The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1874-04-28 00:00:00


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cALENDAR FOR THE WEEK.
geL E. —Sow a little seed of Primula sioensis
Printri•e) mixeiL Remove all bedding Planta •
--reenhoii-ag eadall frames or :against a siiiith ,
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.ti'proteet with waist, ke. It is a giesi .Lint have
1-• plank: well leo-defied 4.lllledere the 'WWII.; of
that they can contend against cutting wiuds after
I,laau4l out. tiive fresh soil to potted plant, in the
water freely, and destroy aphides. Plower
gnus plota, anal len edgings may still lie laid and
el•I taken op awl re-laid, Mow grass .e aw ll eek awl ro
,:ILWhere gross dhst ~if an.l hat become patchy spread
a little line sifted siel or r... 1 grit awl sow seed.' on.
Plante of Auriculas Wild Polyanthus intmialeil fur seed
Illowll.lllA,e their pots plunged in a sheltered spot where
II e). CanitaiO plenty of sun. Plant eff-sets. hiewaials
iini„• sowing. Rallis done thiwering in puts and water
glasses, plant out in the 'sinters. Miumluses di% ide and
r,,•• Rouunculie.ei ow seed under a hand light, on a
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comp of sandy I. am, c ui.l, and leaf mould.
IlAkow.x. 'tidal weather, awl particularly
after warm showers, slugs still make their unwelcome
appearance. Thu most effectual anal best method of lire.
renting their ravages is to have them gathered by the
h.eel every morning, carefidly looking over these crops to
which they are most atutcheil If this method is slow, it
nevertheless sere. hue aumn....st growing crops ; destroy
weeds as they appear, particularly this sarious species of
manual weeds, which if not attended to would spill their
seeds on the ...round, :old produce Wail in thousanal-fohl. '
IM not neglect the sming of seeds, as ihrectoditi the !hut
week of this lomat.
FRUIT Taini.—The lame or grub a aif insects will now
Isurin to appear, and will he found coiled up in the leaves.
'I. hem must he closely looke I After. Examine the ("Idol
go, and destroy the insect. Mulch all newly planted
trees, if not already done.
luaTa TO COTTAGER*.
The ground ridged nit the early part of the • inter is
now in gout! working "tier, awl if, before levelling, die
are well liumen oil either isle with the hack id the
spade, it will very materially help to break the el...b.:amid
make the soil tine and light for Um butter enaliliog of the
roots of all kinds of crops to roam about in search of fusel.
The main crop of potatoes meat be got in at mice, if not
,lone last mouth. Moat groWeril have their Own favorite
sorts, awl also their own mode of planting. lithe dibble,
or what most cottager,' call the " ulal., is used for planting.
It is • good. plait after the seta are put in to take a heir
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pronged fork awl lift up the ground between the rows,
covering up the seed as you gas along with the point of the
("eh. rut.Lucf that prodUlur long olld vigorous haulm
should be planted farther apart thou those of dwarfer
habit, anal therefore such sorts as the Itaul-skin FlourisH
ellutilkl Is, plaute.l in rows quite 21 feet :apart. II inches
apart in the rows, awl 6 inches deep. I have had seed of
this variety bought direct from two of our leading grower.,
awl strange to say—though both fines prelim their man
productions they were buth wixed with a very ihferior
variety. In outward appearance the two sorts arc so
much alike that you cannot see any alifferenee, lmat when
you cut them they Are 141 distinct his chalk frum cheese.
The true Flourhell is white when it is cut, arid this
Inferior kind, thuusli red etternally, fa yellow when cut,
&nal when cooked very close and watery. I have grown
the Ileurlisll on hetb light anal heavy land, but it it as
freer from disease on the light than the heavy, though the
yield was mocha-like -%cry heavy in both ganef. Another
thoroughly good variety on light land is Pattersuii'a
Victoria. It is a heavy cropper, and a strong grower,
having shallow eyes awl a tolerably smooth skin. It is
la inure handiotue than the Flourball, and I have
bought it in thus sprier to grew oil a stirf •ill anal hope it
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