Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1842-03-09
From tic Family Companion and Ladies Niuer.
VEGETABLE GARDEN.

From tic Family Companion and Ladies Miuer.
VEGETABLE GARDEN.
Seed.--Le, your seed pc such as you
would wish 10 have your future crop: the
best Of the kind. The largest seed of The
kind, plump. aud sound. is The best, being
well ripercd aud kept from injuries oil
weather and insects.
Commonly speaking, ne.r seed is 10 be
preferred 10 old, Us growing more luxuri.
antiy, and coming up surcr and qn.cSrr.
As TO the age Al which seeds may be 50 Tn
aud scrminatc, il is uiccrtain, aud depends
much on holc they are preserved. Seeds
nf cucunbcrs, melons, sourds, DC, which
have thick horncy coverings, aud the oil OF
The seed OF cold nature, will cor!inue good
for len, fifteen, or even twenty years, un-
less they are kept ina very warm place.
which will exhaust The vegetable nu'ri,ncrt
IN q twelve. mouth: three years for cucum-
bers, aud four for melons, is generally
thought 10 DC best, rs !hey shoot more viz
orUusly than newer seeds, and become
more fruitful.
Oily seeds whose Goals, though they are
DOT so hard and close as the former, vet
abound with oi! OF Il warmer nature, will
continue good three or four years. US rad
Ish, iurnii. mustard. &c. Seeds Of un-
hcllilcrous piuu,s, which arc for the most
parl ol n warm nature, lose their growing
faculty IN one. or NJ most Two years, as
Parsely, carrots. parsnips. &c.
Peas aud beans ul tmu years old. arc by
some preferred ro new, as not likely to run
tn straw. Suwin2s should be generally
performed on fresh dug or stirred ground
There is 4 nutritious moisture in fresh
;urnetl-up soil, tina, causes the seed TO swell
aud gcrmnatc quickly, and nouri,hes i,
with proper ulimcnr to proceed in IT,,
growth with vicnr. bu, which is evopura,rd
soon after from ne surface.
Diilrreul seeds r.quIo different temper
atures 10 induce sc,ninatinn; and II ticy
are put into the ground when ii Is too ccisl. i.
:hey are liable to rot. Wheat, rye, barley.
will gernina,c Il, Is degrees, com al per.
Iiars %. while inc melon probably requires
u heat of 60 to 20 degree, The common
0cau vii! vcsc'atc III cold tcmpcra,uc.
while the Luna hcan wall rot IN cold or
wet soil. llvncc, IN planting, regard is tn
be hn,i 10 the hardness o! tue plan, which
Is 10 sown.
Seeds require 10 be kept mni,l ill their
roots huyc got iirn hold oi the earth, and
their leaves have expanded above it. To
Insure this, the soil must be broush, in
close contact with them, ani they sGtii-
ciently covered. A COOL prccaution is TO
tread the fresh dug soil on the line where
the seeds nre To be planted, which rcIards
evaporation from below; or, when the
seeds are covered Ia n sufficient dcp:h. to
compress the earth upon them with 4 hoe,
spade, or board, which no, only tends 10
rrlair the moisture. but 10 break the soil
aud To bring it III ci0sc cnntact win them
Seeds oiien Iaii IL .'.w, or, havin, begun
10 s,rminate, are dried and lost. for the
want OF moisture, Aud many small seeds
Nth husky coverings. particularly flower
seeds, have been declared bad, because
they have bccn planted without due refer
cuce 10 this rule.
As soon as the plants arc firmly rooled,
the more he earth is stirred abou, ;hcm
The better. This facilitates The prePara-
lion Of the vegetable food in The soil, aud
greatly promotes growth.
Wceding.-Weedins in time is material
thing in culture. and stirring the ground
about plants. as also carhinS up where
nccrssnry. must be attended to. Breaking
uD tho surface will keep The soil IN heallli
for when il lies in hard-houud STATE, en-
rincl,ius showers run oil, and the sulubrnn>
mir cannoi enter. Weeds cxhaus, tho
strength Of the ground, aud il they are
suffered to seed aud SOW themselves, may
truly be called garden sins. The handiand
hos6are The instruments fnr wedding.
Digging, where the spade can 80 be-
tween ihe rows OF pIauls, is good mc'ho'
ofs destroying weeds; aud as i cuts of tho
Struggling iibres oi Ionts, they strike frcst
III nro,erCIs uew shoots, and are thu,
stfsagstleped Deep llpeing is n goot
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