes by repeated 

 sowings. 



Nothing better for Cabbages than a good dress- 

 ing of wood ashes. 



Run a wire through cog wheels to make a nice 

 support for running vines. 



Huckleberries are not a success on upland. On 

 a low, wet place plant them, not otherwise. 



If Strawberries are foul clean them out by 

 working the surtace very shallow up to the time of 

 fruiting. 



We have saved newly set Sweet Potato plants 

 from trust by drawing a little earth over the 

 plant at night and removing in the morning. 



If Fear Blight strikes your trees slit down one 

 side of tne hmo and body through the bark with a 

 sharp knife, also run over body and hmbs with pure 

 linseed oil. 



We sow Peas in succession a week apart up to 

 first ol June and in that way have this delicious 

 dish daily for weeks. The Champion of England is 

 our favorite for a general crop. 



This Spring in furrows where we had planted 

 Red Kaspuerries we sowed Peas. The soil is strong 

 and the Peas coming off so early we question it 

 they will damage the Raspberries any. 



Layering. Lay old wood of Grape-vines under the 

 eaitu now and you will have a lot of fine vines this 

 fall, and by backing up the Currant and Gooseberry 

 bushes now you can pull off fine roots this taU. 



Don't fail to use the London Purple or Paris 

 Green water on Cherries, Plums, Apples and 

 Peaches at once, if not done betore. A leaspoon- 

 tul in a large pail of water is sufficient, and with 

 & smaU hand pump, such as is advertised, spray the 

 trees thorougUly when leaves are dry. 



Raspberries on Mucky Land. We have seen 

 plantations ut Black Raspberries on low mucky 

 ground where water stands. Last fall we put our 

 one-horse plows in there and plowed up to the 

 bushes, leaving dead furrows between, and this 

 spring the plants look one hundred per cent better. 

 In planting in low land it is better to plow ground 

 up m "lands,'" say two rods wide, leaving deep, 

 " dead furrows " between each '"land," and thus 

 carrying off surplus water. Black Raapberries will 

 do well on such land. 



Nubbin Strawberries. "Why do my straw- 

 berry plants bear so many 'nubbins'''' we are 

 asked. We answer: First. Because they have not 

 been properly fertilized with the varieties neces- 

 sary tor that purpose. If long, continued rains 

 come while in blossom even " perfect '■" blossoming 

 kinds wih not get properly fertilized. Then again 

 care should be taken to so plant as not to nave 

 more than five to six rows of pistiUate kinds to 

 alternate rows of fertilizing sorts, like Downer, 

 "Wilson, Sharpless, Chas. Downing, etc. 



To Prevent Heaving of Fall-set Plants. We 

 have found a very goud way to prevent atraw- 

 berries set in the tali from " heaving " through the 

 winter or spring is to draw or plow a ridgt^ ot earth 

 up to them late in the fall, and drawing it away in 

 tne spring. Tip Raspberries set in the fall may be 

 protected in the same way, that is, by making a 

 small bank of earth over each plant, and drawing 

 it away in the spring. Tip Raspberries set in the 

 fall and thus cared for make a third more growth 

 the first sea&on than if set tbe following spring. 



Asparagus Culture. It is so strange that As- 

 paragus IS not more grown and used. One soon 

 learns to like it as well as Peas. It can be grown 

 from seed. 'Ihe seed should be placed in a tin pail 

 and boiling hot water poured upon it and let it 

 stand therein (not keeping water not) until it begins 

 to smell and sprout, then pour off the water 

 and mix the seed with dry sand, when it can 

 be easily sown and will sprout very soon. Plants 

 should be set a foot apart in row, and rows two feet 

 apart, for garden use, or three feet for market. 



The Same Old Story. A party Uving in a Southern 

 town writes us wnen he first went there he could 

 sell but little fruit in the town where he is, but 

 that each year he sells more and the demand is 

 larger. So it is everywhere. Grow the fruit and 

 you will soon make a demand for it. We remem- 

 ber well when a crate or two of Strawberries would 

 supply our native village at even U to 8 cents per 

 quart, but now it takes ten times that quantity. 

 People soon learn that fruit and sugar is the most 

 healthy as well as tbe cheapest food for the table. 



Gains from Fall Plowing. It is wonderful what 

 a difference it makes in many respects by plowing 

 ground in the fall and then again in the spring. 

 First, by kilhng out and putting back weeds. Sec- 

 ond, by making the soil more porous and loamy 

 and more easily worked. Third, by killing out 

 grubs and vermin of different kinds. Fourth, by 

 opening the soil so that snow and rain work into 

 ground instead of running off; and fifth by putting 

 back weeds. We shall hereafter try and do all the 

 plowing we can in the tall, then again in tbe spring. 

 Distance of Fertilizing Sorts. We are often 

 asked: "' How far will it do to set pistillate sorts of 

 Strawberries away from fertilizing sorts to get tbe 

 former properly fertilized?'* Tnis is a matter in 

 which really the weather has much to do with dis- 

 tance and results. If it is dry and there is consid- 

 erable wind in blossoming season they will fertil- 

 ize well 4 to 6 rods apart; but should tbe season at 

 blossoming time be wet they must be nearer. 

 It is best to alternate, say 5 to 8 rows of one and the 

 same of the other. Red Raspberries and Black- 

 berries the same. 



Seed Sowing. Work may be lessened in all 

 sowed garden seeds, like Onions, Carrots, Beets,etc., 

 by spatting with the back of tbe hoe the surface 

 of the soil over the seed, and then passing over the 

 rows, j ust before the seed germinates and comes up, 

 with a fine tooth-iron rake and raking the surface 

 shaUow but thoroughly. This kills the httle weeds 

 that were starting and puts the plants ahead of 

 them a week to ten days, and saves finger work and 

 back ache. A trifie of wood ashes or superphos- 

 phate scattered on tbe surface over the seeds just 

 before they come up is very beneficial. 



Old Strawberry Plants Transplanted. It may 

 not be generally Known that many kinds of Straw- 

 berries will form more runners and plants the first 

 season from old plants transplanted than from new. 

 Some kinds we have run so low on that we have 

 taken up aU tbe old plants from an old bed and set 

 them thickly in new beds, to make allowances for 

 dying out. In fact we have had as fine fruiting 

 plantations from a bed set with old plants as any 

 we have grown. To set them well we plough a 

 furrow with a one-horse plow, place the plants 

 against the land side of tbe furrow and draw in 

 earth against them. Try it. 



Setting Raspberries in Late Spring. We have 

 the best success in setting both Rea and Black 

 Raspberries as late as June in this section, by hav- 

 ing ground all prepared and holes dug in furrows 

 ploughed, and right after a hard rain that had 

 soaked down to the roots taken up green young 

 plants of the same season's growth, keeping roots 

 from tbe sun and cutting tops back half to two- 

 thirds. In fact we have had good success in every 

 month from June to September with such, and too 

 with setting old plants. Tip roots of Black Rasp- 

 berries when new growth has not got over one 

 foot high, and new growth cut back half way, do 

 well set thus. 



New Set Trees and Drought. More trees die 

 from neglect than from any other cause, and tbe 

 chief neglect is in not mulching well when set, or 

 else keeping surface well worked around them 

 through dry spehs. When a few trees are set in the 

 door-yard we find a heavy mulch necessary, espe- 

 ciaUy if watered through the dry season. Water- 

 ing without mulching in times of drought does 

 more harm than good, imless. the ground is 

 thoroughly soaked just at evening. The mulch re- 

 tains moisture near surface and prevents Ifeaking 

 of the surface. If young orchards are watered in 

 dry weather see to it that the surface when water 

 is put on is shaded with mulch. 



From Old to New. A correspondent enquires if 

 he can change his Black Raspberry plantation from 

 an old to a new one? Yes, easily; layer in Au- 

 gust or September half way between tbe old plants 

 in the row a strong tip of the new growth, and 

 when this gets well started dig out the old plants. 

 Another way: plant Blackberries half way between 

 the Raspberries in the row, and when these get a 

 year old clean out the Raspberries, thus leaving a 

 Blackberry plantation nicely started. Another 

 correspondent asks if it will do to plant anything 

 the first year or two among Raspberries newly set? 

 Yes, we put a row of Strawberries half way between, 

 let them bear one crop then plough them under. 



Mixed husbandry in gardening and fruit grow- 

 ing is necessary for success. For years we have 

 relied largely upon our berry crop as our chief 

 support, but within three or tour years have found 

 it well to grow a good and well assorted supply of 

 vegetables, including Asparagus and Pie-plant. We 

 usually keep two to three wagons on the road 

 peddUng and find that even when we are selling 

 berries it is easy to work in a few bunches of 

 Radishes, Beets, Lettuce, Onions, as also Peas, 



String Beans, Cucumbers, Tomatoes, etc. And too 

 many times when pickers cannot be kept going on 

 gathering Strawberries they Uke to turn in and 

 pick Peas and Beans. Currants and Gooseberries 

 are good selling fruits and work in well with Straw- 

 berries and Raspberries. 



A New Idea in Growing Raspberries. We 

 shall try it any how. We nave a plantation of 

 Greggs that have been fruiting for some seven or 

 eight years. We have this spring cut them off 

 close to the ground and plowed up to them and 

 thrown a forkful of manure onto each hill. Half 

 way between we have put in a row of corn, as we 

 have to fill up all such places for feed for our six 

 horses and ttiree cows. We believe by thorough 

 cultivation we shall get a full growth ot canes this 

 season, and by nippiug off when only two feet 

 high and nipping side branches when not over a 

 foot long, we cau make splendid bushes for plant- 

 ing next season. We have often noticed hills where 

 tbe last year's canes got broken off woifid send up 

 strong young canes and yield splendidly the fol- 

 lowing season. 



GIRDLING FRUIT TREKS. 



Mr. Spaulding, of Illinois, practices girdling 

 in his orchards with great success. W hen his 

 Apple trees aie six years old, he takes off a 

 narrow strip — say hall-inch wide — of the 

 very outer bark, all the way around the tree; 

 which he claims, sets them to at once beai'ing 

 a full crop of truit. He has thus far found no 

 disastrous results from the practice. 



The above is from the Geauga Bulletin. In 

 this practice it must be observed that it is only 

 the outer bark that is to be removed. If to ue 

 followed up we would advise thick planting 

 of the trees, say not over 12 feet apart each 

 way, and girdle only every third tree or row 

 each way, from the time they are five to six 

 years transplanted until limbs grow together 

 a little and ground is shaded, and then cut out 

 those entirely that have been girdled, and then 

 girdle one ot the rows left each way for three 

 or four years, and then take these out, leaving 

 at last the trees 36 feet apart each way. 



Another way would be to set them one 

 rod apart each way and girdle first every other 

 row till tops of trees grow together, and then 

 cut out this row,aiid atterwai'ds for four or five 

 years girdle every other tree in rows left. 

 Then these should be cut out, leaving trees 32 

 feet apait. We aie inclined to think this con- 

 stant or yearly girdling must shorten the lives 

 of trees ; hence this advice. 



Younger orchards can be set out to come on 

 as the old orchaids are thus cut away. Persons 

 having trees "that blossom but never bear" 

 should try girdling. 



WALKS AND JOTTINGS ABOUT THE FRUIT FARM. 



The demand for Plum trees is very heavy from 

 all over the country ; showing that growers see their 

 value and plant accordingly. 



As Peaches are so liable to winter kill, or crop 

 be killed by late spring frost, we are bcttiug largely 

 of the hardy kinds of Blackberries, to take the place 

 of Peaches; this fruit bemg in great demand. 



A LITTLE ITEM here may be of value to many: In 

 setting plants we draw a large line straight and 

 walk on it leaving a plain mark to set by. Thia is 

 much better than setting by a hne— especially on a 

 windy day. 



We practice mulching heavily with forest leaves 

 ah cuttings that we set out, and leaving tnem 

 thus. A lot of two-eye green Currants that we- 

 transplanted from our green houses this spring we 

 covered with bay for a few days after setting. 



We are setting Raspberries— both red and black 

 —thicker in the rows than formerly ; so as to make 

 a hedge row, and tbe first fruiting season get a very 

 good paying crop from the same. Our plan is to 

 set rows six feet apart and a row of coru or potatoes 

 between. 



We USUALLY put off setting Red Raspberries till 

 the last of May and first of June, and even up to 

 the first of July, and take up tne new— this spring's 

 growth— on damp, cloudy days. Keeping roots 

 trom drying out, and set as soon as possible after 

 digging and have good success. 



Strawberries are very late with us this season — 

 shall not pick any ripe truit before June l5th to:^th. 

 Last year the crop was very late South and early 

 here; so that the seasons come neaier together 



