The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1879-04-15 00:00:00

KITCHILN ()ARDIS.

By practical observation and expwieng combined we
in general become will acquainted with the standard
deg; which are delloitely tired for making sowing of
certain kind, of vegetable seeds which are abaolutely
for yielding the steple or nsaln crops which
are necessary for the year's suppij . There are, however,
in addition to these. other crops -of an intermediate sat me
which are equally essential for As purpose of weer ins
the many and varied demands which rotor amonat the
requirements of an ordinary private establishment, and
fully an Imports/it as lb no referred to above. These
comprise woe 01 our choicest kinds of edibles, as peas,
been; guild serer, summer cabbage, turnips, and spi uach ;
also lettuce, endive. radishes, dm, all of which require to
be young and tender to be in the highest Mate of excel.
tenor. These considerations induce no to draw attention
to the ceceesity of giving unremitting attention to the
sowing of these subjects at proper intervals throughout
It. summer &swop, as by so doing both scanty or over.
abundent supplies will to a great extent be avoided, and
an motet irrupted succession of crops in the broil, condi ti on
portable be occurs!. o.dinary operations to be attended
to now will comprise ;startling out the main crop of
potatoes, which should be done with due regard to the
condi/Aim of tits soil; the installer's apart between the
rows and the sets should be regulate! accordingly. In
well enriched ground, and particularly La such as is to be
found in gardens which have been well cultivated
foe •wrries of year; the roses may with advantege Imolai:red
from I to 3 feet apart an It or sets at about afoot asunder.
For table sae, as early kinds of kidneys, either of the
following sorts can be depended on—Vertch'e, Rivers', or
; and in round 113fls Climax. Coldstream. and
Untie—the latter being spec ally adapted far small
harder. like those at the base of walls. The most forever d
plantatarans of these out-M-doors will speedily be visible,
and for the prolacliou of the tops from injury by frost we
adders the date or borders to be covered over thinly with
long stable fitter; this wi I be found to be • better inn Mod
than the old plan of drawing a superabundance of Neil
over the top for the an... obj ct Press will also waot
conolierable attention ir. the way of thinning.* ticking, and
mulching; we have invariably seen that those rows whams
Use piguati have been tbioned out to about two or three
Inches apart produce the best pods and conUnoe longest
in bearing. In the process of sticking, let these be kept
perfectly erect so as t o alfani the visor an opportunity of
keeping within tie rows of sticks and preventing them
from beteg injured by every blast of wind or rain which
may come. and.. mulching apply good dreaming of half.
decomposed manure two or Mule inches thick. Thia
practice la to be strongly recernoureaded, because it eaves
tetkour In watering, and farther conduces much too aide
obkaluang satufectory results. Too cauliflower,
rood houses plants which were pricked out in atrear=
place last autumn should be transferred to their
appointed places without further delay. In the
treatment applied to the succeedins crop er risco was *own
carry this masa; and is ar w pricked-out in trawl or
elsewhere, It is secieseary to be cautious, or the "dams
will become draen sad tender, to prevent which careful
ventilation shoed' be secured rvery day. In avoiding •
✓epetition of the fall particulars of the plan which we
adopt to obtain our animal supply of that much required
root, h wei-radish, we lumina those who pursue tbe same
courier as ourselves to twin g this matter to a close at once,
and as elm should any pleating which still remains
undone of serakale, globe articled's, rhubarb, dm. As
soon as Lb. Raes of early sown aubjeci; MI onion., rumors,
Przalliros. 40., are 'Wide, let the sorfeceosoil between
14141 pa be stirred over iy to enema.* growth and also
to eradicate weeds. —Osrstrosene Chronicle.