Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1855-03-23


denomination of Garden vegetables, several
have the directions for culture briefly given
on the wrapper, and similar directions fol
most of the others will be found in little
pamphlets which accompany the seed.
kept for sale at HouGHroN's and DENoR.
MANDrE's in this place. Every one, how
ever, who has a garden, will fud it econ
omical to have one Of the many good books,
BUIsT's, for instance, in which the art Of
gardening is fully explained
asparagus, is thing which there is
little encouragement: for any to plant ex-
cept those who feel themselves tolerably
well .fired, as i: takes four years from the
seed, at the very least, to bring it to usable
perfection. 1t is better to procure the roots
two years old, and set them in beds made
very rich to the depth Of thirty inches, in
rows j. by 8 inches apart
Beefs, Carrots, Parsnips may all be cultivat.
ed according to the directions given on some
cf these papers twelve inches apart for the
rows is better than nine, and the manure, es-
pecially if only half rot,cd." should be buried
not less than one foot below the surface. The
practice SO common in our neighborhood of
transplantIng beets, occasions considerable la
Dor which is worse than useless. They will
grow Just as well without it, and are certainly
less tough and stringy. Plant them tolerably
thick in the drills where they are TO stand and
thin out the young plants forgreens, for which
they are excellent. Wood ashes (uneached)
at the rate of one peck 10 the square rod, and
common salt at the rate of two or three plnts,
will be found particularly useful for these
crops.
Rsdishes may be grown lhinly in the same
drills with either Of the plants just NAMED, land
The salt will destroy those worms by which in
many gardens they are SO much injured. They
should be ont of the way before the whole
ground is wanted by the other roots.
Pure Early Ywk Cabbage is the only kind
lhat should be relied on for very early crop.
The printed directions are suited rather 10 the
latitude of Washington. With us they may
be started either in doors or in gentle hotbrd
as carly as possible after the lst Of March,and
trausplantcd into rich ground deeply dug
when of sufficient size.
Kohi RaJi. called also Caulo Rapa, is sort
ofcompromise between the cabbage and turnip,
turnip growing above ground where you
would naturally look for Il cabbage head. We
have seen II growing in Mr.. NoLL's garden
here under the care of his German gardeners.
II is said 10 be quite valuable plant, more
certain than the Turnip, equally productive,
and almost as delicious as the Caulifiower,
when taken at the proper stage. 1t is manag.
ed precisely like the late cabbages.
Sea Kaie is different vegetable from Bore.
cole, and the different varieties Of kale, SO
called, which are used for greens in winter
and spring. This kind is used much the same
as Asparagus, which it resembles also in the
mode of It's cultivation. Full instructions on
this poin, will be found in any book on Gar
dening.
Among the farm seeds, are several varieties
Of SPRING WHEAT. We believe little is
done " ltl lHlS III oui DuI tNSA'ho'iN
which we quote in the present number of the
Chronicle, will show that it is regarded with
favor IN other wheatgrowins districts. lfany
of our farming neIghbors have made
faithful trial OF it klteiy, we should be glad 10
know the result of their experiments. We
have known it to be used in the spring for
fillIngup vacant spaces in the wheatfelds when
the grain had been winter-killed, and so uni
form crop realized. There seems every rea-
son to anticipate grea, demand for agricul-
tural products the coming season. Nothing,
probably, short of the restoration of peace in
Europe, can prevent its being even greater
than hitherto on many accounts, therefore, II
i; desirable that the farmers Of America
should improve every available food of their
land which they can cultivate iceA, IN order to
feed the needy multitudes Of mankind. 1t is for
those around us to Judge whether they can
even experiment, TO any advantage, with
Spring Wheat. We hope they can.
Baden Corn is handsome white variety,
which has been given out by the Patent Office
eight or ten years, and is highly esteemed as
far south as Maryland but we doubt whether
1t could claim any advantage over
the best specimens of Gourd seed aud other
yellow varieties for this latitude. Still we
should like 10 see 1t tried by those who can
give it place to grow in at ieas, 60 or 80 rods
from any other variety. Thus only could they
be sure Of keeping ii unmlxed.
Italian Ray Grass is esteemed IN England
above all other grasses, we think ,and the Farm
journal for The current month has an article
strongly recommending it TO the confidence OF
our farmers. As most of our farming readers
take that excellent Periodical, or ought to do
SO, we will refer them to ii for further details.
Syeet scented rernal Grass is mainlyvaluable
for the pleasant odor which is indicated by
the name, although some maintain that II is
what gives its famous excellence 10 the best
Philadelphia butter. A sPrinkling OF itln the
pastures would certainly be desireable.
MOta de Hongrie Hungarian Moha)we know
nothing about, except what we gather from its
looks and its botanical name (Panicum ger
manicum) 1t appears to be one oil Inc many
varieties of Millet, some Of which grow well
and are very productive even on poor SOILS II
warm and dry. Being of the grass kind, 1t
furnishes abundant fodder when cut green,