Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1850-04-10

slightly dug in, when the ground should be
raked, and have covering Of long straw
placed over it, for the triple. purpose ofkeep-
ing down the growth Of weeds, maintaining
moisture in the soil, and preserving the fruit
from grit While your vines ale in blossom,
have a care that they do not suffer from
drought To prevent this, it will be we'll
in dry weather to water them pretty freely
about three times week. If you desire
fine large berries, add gallon Of SCOT t.
thirty gallons Of wafer, and water them with
the decocion, taking care always to hold
the nozzle Of the watering pot sufficiently
low to avoid touching the flowers. The
best way to prepare this decoclon Of SCOT,
is TO tie the SCOT up in bag. In this way
you may fill the barrel containing the SCOT
up second time.
Asparagus beds.-lf you have not done
SO already. give your asparagus 5eds top
dressing of manure, which ould be forked
in, then s,rew sal, over the bed, so as to
whiten The entire surface. Salt is one Of
those ingredients on which this roo, delights
10 feed, and is never applied without result
ing benefits.
Goose6erries Cmrants - Either the
bushes or cuttings Of these may now be SET
out; the sooner the better.
Egg p1auts.-The seeds Of this vegetable
for late crop, should be sown very early
this month. Select spot on warm border
manure i. literally, dig i. deep, rake finely,
and sow the seed thinly, rake them in gh.-
ly and pat the earth with the back Of your
spade. When the plants come up, should
the weather prove dry, water every second
or third day. In six or seven weeks the
plants will be ready for trans plantation.
Setting ont Tomatoes.-1f you have plants
set them out The frs, good season sfler the
weather shall have become sellled, the SOON
er the better plant them three feet EACH
way, in ground tina, has been heavily man.
Hred and we'll worked, both as regards
ploughing and narrowing. After youe plants
become we'll set, dust them freely with ashes
and plaster. equal quantity Of each. II The
weather should prove dry, wafer the plants
every day and in cu.iva,ng them be sure
to keep down the growth of every Thing like
weeds and grass, until the vines begin TO
bloom, when they must be left undslurbed
TO fruit.
Sowimg Tomato Seeds.-In the first week
Of this month. select good piece of loan
OH a border facing the south, and sow to-
matoes seed for late crop. Manure and
prepare the ground we'll, and treat the plants
as advised for cauliAowers. Should the
plants assume s,ckly hue, treat them to
decoc,on made thus; put half bushel of
horse dung into barrel, fill that nearly up
with water, then pm, pound Of sui phur and
half gallon of SCOT into a bag, sink tina.
in the barrel, and after letting i, stand day
water the tomatoes plants with the liquor
this barrel will bear being filled up two or
three times.
As you set out your plants, immerse the
roots aad stems into mixture made into
SCOT and one part -four Of sulphur. This
will not only ensure heal,hful action to the
growth of the plants, but secure Them sgains,
the attacks of the cut and grub worms,
which SO frequently undo in night what
man has done the previous day.
Whilst Oh this subject we would here in
troduce some remarks on the culture of the
Tomato, received from correspondent al
Abingdon, Hartford Co. Md.
"ln the culture of This vegetable, great
advantage may be gained in poin, of earli
ness, by sowing few seed in pretty large
flower pc. in the house, a, least one month
before the usual time of making hot-beds.
After the hot bed is finished the pot may be
sunk in the earth where it can remain until
the plants are large enough 10 transplant
When they are four or five inches high to-
matoes may be forced very freely. Indeed
my own experience convinces me that the
best treatment for them is to drench them
and scorch them by turns, for if there is
salamanca among vegetables, i. is think,
the tomato. When young however, they
are tender, and bear neither heat nor cold
very patiently. If plants are sown in the
house during winter they should therefore
be well taken care of until the hot-bed is
ready to receive them, when they will do
we'll enough. ] have some at this time
March ls',) that have pu. forth the rough
leaves and are doing remarkably we'll"
Carrots, Parsnips, Beets.-Drill in some
rows of each OF these roofs al the beginning
Of this month Cor earl y use-your main
crops for winter consumption had better be
delyed until the beginning of next month.
Celery.-Prepare bed and sow celery
seed. Select good rich loamy spot man.
ure it literally and dig and rake it well; then
sow the seed, rake them in lightly and pa,
down the earth with The back of spade or
shovel. Trea. the bed TO frequent waterings
both before and after the plants come up
J. is importan. to the termination Of the
seed that the ground be KEEP. moderately
moist.
So,ring Onions you did no, SOW on
ion seed last month, do so the beginning Of
this. Select mellow loamy bed, cover i,
about two inches deep with we'll roted ma
nure, dig it in a spade deep, rake finely as