1870. 



NEW ENGLAND FAEJIER. 



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means of preserving are so simplified that we 

 may now have thij fruit the year round, by 

 canning, making into cordial, &c. 



Cabbage, Cauliflowers and Broccoli 

 need have the soil kept moist for them to best 

 pel feet themselves. iVequent hoeing and deep 

 stirring the soil is the most practical way of 

 accomplishing this result. Seed may be sown 

 for fall greens, and plants for wintering in 

 cold frames — although next month is soon 

 enough for the last. 



Celery. — Late planting is the best way to 

 obtain a winter supply of this much prized 

 salad. Plant any time this month. The suc- 

 cessful grower will tell you there is nothing 

 easier than to produce this vegetable in per- 

 fection, — tender, crisp, and juicy, but you 

 must first learn how. To produce it nice, ten- 

 der, and juicy, the growth must be rapid ; to 

 secure this, the soil must be rich, and the plant 

 not be allowed to want for suitable moi-sture. 



CoRX. — We shall now be enjojing good 

 sweet corn, roasted and boiled, and with 

 beans as succotash. Mark some of the earli- 

 est and best ears to ripen for seed. The corn- 

 worm eats downward from the silk to the ker- 

 nel. These pests are vejy little known with 

 us, but in some sections they are quite trouble- 

 some and need looking afcer. 



Cucl^ibers. — This cooling, cholera-breed- 

 ing, vegetable is now in its best stage for the 

 table, and the vines will be yielding full pick- 

 ings for pickles. To keep them in bearing to 

 the bett, they should be close picked. Save a 

 few hills for growing seed and allow only a 

 fisw of the earliest and best formed to grow. 

 Eipe cucumbers, when properly prepared 

 make good sweet pickles. 



Currants and Gooseberries. — The best 

 time for pruning is soon after the fruit is all 

 removed. A considerable proportion of the 

 old wood should bn cut out, and the shrub 

 shaped to desired form, whether as tree or 

 bush. 



Egg Plants. — Encourage to early ripen- 

 ing by hoeing, slightly hilhng, and by placing 

 a board painted white so as to reliect the heat 

 and sun upon the plants. 



Grapes. — Tie up the leaders to the trellis. 

 Keep a sharp look out for insects, caterpillars 

 and worms. As we increase the culture of 

 the grape, enemies of various kinds increase, 

 and unless we zealously guard against them 

 they will very likely reap where we have 

 sown. To prevent moula and mildew, the 

 side shoots of bearing branches that have been 

 pinched oil", must be shortened-in to induce 

 early ripening of wood and the formation oi 

 fruit buds. 



Melons. — If only three or four specimens 

 are allowed to grow en each vine they will 

 usua ly be larger and of liner ilavor. A 

 broad flat stone or a board placed uncler 

 specimens will keep worms from them and 

 cause them to ripen more evenly. 



Onions. — Gather for use and for market as 



soon as they ripen. Where they are to be 

 kept any time, it is better to leave them ex- 

 posed to the sun afcer being pulled, till prop- 

 erly cured, before storing. Seed may be sown 

 for "pips" to be left in the ground over win- 

 ter for early use next season. 



Peas — Most of the earlier planted will 

 have yielded their fruit ; the ground may be 

 cleared, the vines fed to the pigs, cows, or be 

 cured and stored for winter fodder. Plant 

 the ground to some crop so that no space be 

 lost. 



Potatoes. — Harvest and market early crops. 

 Compost or burn all tops ; the last is the bet- 

 ter way of treating those diseased or much in- 

 fested with insect enemies. 



Raspberries. — Cut out the weakest new 

 growth, leaving only what is desired for the 

 next crop or for increasing the planting. 

 Keep them properly tied to their stakes or 

 trellises. It is a good plan to hoe in a good 

 dressing of compost and ashes, around the 

 plants. 



Seeds. — Save the earliest and best speci- 

 mens of every desirable kind for perfecting 

 seed, and when well ripened save, iliy suita- 

 bly and lay away in seme dry cool place for 

 future use. It is always better to grow the 

 majority of seeds one desires, the professional 

 seed grower to the contrary, than to depend 

 upon the market. Carefully label each vari- 

 ety and keep secure from vermin. 



Squashes. — Destroy insects, remove the 

 egp,s of the squash bug from the leaves, and 

 look out for borers. 



Strawberries. — For fall planting, August 

 is the best time; but spring planting at the 

 North is much the best and safest time, gen- 

 erally. 



Tomatoes. — Continue to train and trim 

 the vines, and destroys the worms by hand- 

 picking. The worms cannot hurt you, how- 

 ever much you may read read of them, at 

 least we never saw one that could do any in- 

 jury to man. W. H. White. 



South Windsor, Conn., 1870. 



To Cure PIard Miuving Cows. — This is 

 my answer to that question, i. e.: "How 

 shall 1 cure my hard milking cow?" Take a 

 clean, smooth knitting needle wire. No. 10, 

 heat it red hot, (use a candle at your side, 

 and heat about one-half inch from the end,) 

 and burn out the orifice. Perform the opera- 

 tion quickly, (say one second,) and the cow 

 will not move, nor will she notice it after- 

 wards. No blood runs, no soreness occurs. 

 I have known it to be tried, and never knew 

 it to fail. Don't wring or twist the needle ; 

 .-straight in and straigut out, quickly, are the 

 directions. If you wish to use a larger or 

 smaller needle, do so, but not so large as to 

 make the cow leak her milk. — D. ll.,h'redonia, 

 N. Y. (Jmsor. 



