American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1824-03-23
SEEDS.
vigilance
ALBANY, February 2l, 1924.


to the farmer and gardener, send you. Mr.. Skin
ner, some hints on this subject, suggested by ex
perienCe and reading, which may be Of interest t
Some OF your readers.
] /. 10 RAISE gO0d seeds, care must betaken mol
lony to select from the choicest plants, but alec, tha
bad different kinds OF the same family be mo-
suffered to blossom in their vicinity, as the iecun
dating arna OF the poorer sorts, which is carried
by winds aud by insects will detetiorate the SEED
the good Hence, no two kinds Of cabbage turnips
bees, Sc. should be suffered to seed within ten OF
twenty DDS OF each other, and it will be better il
they put into different enclosures, And hence
III we would preserve from fine variety of melons
liz is necessary to plant them distance from other
varieties The brasslda Cabbage, family not only
mix among themselves but are said 10 tie af-
Ifected by the pollen OF the caulfowtr, kale, and
ltur0p.
Q lSpeas should be gathered as soon as thcy ar
ripe, both to prevent waste and damage
s They Si0aH be preserved in dry and tempe
rate place accessible 10 air end, where it Is con
venient, kept in their pods husks till wanted for
sowing TINS may be done, with most kinds Of
annua's cultivated in the garden. 1t prevents injury
from heat OF MOISTURE and preserves them in
healthy condition Miller made this experiment
Tie divided parcels Of lettice, parsley onion, and
other seeds, one portion Of which he pu, into yials
whi' he Theoretically sealed; the other portion in
TO bags, and kept the whole one year--when planted ,
not one OF the seeds grew which had been kept inI
The walls, while all Of those which had been kept in
the bags grew we'll. An experienced gardener tells
nc, that the seed, OF many ANIMALS will if presery
"a in the pods, SC. retain their yegetative power
Tor two or three years, whereas if taken out they
will seldom grow after the first year. My expert
ence, and observation Of the habits Of plants con
firm this remark.
a. When shoatd seeds be s0lCn? Repeated fail
ure 70 the seeds Of perennias and biennals, to We
getate, when sown in the spring, led me to consult
lhe economy OF nature, and TO adopt her laws as my
guide. found that the maple, beech, ASH andI
other forest trees-several shrubs, most of the bui
oous flower roots and large portion Of the biennial
q prennai nHowersshe their seed upon the ground
10 autumn, and that the seed thus sown, il slightly
covered Vegetaed either Immediately or IN The fo
lowing spring, and that if these seeds are thoroughly
dried, as they must be by being wintered in the
house. they either will not grow at all, or lay dor
mant ~ the earth for a year more
o. i he pods OF melons, cucumbers and pump. !
klns, Improve by being kept ill they are three or
lour years old. AT that age they produce earlier
ana more fruit, and run less 10 vines. The benefit
Of age may be partially OBJ ained by washing the
seeds well, when taken from the fruit, to cleanse
them from muciiage, or by carrying hem loose mi
me pocket, some days weeks before they are
planted.
.. Wheat is said to be improved as seed, BY be |
ing Kept year and what is an important benefit
VII then produce crop withou; smut nay, more
- am induced to believe, that the crop will escape
me injuries OF the Fly also. For am almost pro
seye to the opinion, that the nil is deposited in the
1owh oil the kernel before the grain is hal vested II
ana that the same warmth which causes the seed to
segeate IN the earhhat the insect there also II
am inclined to favor the hypothesis and not without
eNuence' that the seed OF both the and the hy
fbeTp ct;ya, 1. L.
lwelvemonth. will not venture to say, that liminrl
seed is as ehcacious against the Nv as il is ains
smut but much can say, that always lime
my seed wheat, and never have it injured by smut
y n.y. while many fields in the neghborhood are an
hualy devastated by the one, materially injured
by the other
4. Seeds may be preserved in healthy state az
cording to the nature Of their essential oil and the
nature OF the shell covering which envelopes the
emorio plant Miller says, " the seed Of cucum h
oers melons and gourds, which have thick horney
coverings, and the oil of this seed being of cold II
nature continue good eight or ten years and rad
llah tnrnlp, rape &c. with other oily seeds (whose
COATS, though they not hard end close as the
''hers) yet Astounding with oil, which is Of a warm
II nature, the seeds will keep good or years !:
Whereas the seeds Of parsley, carrots, parsnps Il
'"u most other umbelliterous plants, whose seeds n
i'e, Tor The most part, of warm nature and have
tile oil in them, do lose their growing faculty. often
n ono year, hut seldom remain good longer than {
wo years. i
9. Sleeps. The experiments Of Duhamel andI h
'Ihers show that sleeping seeds in any louor or n
mixture, with view Of inUigorating The gu,n il y
Always without benefit and often attended with in Ii
ofy-the seed containing The best nutrment. ard a
~ mar Is requisite 10 extend the root, and unfold ii
ne iemnsi leaves. Sleeps may be benefcially used
accelerate germnation preserve the seed from