American watchman and Delaware advertiser., 1826-02-24
From the Burlington County Gaset.s,
KITCHEN GARDENING.

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collected as much information that subiect a. Nv
; means could furnish. ound that many hrm.,,
are in the habit Of purchasing seeds from lie ~"
pie denominated Shakers and imagined ,h., ..
| account OF the Shakers' method of cuyalne ,L
most useful plants Of the kitchen garden, would h.
livery acceptable. In the annexed directions. bv.
embraced course OF operations which recev.s
from Richard Treat the Oldest gardener at the 81.
ker village in New-Lebanon, Columbia county n
Y. The hospitality and friendly attentions oi ,ti
people, and their readiness to communicate whaev.
they believed might be useful to the indus,riou, c
tlsators of the earth, could but excite gratitude and
adrnira ration. Leaving out OF view what we are Az.
posed to call errors in their religious creed we ma,
confidently say, that every thing visible among them
exhibits the fruits Of genuine Christian beneyornc.
smiable manners, and highly cultivated understand
lings.
Lettuce.--It should be sowed as early q, !; "a,
be raked in'o the ground, for it cannot be injured
BY early frosts. Dir. Hammond sows bed Er
early lettuce late in the preceding fall. Il ouch,
to be sowed IN rows sixteen inches apart between
vacant rows intended for some other plant For ;,
the lettuce will soon be pulled out other row, II
later vegetables may occupy the whole bed.
Radishes.-Should be sowed in drills, eight inch.
es apart the last week in March. The beds sboud
be made oil horse manure fresh from the ssbl.,
well mulched with good garden mould. Ohm
loosen the soil abou, them while growing and keen
! the weeds out.
OnofS.-Thcy should be sowed sbort The 1stb
OF April, in drills sixteen inches apart, made ysry
shallow, not exceeding half an inch in depth, and
rsked il lightly lengthwise OF the drills. The beds
having been well worked with thoroughly ro,,ed
manure, at least FIVE inches deep, they will be IN
very uniformly 10 about fourteen days.
Hoe them as soon as they are Just up, sufficiently
to be hood carefully without injury. Let them Be
hoed SIX or seven times during the season. The
tops will fall about the 10th Of August, but thew
will continue TO grow until about The first week il
September They must not be pulled unli III.
tops become dry; being biennial, onions never
produce seed until the St cond year.
Onions should always be sowed on the same beds
tor experience has demonstrated, that the crops BE-
come better, alter being raised on the same beds
tor many years in succession.
Parsnips.--They should be sowed about the 28th
I OF Apil but DR.. Z Gregory prefers the last week
~ March and selects dry sandy loamy bed
which Will admit Of the earliest culture. He says
parsnips become poisonous in damp ground They
should be sowed in drills 90 inches apart and three
ourths OF an inch deep, and rsked in engthwise Of
the drills. The beds should be previously well
worked and manured and afterwards Frequently
HoSS' "HSu 10 Oil VIE IdIS TelulISu,
Beets and Carrots. They should be sowed about
The 28th OF April, in drills three-iourihs oi an inch
deep, and twenty inches apart-if carrots are in
drills but sixteen inches apart and half an inch
deep, il is about as well. The ground prepared and
the seed raked in as for onions.
Garden Peas.-Thsy should be planted abou.
the 28h OF April, in drills by pairs, six inches
apart, SO that one row OF bushes may serve for The
pair OF drills. There should then be four fee, space
from centre 10 centre, between the pair OF drills
The drills should be half an inch deep and the seed
aktd in leng,hwse OF the drills.
They should be hoed once, then bushed, and
hoed once after being bushcd. from this time
merely pull out the weeds
Garden Beans. Should be planted about The
middle of May, half an inch deep, in rows. The
rows Tor bush beans should be three feet apart with
the hills IN row TWO and half feet from each
other. The rows for pole beans should be four feet
apart, and the hills in row three feet from each
other.
They should be hoed three times before the flow.
ering time ! but must never be hoed when wet with
dew or rain.
Melons, Cacum5ers and squashes-They should
De planted about the middle OF NAV cucumbers
ior picking may be planted the middle Of June.
ne nils may be three or four feet apart. The
ground should be as we'll prepared as for onions.
AND they must be hoed three times before time for
vines to run. Afterwards pull out the weeds
10 tins part OF the country situation should be
selected FOR cucumbers, which will be shaded from
eleven O'Clock in the forenoon, until three O'Clock
IN the afternoon; and where they are exposed 10
the sun the rest OF the day
Cabbages. should be transpIanted into the
oeos where they are to grow about the Goth Of May
'hey having been sowed in small bed for plants
about month previous. The ground ought TO be
planted.
hey should be hoed in The morning. when the
head.
ihey must not be pulled up, until there is dan