YOL. III. 



SmiXGFIELB, OOTOEEK, 1858. 



NO. 10. 



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Market Garilejis. 

 The rtext best tliinj; to a private .cardeii 

 about tlie dwcllinu', is a inavket pirdcu in 

 the ncighburhood, where veii'etablot! may be 

 procured fresh on tlio day they are wanted 

 for the table. "With all the iacilitics for 

 Biuali gardens, witli room and means enougli, 

 there arc multitudes too lazy and iirnorant to 

 have them. You might set beibre theui a 

 section ofparadi.se, and tell them that they 

 have room cnoujjh, and time enouuh to real- 

 ize more beautiful things than Adaui and 

 ]'jve saw, and it is nought to them. You 

 may demon.strate to them, that it is the 

 cheapest and best means of preserving health, 

 and they will not be moved. You may con- 

 vince them that they can procure vegetables 

 and fruits in their ovrn yards, cheaper and 

 better than they can be had elsewhere, ;ind 

 they will coolly respond, "that may be so." 

 You may bring your arithmetic, and sliow 

 them that by a little mamigement, they can 

 sell enough to get their own fruits and vege- 

 tables for nothing. They arc not ineliiied 

 to invest. You m:iy appeal t;- their parental 

 s3-nipathies, and show them that a garden is 

 a good school of industry for their "chil-h-. n. 

 safeguard against vice, an excellent phvs,\ 1 

 discipline and means of health, and theV will 

 triuiiipnantly respond that "mother "takes 

 care of the children." You cannot crct them 

 interested in soil culture by any of the ap- 

 peals that move them on other .<ul)ieels. 

 They have either no practical ac(juain(ance 

 with gardening, or become disgusted with it 

 early in life. It is associated in their minds 

 with weeding onion beds, and back-aches 

 with the dirt and sweat of their boyhood. 



They have an utter distaste for the hoe, and 

 the pruning knil'e. Tiny do nut want the 

 bother of a trarden, and would not CAre if 

 tliey should never see a potato blossom or a 

 cabbage growing again. 



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i^ucli people are to bo ibund in all our i 

 cities and villages, in great numbers, f'lr if ■ 

 we add to tliem those, who have absolutely | 

 no facilities for gardening, we shall have the ' 

 great majority. These unfortunate people 

 arc to be cared for as a public duly, it is a 

 matter of as much importance that they 

 should be kept from feeding upon decayed 

 vegetables and fruits, in which the sun has 

 been gendering poison for ;i week, as tiiat 

 they should bekcpt from sv/ill milk, iueijii- 

 ent veal, a.nd other noxious articles. It 

 were a lair field of philanrhrophy, if there 

 were no other motives, to induce men to sup- 

 ply this great public T?ai!t. He wlio iv.r,- 

 plants the withcrijig and festerhig commodi- 

 ties, imported from a distmice. that so gener- 

 ally lumber the village hucksters' si.ills, and 

 the corner city grocery, with iixsh home 

 grown Aegetab'es and fruits, is a public liene- 

 tactor. He is more worthv of a monun^eiit 

 in a public square than the hero of a battle 

 held, for his mission is one of Y'.l-; and 

 health. 



But in our call to market gard'Siing, we 

 arc not entering upon a niis.sionary enterprise, 

 and calling upon candidates ibr this honor to 

 disgorge for the public ber.ciit. The busi- 

 ness is as lucrative to tlio g:;rdener, as it is 

 bencticial to the consumer of liis products. 

 The grov.'er of stniwberrios and oaboa.ge only 

 gives the appreciating public a chance to 

 dLsgorge for liis benefit, (i.ivdening, like 

 godliness, is great gain for all panics con- 

 cerned in it. 



The v.'ork in a mark^ i Liarden i.rojK :\\ 

 begins in the fall. Tlicrc are rover;;! nge- 

 tablos that must be started at tliis .-:eason, 

 and all iheground sliould be n:anured either 

 then, or during the winter. Much of the 

 success of tlio garden., ]e';n.*'-ivi!y doiioud-; 

 upon having its products ai,;iv.-ii'aij the sta- 

 tion a lit^^le. Potatoes early i^i the season 

 are Avorth two dollars abusliei. Three weeks 

 xattr they are down to a dollar or le.is. There 

 is a like falling oft" from mo.'<t otlier articles, 

 tliough hardly anything fails to retui'un pay- 

 ing price. 



;^pinach is sown in September and (>rto 

 ber, to furnish cuttings in April and TUnv. 

 Cabbr'ge is sown ;:bout the <ame tiu!e, to 

 furnish plants for the cold frame, which, are 

 kept thi-ough tiie winter, transplanted in 



April, a]):l furni-h h.cads in June. They are 

 put into tl;e ihime in rows, very near together 

 in Aovember, and when the wintei* sets in, 

 are coAcred with boards, removing only in 

 mild weather, and increasing light and heat 

 as S])ring advances, until the open ground is 

 in condition to receive them. These are 

 called cold frame plants, and furnish heads 

 al.iout two weeks earlier than the hot-bed 

 plants start.'d in ^iardi. The best varieties 

 for tills earlv croti. are the Jv.irlv York and 

 the Wi^niigstad, whicli usakes a very solid 

 head of excellent quality. 



]jeitu2..' i.': al.so i^own In the Fall, and with 

 a liitle prorrcHon, keeps well through the 

 winter. Aliont the first of 3[arch operations 

 coLn;ni-:n<-e with the hot-beds. These are 

 preparod v.ith various quantities of manure 

 according to the heat ret^uired. The beds 

 are trciicrully from four to six, feet wide for 

 eom--enicnce in al t-.ndin 2.- totlic plants. They 

 are covered Avith a .sasli about three fi'Ct wide, 

 the g]a<,- being not more tlian seven by nine. 

 In these i;ed> a great variety of plants itre 

 Ibrwardt'd, cabbage, tomatoes, pei^iiers, egg 

 plants, etc. 



The v.dioio grouni.l is covcrrd as .coon a.s it 

 sr.llieientiy warm and arranged .so as to allow 

 a succes.-ion crop. . In the first eour.se come 

 radi.shcs, spinnach, lettuce, cabbage, potatoes, 

 peas, turnip/, corn, Ivolil-rabi, etc. 



I'otatoes being well appreciated call for a 

 large brcaulhci' land. Tiie varieties culti- 

 vated are mainly tiie Carpenters. Stullcy's 

 iSccdliiig, ibr early varieties, and the Dovcrs 

 for the 1; ain crop. Tlie.-e varieties have all 

 done well this f:i:ion, and have shown uoiu- 

 dieati-.in oi'the rot. After the early potatoes 

 are harvested, the ground is appropriated to 

 late cabbage. 



liauisiu-s is auotliox early crop, and would 

 be more Largely cultivated if there was a large 

 denntnu. These come oft' early in June, and 

 aix- fbilo\\-.d ]>y eeleiy, or auy other cr<j]i that 

 does not djinand the whole season. iSweet 

 corn, cabbjige or carrots uiight follow, if any 

 oxigeney of the cultivator, or of tlie market 

 demanded them. In eultivatiiig radislies or 

 any of the brassier tribe of plants, care must 

 be taken to select ground that has not been 

 fertilized with the contents of the stye. This 

 induces diseased tubers. 



I'eas jric larg.-ly cultivated, and the main 

 crop is a dwarf variety, of lage size, and very 

 prolific, common in the Philadelphia market. 

 '1 he use of brush is found to be troublesome 

 and expen.?ive. The (.•hanijnou of England 

 id cultivated; and is regarded as on the whole 



