1886. 
thb 
frost stopped the growth of the vinos 
that point and a few of tiio pods matured ‘'■■‘inshliintcd often iind 
Tiie I’w's sliould liavo been 
ready to pick 
Junelotii. Aftertiie frost tiio vinos tlirow up 
two to six new slmots from oaeii stalk, and 
by July rUlJ tile last of tlie Peas from ’that 
growtli were picked. 'I'lio Peas bad sprouted 
from tlie root, l)lossomod and borne in forty- 
one days. Moreover, 1 bad a crop con o- 
sjiondiiig to the increase in vine, tliirteeii 
busliels from twelve square rods of vine 
whicli goes to prove tiiat some Peas may be 
planted very thick. 
My practice is to inaiiiirc heavily :for 
Peas, wiiile many of my neiglibors plant 
after some well-manured crop of tlie previ¬ 
ous year, and witliout manuring tlie same 
year. 1 never brusii Peas, not even tlie liigli- 
growing sorts; tliey arc picked twice, and 
then the vines arc cleared olV and tlie land 
plowed for a second crop; Sweet-Corn, 
Cabbage, late Beaus, Pickles or Turnips. 
1 liave found tlie Cliampion of England to 
boil liard, instead of tender, after it Inid 
passed a certain stage, a feature wliicli I 
liave not noticed in any other variety. For 
that reason I do not raise it. 
1 liave given up raising my own seed as 1 
can Iniy as good, or better, and as cheap as 
1 can raise it, and wliat I can buy is not gen¬ 
erally attected by tlie weevil. 
Jly idea of a good marlvet Pea would be 
one that had a nice clump of pods all ripen¬ 
ing so near togetlier tliat they could be 
picked all at one picking, while none would 
be too liard nor yet too green. 
AV. II. BUI.L. 
EAELT SWEET COEN. 
Gain in earlincss in Sweet Corn has, as a 
rule, been accompanied by a corresponding 
diiiiinutioii of size. Witli but very few ex¬ 
ceptions all the extra early varieties we have 
grown were so small and imperfect as not to 
be worthy of cultivation. 
The Earlj'- Bonanza Sweet Corn, noiv be¬ 
ing introduced by Jolinson <& Stokes of Phil¬ 
adelphia, is claimed to be free from this ob¬ 
jection, and to be larger than any of the 
older early varieties, and as early as the ear¬ 
liest. Our illustration, wiiich was drawn 
from nature, shows its general .appearance 
and prolific tendency. 
It originated with a market gardener near 
Philadelphia who liad for a few years .aston¬ 
ished his brother-gardeners by having in 
market some weeks ahead of tliem fine ears 
of Sweet Corn in gre.at abund.ance. Its 
table qualities are said to be uuexceiled in 
sweetness and rich flavor. We consider it 
well worthy of trial, and shall give it liber.al 
space in our own experiment garden. 
a 
laci 
EAISma VE&ETABLE PLANTS. 
While it is a comparatively easy matter 
to raise vegetable plants for the fomily gar¬ 
den or the truck patch, to insure best re¬ 
sults more care has to be bestowed upon 
them than is usu.ally given. Often times 
the plants have a good seed bed and obtain ti 
firm start, but are*allowed to stand too 
thick and thus become spindling and almost weie pLui*- proper depth being 
worthless. 
Young plants, to be able to withstand the 
attacks of insects, and of drouth and othei 
adversities of weather, need to be as strong 
and vigorous as possible. To produce this 
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79 
earcfully, 
witli 
wHii 'I' ‘S especially necessary 
th Jomatoes, Pcp|,ers,aud other tender 
P ants requiring delicate treatment. A sin¬ 
gle loumto plant wliieli lias been eared for 
properly before tlie llnal transplanting, and 
has developed a good strong growth, with a 
■out, stocky stem and jilenty of fibrous 
roots IS wortli five times as much as the 
«l'indlmg afliiirs that are often ollcred as 
apologies for plants. 
_ Small llower-pots, boxes, or even tin cans 
may be used where only a limited quantity 
are grown, but on a iarge scale tliis is of 
course not practicable. My experience in 
this direction lias been largely with lioWieds 
and cold-franios, the plan followed being to 
tiansplant from one bed to auotlier once to 
three times before tlie llind setting in tlie 
open ground. 'I’lie distance aiiart in the 
beds varies somewhat aceordhig to tlieavaU* 
THE EARLY BONANZA SWEET CORN. 
able space and tlie size of tlie plants, as they 
may be placed quite closely wlieu uecess.ary, 
but of course tlie roots cannot be preserved 
so carefully in t.aking iqi wlien the plants 
stand very close togetlier. AVlien these pre¬ 
liminary tivausplaiitings are impracticable, 
.and one is obliged to transfer the plants di¬ 
rectly from the seed-bed to the open ground, 
much may be gained by proper care m 
planting. „ 
Last season, with the assist.ance of my 
»ri-ht hand man,” I set out sever.al thou¬ 
sand choice seedling Potato plants, during 
very hot and dry spell in June. Owing to 
ick of space in the beds they had not been 
i-.ansplanted previously, and consequently 
had grown rather spindling. The seedlings 
“planted in long rows, quite close to¬ 
kened, a'iid'lftef cSpp^ng ofl' the larger 
just enough eai-th di-aivn in to support them 
in an upright position. . The drill w.as then 
sprinkled and completely soaked with water, 
and afterwards filled with earth which was 
tlioroughly pressed down with the feet, the 
dry soil thus forming a mulch and checking 
evaporation. 
This was done, during the two hottest days 
ill June, wliich were followed by nearly two 
weeks of dry, hot, weather, yet I did not 
lose five per cent, of tlie plants, while had 
they been planted in slipsliod manner, proli- 
ably not five per cent, would have lived. 
Therefore it is well to remember that if a 
plant is wortli planting at all, it pays to 
plant it well. W. H. Kanp. 
GEOWING ONIONS. 
With no other crop is thorough prepara¬ 
tion of the land of more importance than 
with Onions, and wlieu to this are added 
careful cultivation and skillful management. 
Onions can be made one of the most profit¬ 
able products of the garden or farm. 
It is a peculiarity of this crop that it may 
be grown repeatedly upon the same soil, 
and thrives best upon the rich vegetable 
black mold of reclaimed swamps. For such 
a croj), plowing is not required; the surface 
onlj' needs working to a depth of four or 
five inches, and on the rich mellow Onion 
land this is most perfectly done by the 
“.Vcine" Pulverizing Harrow, Clod-Crusher 
and Leveler, by which the soil is turned 
over equally as well as b}' a plow, and mixed 
and worked together so as to distribute fine 
inanui'e and fertilizers perfectlj’’ through it, 
better than it can be done by a plow, and at 
one-tenth of the expense, and in one-tenth 
of the time. ANTiere several acres of Onions 
are grown this implement is indispensable, 
as indeed it is for every farm or garden crop 
grown. Miduletown. 
[The merits of the Acme Harrow are not 
in tlie least over-rated in the above, as we 
know from personal experience. For thor¬ 
ough mixing and mellowing of the soil pre¬ 
paratory to sowing seed or planting fruit 
and vegetable plants it is f.ar ahead of all 
other imiilements made for the purpose.—^E d. 
THE MELON SHEtJB. 
Melons growing on shrubs are the latest 
vegetable wonder reported from California. 
The shrob is siiid to have been introduced 
from South America, and .although its botan¬ 
ical name is not given we surmise that it is 
not a Melon proper but one of the many 
species of Solarium that bear edible fruits, 
similar to the Egg-plant. 
Solarium Quitoense is a shrubby plant 
with berry-like fruits resembling small 
Oranges in size, color and taste, and of pe¬ 
culiar fr.agrance. 
S. muricatrim, the Pepino of Pera, is a 
shrubby species with egg-shaped, edible 
fruits, which are white with purple spots, 
and attain a length of six Inches. 
NEW EEMEDT FOE CABBAGE WOEMS. 
The latest i-emedy recommended consists 
simply of ice-cold water, or water but a few 
degrees warmer than ice-water, sprinkled 
upon the worms dmang the heat of the day. 
An application in the hot sun is said to cause 
them to quickly let go their hold upon the 
leaves, curl up, roll to the ground, and die, 
while the Cabbages suffer nothing, but look 
aU the fresher for the application. 
