The Kanzas news., 1859-05-14
Kitchen Gardening.

-@ bs AsPARAeus.-1t is q fne thing for this
plant to have rich beds of soil and manure
80. two feet deep, for the roots TO run in. Bu
Gfs one great reason that asparagus does moi
grow larger is. the plants are placed Too
= thickly together in the bed. Rows foo
Ia aapert viii not answer-they should be two
i@ feet at least. - g.. = Z
d ''dab And one may satisfy himself on this
point By planting two beds as follws:
> One to be two feet deep, with soil ant
q manure we'll mixed together. and ihs row.
. foot apart; and the other richly manured
coil one foot deep. with rows two and hal
4 7Sset spart. In four years the latter viii fur
nish altogether the largest stalks. But il
the bed is both deep and the plants far
apart. the stalks will be larger than either
sire The nearest possible distance admissible
'ei is foot in the row. In a trenched bed
81. four feet vide. -only two rows should be al
lowed. two feet apart, and the plants alter
mating, mot opposite thus giving more
space between them as in the following dia-
gram. - - - zssE* ,5e
To RAISE EARLY aCueUMBeRs. Place
pieces of inverted turf JUST beneath the sur
face of the soil in hot-bed. and on these
: plant the seed. As soon as the time for
rs Spring frosts has passed, lift out carefully
the pieces of turf with the growing plants;
and place them in high-nanured ground.
where they are TO. complete their growth.
No check is given to their growth By this
removal. If there appears afterwards any
probability of a night frost, cover them
well with bell glass. Cncumbers have
been thus raised for the table BY the first of
Summer. -.t-
"a EARLY LErTucE-The cheapest and best
wsy to have very early lettuce, is to SOW
e. the seed early in Autumn, in very rich
4 ground. and protect the young plants du-
ring Winter with frame and strong glass.
If flight is not admitted, the lettuce will die
The white head lettuce is best for this pur-
pose.
IF a few of the plants are set in hot-bed
in the Spring they will come forward very
rapidly-buL without the hot-bed, the crop
will be as early as In hot bed with the
usual management.
MELoEs AND CucuMsEas.-A common
error is 20 plant the hills too ciosely-six
feet apart is about the right distance. An
other. is too many in hill. A dozen will
do till they are beyond the reach of ..the
bugs" but never more than three after the
runners start. Goblet used to say, You
will have more cueumbers from one plant in
bill than from two; more from two Il an
from three: and so on till you get up to IF
y. when you will have none al all u
Millinet boxes are the besssecRriIy against
bugs. - SS.>5---r - -@s9ETs -
Remember that high and heavy msnu.
ring is very important for these erops-and
let all the manure be thoroughly mixed up
With the soil lone of the heaviest crops
ever raised. was watered every alternate
day With q liquid made of the cleansing o.
the henroosl mixed with water, and soaked
until the water fermented. Half pint va:
poured oH each bill. at q time, snd the often
sive odor drove away nearly all the bugs.
EARLY PoTAroEs-By sprouting seed
rpotatoes about two inches long in warm
place. e'Tly in Spring before planting, tax
ing care not to break the sprouts in cover.
ing. the writer has had potatoes four to SIX
inches high. By the time that others came
up, planted in the usual way without the
sprouts being started; and they have main
tanned this advantage till maturity. y SO =
ssgFLAT TuRSIrs.-The difficulty of obtain
ing dne crops of Ihis root. clayey soils. has
efhea been noticed. A neighbor succeeds
finally in all cases BY the following mode
He spreads old straw over the surfaces. and
burns it, which destroys the insects. i'm
proves the soil, and gives it q coalino O
ashes; then sows his seed. A good crop al
ways results. a good crop of turnips ma,
eften be bad. with almost no cost, By SOW
ing the sssd among potatoes, at the time th,
latter receive their last hoeing.