1871 



THE POMOLOGIST AND GARDENER 





Work for the mouth. 



The work for this month differs but little from 

 that of July. Budding should be attended to with- 

 out delay. The amateur and farmer with bitt few 

 buds, comparatively, to set, should choose cloudy 

 days to do the work. Not so with the nurseryman, 

 he cannot choose his days, his superior skill must 

 atone for the unfavorable days, which of necessity he 

 must devote to this purpose. 



For buds, choose thrifty shoots, upon which the 

 terminal buds are formed, using the middle buds, 

 rejecting those at the base and top. Examine the 

 buds set last month ; remove bandages from such as 

 have become united and re-work such as have 

 failed. 



Keep potatoes and all other root crops free of 

 weeds. All root crops should be well worked this 

 month. Nothing adds .so much to the growth of 

 vegetables as frequent stirring of the soil this 

 month. Potatoes should not be worked so deep as 

 to disturb the roots, but the surface should be kept 

 light and loose. Cabbages cannot be worked too 

 much if we would have good heads. 



Earth up Celery, sow Endive. Extra early peas 

 sown early this montii will afford good eating. The 

 Black Spanish and Rose colored radishes may still 

 be sown. 



Save garden and flower seeds as tliey ripen. Do 

 not let them stand till dead ripe. Better cut the 

 plait when seed is tairly out of the doe state. 

 Gather hcrlis, dry in the shade till fairly cured and 

 then pack them in tight paper — each package 

 labeled so as to readily put the hand on any one 

 sort when wanted. 



Keep the strawberry bed free from weeds by pul- 

 ling or very shallow hoeing — taking care not to dis- 

 turb the newly set runners. 



Keep an eye on the insect tribes. This of all oth- 

 ers is the mouth for the Fall Web worm. Turn to 

 the entomological department and read of it and 

 then go out and look for it among your orchard 

 trees; and last, but by no means least, get those nice 

 vegetables and fruits ready for the State and County 

 fairs. 



The Vegetable Garden.— Laying Out. 



By W. H. W., Hartford Co., Conn. 



Ed. Pomologist and Gardenkk:— It is always 

 advisable to have a plan to work by, and to make 

 this plan in advance at leisure often saves time, and 

 allows of a more perfected and orderly arrangement 

 of the whole garden. Our advice then is, after de- 

 ciding upon the garden spot make a plan of it, and 

 lay it out, arranging for all annual, biennial, and 

 perennial plants, as also all to be grown on every 

 part, just the amount of each variety, proportion- 

 ing according to the size of the garden, and the de- 

 sired quantity of each variety. 



The vegetable garden is supposed to be devoted to 

 the production of vegetables exclusively, but with 

 most something else will generally be introduced in 

 some [part, but fruit ought to have a separate place 

 hwere it can have special culture and care ; yet often 

 currants, gooseberries, raspberries, strawberries, etc., 

 may be appropriately included under the same en- 

 closure, without at all interfering with each other ; 

 but no tree fruits should be tolerated, as the trees 

 cause shade and rob the vegetables, etc., of their 

 just dues ; and for the full developement of vegeta- 

 bles free sun light is essential. 



The most desirable shape for a garden embracing 

 one half to an acre, is a paralellogram, or oblong 

 square, twice as long as wide ; longest way east and 

 west, thus giving the ground and crops the largest 

 amount of sun, and a long warm border furnished 

 under the north fence ; a long cool border under the 

 south fence; and by this shape a further advantage 

 is derived in having a larger portion of the whole 

 sheltered, during winter and spring from c«ld and 

 bleak winds. 



A permanent walk through the center should be 

 made, fijur to six feet wide, and temporary cross 

 walks wherever squares, beds, etc., are introduced. 

 These may be about three feet wide. In a large 

 g;(rdeu it is advisable to plant in rows, so as to cul- 

 tivate with tlie horse as much as possible ; this re- 

 quires larger plats of ground for the corn, potatoes, 

 vines, etc. In making the paths do not dig out 

 at all, but stretch the line on either side, roll and 

 tread the paths hard and solid, giving a slight round- 



