Iowa territorial gazette and advertiser. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa Territory [Iowa]) 1840-1846, 1843-02-04
Agricultural Department.
GARDEN VEGETABLES.


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GARDEN VEGETABLES.
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EARLY CucUMsERs.-The following has
been 4eund by the writer, an easy and
successful way to raise them. Place small
pieces Of dead turf, as large as one's
hand, just below the soil in hot bed,
and plant the cucumber seeds upon them.
VIXEN the stems are two or three inches
long, the pieces Of turf are removed,
plants, roots, and all. to rich garden soil,
and they will advance rapidly in growth
and produce fruit two or three weeks
earlier than those planted in open ground.
Suitable turf is easier obtained where
grass has been. inverted the previous
summer or autumn. The Young pants
should be set outas soon as they wilt pro-
bably escape frost.
EARLY TOMATOES. -Wherc there is no
hot bed. these have been successfully
startled in pots kept in a warm room, and
the fruit ripeneda week or two in advance
Of those otherwise treated
While the fruit is yet green, have
much accelerated the ripening, by re
moving the larger leaves from dense
punches Of the fruit, aud placing white
boards ehind them, SO as 10 retlec; the
suns rays strongly upon them. they
soon became red, while the rest remane,l
unchanged in color. Would no. Planting
:lcm, AS vel! as many OTHER of the small
er garden fruits, against ii white washed
fence or wall, prove q. great advantage?
Ii is estimated in England, that u good
vail Tor fruit is equal to an advance o.
six degrees towards .hc equator; Why
then is this powerful means OF producing
early fruit. SO generally overlooked in
this country?
EARLY Po7AToEs IT is we'll known
that tho eye end OF pola,oc wi yield u
crop earlier by some days, Than tho root
end. This appears TO be owing simply
to the earlier growth Ut the sprouts from
the eye end. I!arliness will be greatly
increased by placing the seed potatoes in
boxof mois, sand, carly in spring, in a
warm place in the house; and then plant
ing .hem when the shoots are about lwo
inches long, taking care not to break them
of.
SrRAwBgRR1Es.-Many cu!,ivators sutl:.
er their beds.,o run wild, and still obtain
tolerable crops; but still better way is
TO plant them i'll drills or hills, and keep
them SO. lloeing or cultivation, benefits
them as much as it does com. By put
suing this course, the writer obtained
nearly pint Of large, fat, plump straw
berries from some single plants the past
season.
LlME.-Tnis success with strawberries,
might have been partly owing to the use
Of lime. Its tendency TO diminish the
growth vt leaves and stem. and increase
that Of seed and fruit. is we'll known. Il
had Leen applied two years before to the
strawberry bed. at the rate Of about hall
q hlshelto square rod. A similar ci.
ie@kswas observed on tomatoes, when the
manure they received, which was we'll
ro.ted, had small quantity OF lime
thoroughly mixed with it. The growth
Of their stems was moderate, and the pro
duct 10 fruit. very abundant. Others,
nanured without lime, grew abundan,Iy
in stem, and the product Of fruit not quite
90 great. Stacked lime was used. The
difference might have been owing to 9TH
CT causes; at any rate, more experiments
ore needed.
EARLY LETTUCE This was obtained
at least thee ,reeks earlier than other
lettuce sown in the hot bed, by taking up
p aats, sown tho previous autumn in open
ground, and TRANSFORMING them Into the
hot bed as soon as it was made. They
we're urged forward in growth rapidly
by the new heat they received. and form
"a heads four or five inches in diameter,
lie the other lettuce was hardly an
Aigh.
gopsspr YARlEfi1s.-This is ,
8 ~ Avesy gIsat importanoa where
aScelienoD ii quality is desired For let
.tuce, fhavo found the Early Curled 6ile
sia. aud Imperial Cabbage Lsttuee,sy0r
good varieties. The latter forms isrSs
6ns heads Of great delicacy. segs
The hast Cabbages appear III u Az
EARLY Sugarloaf, Green Savoy md sole
fashioned large winter Drupheo. The
Sugarloaf heads eariier than TN Easall
York, and appears 10 b superior % 4 4
quality. For those who ike very ten
der cabbage, the Savoy will sta,:d pre-emi
nens The character Of the Dfamlleat
10 Ill know.
have tried many varieties Of the lu.'
nip Tor table Use. and fnd none 10 satisfy
% Dst persons who have eaten them, better
than The White Norfolk, whether for ear.
" or lale use.
OF beets, the Bassano excels any that
have tried. II is yerY early. will keen