Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1854-10-11
he nf the Pie Plant.

All Ive had any experience IN the
matter, lilly convinced ofthe luxury auu
heaIthfubffresh and Observation-Disclosures
for pies aseasous Of the year. Yet tne
idea has suggested itselfto the many
or if it h5 lis not practiced upon tha'
cycle Of stubstauces NAV be had SO as 10
furnish frenaterial through the year
The Pie-H furnishes beautiful Ink 10
this conne9 chain, coming as it does when
Apples beao loose their freshness, or, as
they are inluy families, not 10 be iouno
at all, and Ire Gooseberries, which nave
not yet fou placs in one garden OF twenty
TO any tolerAe exteat. Yet how few cul.i-
vate the Pie why, we know not iot
nearly all arsfoud &it when properly COOK
.--Lha ga55lAl aa as the bur
Neither of theo VI grow successfully in
poor soils. TE0urdock chooses a location
for itself, and 4 Pie-PIant is nearly always
thrust into sonpoor corner of the neglected
garden, and th blamed excessively if will
not produce lse, fine footstalks where even
common weetwould refuse to grow, and
where no grawould vegetate, unless it be
the ever Untrue Quack. We once planted
some miserah puuy roots of the Pie-P Plant
in rich deePil. The consequences was,
the next yealI Ie size of the footstalk increa-
sed one-halfl The following autumn, be-
fore the setta in of frost, we covered the
bed some ee or four inches deep with
fresh horse riure. This kept the roots in
fine preservon through the winter; and
early in spri when the ground was fairly
settled, thelanure was. mixed with The
earth BY tp and thorough forking. No
wonder lhaie Vigor of our plants was in-
creased in ;onderful proporlion! As soon
as any budPpeared they were taken of
the leavSere cut as often as they be-
came large ugh for use. The next autumn
we gave thsual protection Of manure, ard
the followispring We forked it in. This
course we ie now followed for four yeaDs
with some mis- we took from neglecgsd
grass land Now mark the result: fr5m
the miseras puny leaves and stalks Of the
first wears owth, when the stalks veg not
more tbanxinches long and prOrorti esIy
slender, wdhve now large oroaa ess
and stalks , strong that all who : "a
are inquiriawhere we got our neI sariety
of Plant, siuxuriant, strong, 6tItful.-
The answesconclusive culdva 4 has don,
il; aud theimpIe process we bave followed
if pursued t Others, Will, on "a small piec
of land, anc with very httls labor, furnis
them with al abundance Z pie material &
the season Wien, with Yany, there is IL
greatest deartL, in that article. If gypsu
IS sown on the young leses when the de
is on, it will push their grOth finely by ad
ing the manure at the rootin giving the
nourishnent. We have no'oubt but Il
article can be raised in the ay we ha
adopted, SO as 10 furnish it to dltivators
the rate of enough for pie for GH penl
What cheap comfort!
We have somewhere in our traveluotic
another error in the cultivation of thaeb
1t consists in raising it in elevated beas
j med by making large frame of sla4
e boards and filling it with manure and 8
in which The roots are planted. This
give them rich soil, but not good OF
too dry, decidedly. Il may answer we
early spring, when rains are frequent
plenty but as summer approaches. and
dry, warm days come on, the plants
> suffer for want of proper moisture
o leafstalks lose its succalence, become strl
= insipid, concoct more more Of the acid
g ciple, by which it is rendered unpalatab
not injurious,-and thus its value Tor
= the season be entirely lost; while with q
y per locality and care it will furnish a
IL article, always at hand until September
is giving grateful variety TO tie rich COM
i'll tons of the summer months.
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1s Fanny Fern objects to man sneu l
~ - tears. She says it is an infringement ]
IL on one of woman's most VaiuaOie