1871 



THE POMOLOGIST AKD GARDENER. 



177 



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Garden TWork for Jnly. 



By the AssoctATK Editor. 



The principal work to be done this month is to 

 - keep Ihe weeds down and the ground clean and 

 loose, fre(iuent stirring of the soil is indispensible if 

 we wish to raise fine and good vegetables. 



Beets may still be sown the first of the month, we 

 prefer the early turnip varieties for late sowing. 



Rutabagas may also be sown, and the last of the 

 month we usually sow turnip seed. 



Onion sets should be taken off and stored away 

 to dry and tlie old onions taken up and divided for 

 transplanting. 



Cabbages may still be planted out if good plants 

 are used on rich ground in hope of making heads 

 if well cultivated. 



We may sow Winter Redi.shes this mouth, the 

 Black Spanish and Chinese Rose colored are the 

 best. 



Bunch Beans may be planted for a sucession, and 

 Celery also transplanted. 



The ground sliould always be in good moist order 

 and fresh, to succeed iu planting seed or transplant- 

 ing in hot weather which cannot be to forcibly 

 impressed on the gardener. 



The Vegetable Uarden. 



By W. H. W., CoNNECTicnT. 



Ed. Pomologist anb Gardenek. Having in 

 former numbers treated of the garden generally, its 

 aspect and preparation, we now come to Fencing. 

 We have all along, and shall in future numbers sup- 

 pose that the garden is about to be made iu some 

 new location, and to be made au improvement on 

 farmers' gardens in general. The garden needs 

 fencing for several reasons : — For protection against 

 two-legged and four-legged animals; shelter and 

 protection against cold winds, etc. So long as cat- 

 tle travc' the street without being led or similarly 

 restrained, and boys allowed to go from place to 

 place, a garden unprotected by fence presents a 

 temptation that may be considered irresistable. A 

 fence then, of some kind, is needed as information 

 that the enclosure is private jproperty, and that the 



o^vTler thinks it of sufficient value to afford it a 

 slight protection. 



What this fence shall be constructed of must be a 

 matter governed by circumstances. In some locali- 

 ties high stone walls will be most available, others 

 evergreen or other hedges, still others high, tight 

 board fences will be found best ; and we would not, 

 like some, condemn a neat picket fence, as in some 

 places it may be very appropriate, answering the 

 purposes of protection against a variety of intru- 

 ders. But oftener a very great advantage is gained 

 where there is no natural protection of hilhs, woods, 

 etc., to have some wind break to shelter the garden 

 from cold winds and storms; this may be accom- 

 plished by a good hedge, belts of evergreen trees, 

 high close fences, or buildings. 



A live fence in the majority of instances will be 

 found the very best, yet a fence of this kind cannot 

 be made and kept so as to atford all the require- 

 ments, without considerable attention, especially in 

 starting it ; after it is once formed, to the desired 

 height, the care is mainly to keep it properly 

 shorn, which will take but little time and is ea.sily 

 done, when one once learns how. It is not our 

 province to go into details of hedge setting and cul- 

 ture, or fence building, but rather give suggestions 

 more generally applicable to our subject. A varie- 

 ty of plants are adapted and used for live fences, 

 some best adapted to our climate and locality, some 

 to another, so that where one is unsuitable another 

 may be adaptable. 



Remarks. The foregoing is the continuation of 

 a series of articles on the garden, commenced in the 

 Western Gardener. 



SusQUECo Raspberry. — Mr. Fuller says, in his 

 notes on Small Fruits for 1870, " it is a dwarf-grow- 

 ing variety, resembling the Pearl, a native red 

 raspberry, cultivated to some extent by small fruit 

 growers in the vicinity of Philadelphia. It is one 

 of the very best of our native sorts, and by keeping 

 the plants well mulched in summer, they will con- 

 tinue in fruit for at least two month.s. Like all our 

 native red raspberries, it produces a great many 

 suckers, but the canes are perfectly hardy, and gen. 

 erally quite productive." 



