The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1859-06-01
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From the Field and Fireside.
Horticultural operations For June.

10 the Kitchen Gurden all the earv
crops should be removed the moment thew
cease to be useful, carefully saving all
straw and haum for stock or manure.-
Let the ground they occupied be Thoroughly
dug, that 1t may be ready for transplan.
ting or sowing other crops. These opera.
tons, TO succeed at tins tine, requires
fresh dug soil Between the rows of yrow-
ing crops mulchiug will he found useful
in dry weathar. All weeds should be cut
down and dug into the soil, which, if no,
mulched. keep light 10y freq tent stirring.
When the ground Is not subject TO wash,
the best mulch, after all for plants, is un-
douhtedly the loose, fresh dug surface
soil.
Thin out the growing crops of beets,
carrots, &c. Cat off the upper shoots Of
tomato plants, when the lower fruit is
half grown. Pinch off the tops Of lima
aud butter beans, when six feet high, to
throw them into fruit. Transplant celrv,
winter cabbage, tomatoes, sweet potato
slips. DC. Protect the more tender kinds
from the sun bv sticking shingles into the
earth on the sunny side The seeds OF
winter cabbage,. caulltlower and broccoli
may still be sowE, If the beds are shaded
during the day. As the plants come up
accuSton them gradually to the huht,
morning and evening, and as soor as
may be, take advantage Of n wet dAv to
dispense with further protection. Sow
also, the last VI the month, sweet German
aud ruta baga lurnips. Continue 10 plan,
sweet corn, snap beans, DC. Beets sown
AT thus time, IT the season is propitious,
are tine for winter use.
Earth up where plants require it. At
tend to watering when needed- give it to
plants at night, and stir the soil after it
becomes partly dry, to keep it from ba.
/ king.
Save all seeds rs they ,ipen-those OF
/ peas, beans, IL, when well dried, should
be put up III bottles, with little camphor
/ or SprnS OF tnrpcn'lue, to destroy the
bugs.
/ In the Fruu Gurlen keep the straw.
! berry beds I. ee from weeds, and runners
also, unless YOU wish to increase your
stock Of plants. II YOU raise them on
alternate strips, prepare, 10y thorough
digging, the soil designed for the new
plants To ran upon.
Where the branches e fruit trees are
laden too heavily, thin out the fruit at
once. You will lose little or nothing in
weight, and gain greatly in the beauty
and quality OF the fruit. Budding may
now he performed. A dligent watch
should he Kept upon insects. Those on the
vines, DC, should be crushed at once -
See that the peach and apple borers are
! drstro! ed. Apply soft soap to the trunks
OF the trees. Admit your poultry and
Young pigs into the older orchards a: and
IN the Younger ones. gather the fruit rs it
falls and 'eed to them. Summer pruning
should be continued. Rub off the suckers
from the stoks Of the vIne shorten to a
leaf or two the shoots proceeding from
the axis Of the leaves. Tie the rampant
growing shoots to the stakes or trellIS, to
prevent their being broken. Keep down
the weeds. Pinch the extremtres of .he
shoots OF pear trees. DC, where required
to give or retain their symmetry. Suck
ers, Ms they appear, unless required to fill
vacna, spaces should be rcmn, ed or short
ened to two or three buds. Gather fruits
as they ripeu.
In the flower graden bulbs NAV be
taken up and stored. Do not expose them
to the sun. Carnations AID pinks may
now he layered, and roses budded. Water
freely, when required. An occasional
drench Of soap suds will throw roses into
ne" bloom. Greenhouse plants must oe
: synnged each alternate evening. Water
before swinging. Pinch in growing chry-
I sHnlhemums, &c., to get them into per
feet shape; also, shrubs Of all kinds, as
we as greenhouse plants.