1871 



THE WESTERN POMOLOGIST. 



153 





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Ciardcn Work for June. 



By tue Associate Editok. 



IManl bush boans for succession. Plant early 

 lilooil lurni]) and long blood red beets for late crop, 

 between the 3Uth of June and 10th of July, on rich 

 fresh plowed ground, in drills eighteen inches apart. 

 Soak the setd in warm water a few hours before 

 planting. Beets sowed at this season will be much 

 finer in (luality for winter use. 



Sow Flat Dutch cabbage in tlie hill on very rich, 

 ■fresh plowed ground, the li5th of the mouth, for 

 winter. Open drills with a narrow shovel plow, 

 three feet apart, and drop about a dozen of seed in 

 a hill, three feet apart in the row, and cover with a 

 rake or light liarrow. AVe have tried this method 

 of planting cabbage and find it much the best. The 

 cabbage must be thinned out to one plant after the 

 plants are a good size. Fill up vac'ant places, or 

 transplant on an other plot the balance left, if 

 desired. 



Early Horn carrots can be sown for late croj) 

 early in the month. Celery may ))e transplanted 

 for early crop. Plant Evergreen Sweet corn for a 

 late crop in succession up to the 20th of July. Plant 

 short green and long green cucumbers for a late 

 crop about six feet apart. Some prefer the Jersey 

 pickle. 



Plant potatoes about the 30lli of the month, for 

 late crop on moist fresh plowed ground, and cover 

 them as fast as dropped, or they will sun scald in a 

 few minute-s, in the hot sun. This is the best sea- 

 son to raise good late potatoes, much better than 

 planting in May or late April. 



Radish may also be planted for winter use about 

 the last of this month. Black Spanish is good, but 

 the Rose Colored Chinese is much better and more 

 handsome, and sells better. Ruta Bagas may also 

 be planted about the 35th of the month. Make 

 drills with the narrow shovel plow twenty inches 

 apart, and sow the seed in the drills, and cover with 

 the harrow. 



To succeed in planting this month, the ground 

 should have been plowed previous to planting, and 

 kept free from weeds, and then fresh plowed when 

 planted, and the seed put in on the fresh stirred 

 soil, and well cultivated afterwards. The great se- 



cret of success is in planting the seed at the proper 

 time, on well prepared ground, and then thorough 

 cultivation afterwards. 



Late cabbage and tomatoes should also be trans- 

 planted. This month, and up to the 10th of July 

 is preeminently the season to plant late vegetables 

 for winter use. 



Xrlbulatlous of Cabbage Ralslug. 



The Committee on Vegetables of the Middlesex 

 (Mass.) Agricultural Society in their report at the 

 last fall lair, thus enumerates some of the difHcul- 

 ties cabbage growers have to encounter in the Old 

 Bay State. 



"Fifteen or twenty years ago it was comparative 

 fun to raise cabbages ; to-day the little destructives 

 whose name is legion, have made a successful crop 

 other things being equal, almo.st accidental. First 

 comes the little flea, who commences on the just 

 developed leaves, and often finishes them ; next the 

 maggot, who loves the roots. After transplanting, 

 the cut worm presents his claim, generally no mod- 

 est one ; he makes clean work, cutting the plant 

 completely oft' either at or just below the surface. 

 If you have successfully avoided this little army of 

 marauders your crop is still open to the attacks of 

 lice and the club foot. 



In raising plants for resetting, I select an eleva- 

 ted, comparatively new, and but moderately rich 

 piece of ground ; elevated because the flea is less 

 destructive than on low grounds ; nearly new to 

 avoid stump foot and maggot, and not over rich 

 that the plants may be toughened by a slow growth; 

 upon resetting into a richer soil they will com- 

 mence a rapid, vigorous developement. 



As soon as the twin leaves show themselves they 

 should be dusted with lime every morning and af- 

 ter rains. To secure plants from a few choice seeds 

 make a square frame six inches high, and cover 

 with i.iosquito cloth. I prefer transplanting rather 

 than sowing seed in the hill, because then, if you 

 lose your plants it is generally too late to sow again, 

 and you are obliged to use whatever plants may 

 happen to come to hand. 



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The Grass Valley (Cal.) Union tells of forty straw- 

 berries that weighed one pound. 



