Civilian & telegraph. [volume] (Cumberland, Md.) 1859-1875, 1860-04-26
Garden Work For May.

Seasonable attention to the seeding
and planting of all kinds of garden crop
is indispensabc to success. A few days
delay will frequently make all the defer
cnce between an abundance of vegetables
and scanty product. A drought may
set in other work may exact the labor
of the farmer, and many unforeseen con-
tingencies may arise to prevent proper
and timely care in providing supply
for family sufficiently ample to furnish
the table, not only throughout the fall
season, but also the ensuing winter.
Setting out Cabbage Plants AS carly
rs possible prepare in the best manner a
not of ground--a clay loan is the most
eatable. Manure it heavily, spade it
i4cply, and rake all finc. Lay of in
g9ws three feet apart, and at distances
o.. Two feet set out the cabbage, drawing
them freshly from their seed bed for
Lis purpose. Choose moist, cloudy day
f1r this work, and in taking the plants
rom the bed dip their roots into bucket
or vessel containing mixture of COW,
manure. fine mould, and SCOT or ashes re-
duced by the black water of the barn yard
TO about the consistcnce of thick cream.
This will start the plants admirably. aud
mixture of SCOT and sulphcr busted
over them while the dew is on them of
corning, will help to protect them from
tho Fly, the gnat and the cut worm.
,So~ing CaLLage Seed For fall and
winter use, SOW seeds of early and late
cabbage, from the 18th to Goth of the
month.
Pdrsnips, Carrots and BcciS.-A light
deep loan, enriched with well rottei
manure, or with guano--which will be
found preferable to any other fertilizer,
is the fittest soil for all tap-rooted veg
otables. Trench the ground twenty
inches deep, and SOW in shallow drills
half an inch deep, and from nine to
twelve inches apart thin out. finally,
the carrots to from four to six inches
apart, and the parsnips and bcots
to from six to eight inches apart. The
after culture of all these roots is exactly
similar. 1t consists in keeping them
entirely free of weeds, and in frequent
stirring of the soil with the hoe.
iSoving Radish Secd.-Sow radish seed
in wei! prepared border, at intervals
of ten days aurin. this month. The
White Turnip Radish should now take
the place of the Long Red,
Lettuce Plant out lettuce for head
ing, and SOW for fresh supply at inter,
walls of two weeks.
Beans-D~arfa and Lima.-Sow few
rows of dwarf beans every ten days, to
follow in SUCCESSION. Prepare piece of
ground for lima beans. Check it eff in
rows six feet apart each way; and as
early in the month as the ground is warm
enough, make up the hills raise them
few inches above the surface of the
soil make the top of each
hill fiat, and plant upon it five or six
beans, two inches deep. Fix straight
poles ~ feet long, in the centre of each
hill, two feet deep in the ground, and
keep the soil well worked throughout
the growing season. If manure is
placed in the hills, it should be such
rs has been we'll rotted.
CymJlins-Sgu1shes. PLANT out Gym
blins in hills four feet apart. The Ear
" Bush is the best for family use. Gath
r. them for the table while the skin
Yields freely to the pressure Of the finger
1ail. The after culture is the same as
hat described for Cantaleupes. in Work
or the Farm.
Cucun,bers. ---Make the hills for Gu
numbers six feet apart each way. Let
he soil be rich and sandy or make it
light by spading and pulverizing, or by
he application of compost of woods
'arth and barn yard manure. FIatten
he tops of the hills aud sow n few seeds
,pon each. When the plants come up,
pr;nklc, Of dewy mornings. mixture
f SCOT and wood ashes over them, to
heck the depredations of tho bug. AS
con as the vines make their rough leavs,
in off the terminal buds, to make them
ranch out. Leave but three vines to a
ill. Keep the soil clear of weeds, and
nd hoe frequently.
Peas. Drill in a few rows of marrow
at meas, to succeed the earlier sorts.
After the Goth af the month, all peas
hat are seeded should be planted in
hady border,