Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1861-05-17
AGRICULTURAL.
Horticultural Notes tor tho
Month

Up to this date (April l9th), with the
exception of few warm days,the wealth
er has been so cold and stormy that very
little work has been accomplished IN the
garden. The greater bulk of seeding and
planting has yet to be done.
Peas, for the early crop, should be
sown in rows - to 4 feet apart and
poIed. Where il is difficult to get sticks,
some of the dwarf kinds can be sown in
rows about . feet apart; and by hocing
up the soil pretty high on the Southern
side of the rows, the vines will iall over
it and produce fair crops without polling
Carrots should always be sown in rows,
wide enough apart to admit the free use
of the hoe. The same is, in fist, true OF
{ nearly all our garden crops. The Early
Short Horn is the best variety for the ta-
bic. They may be sown quite thick, as
these carrots when no larger than ones
little finger are very nice eating. They
can thus be thinncd out with advantage.
A few radishcs sown in the drills will
come up sooner than the carrots AMI serve
to distinguish the rows. and allow the use
of the hoe to break the crust and destroy y
the weeds before the carrots are fairly
out of the ground
Black Seed onions like rather COM
pact soil. IF the soil is light and has
been dug and manured in the fall, the stfrr
face may be hoed over and the seed drill
ed in without digging.
Tomatoes, to be early, should be wtn
up by the time this paper will be received.
1t is not yet too late, however, 10 sow tho
seed. If any plants spring up from self
sown seed where tomatoes were grown
last year. they should be spared ifneedcd,
as they will produce earlier fruit than
plants obtained from seed sown this sea-
son in the open ground. So at least an
experienced grower informs us. Toma-
to IS may be transplanted when they have
pushed three or four leaves. The bed
should be thoroughly soaked with water
before the plants are taken out, and the
more earth kept on the roots the better.
In this section it is not generally safe to
set out more than few of the plants be-
fore the middle of May.
Cabbage and Caulifowcr may yet be
sown. Plants from seed sown last month,
if too thick should be prickcd out to form,
stocky plants before the final planting
ransplanting is too much neglected. 1t
is in many cases exceedingly beneficial
The chief point in 'rauspahing is to
have the bed from which the plants are
taken thoroughly soaked, so that the moist
earth will adhere to their roots. This is
/ far more important than watering them
after they are set out.
Beans.-Lima beans should how be
planted on light, warm, rich, mellow SOIL
beans i'll each hill, aud if they all grow
take out the weaker ones. Three strong
plant, to hill are enough. 1t is consid-
cred best to put the poles in the hill be-
fore Planting. 50 aS not to disturb the
plant. The poles should he 10 to l. feet
lon and be set firmly III the grouHd.-
Strine beans should be sown in drills =
feet apart. Half Il pint OF seed will bc
sufficient for Il row 20 feet long. Beans
are very liable to be destroyed by cold,
wet weather. Examine the seed week
after it is planted, and if it is deeayel
sow again at once.
Parsneps and Bcets are sown in rows .
feet apart, and the plants thnncd out to
. or 10 inches apart in the rows. The
carly Bassano beet may be thinned out as
wanted for use.
Sasity, or Vegetable Oyster, is not
| sufficiently appreciated Sow rather
thickly in rows one foot apart and thin
out the plants to I inches.
Cucumbcrs can be sown as soon as the
weather becomes settled and the soil well
t warmed. Make the hills 4 feet apart. If
YOU have a compost OF leaf-mould and
rotten manure, dig hole two feet square
and one foot deep and fill it with the COM
, post. Sow six or eight seeds in the centre
of each hill and press them in with the
finger about an inch deep and cover them
with soil. An old chccsc-box with the
bottom out, cove ed with gauze, will be
, very useful for keeping off cold winds and
bugs. Three plants in hill are sufficient.
aud five are too many
: Melons and Squashes are cultivated in
) the same manner as cucum5crs, except
that the hills should be little further
apart, say , feet each way for musk and
Il feet for watermelonS, and or eight feet
for sauashcs. The runners should be
pinchcd in to make them branch and to
throw the sap into the fruit.
' Celery raised III the hot-bcd should be
prickcd out into the open ground before
setting them in the trenches. This will
make the plants stockv and hardy.
| The Flower Garden must not be ne
: elected The new postal laws allow seeds
and plants to be sent by mail for one cent
an ounce, and such plants as ycrbenas can
I now be sent by mail. This splendid bed
t ding plant should find a place in every
garden. 1t is better to set out tho plants
where vcrbenas were not grown the pre-
vious year. Peg them down as fast "a
: they grow, and they will throw out new
roots aud spread rapidly. There is moth
ing more beautiful than bed of well-se-
lcctcd ycrbenaS Watering them occa-
| sionaly with weak solution of Pcruvi-
4 am guano, say teaspoontul to gallon, Is
very beneficial.
+ Pctunias, scarlet gerlnlums and hello
tropc. are also well known and excellent
/ bcllinrplants, lantancs arc quite snowy
t and arc useful for variety.
:, pllutinr C,runo Vines, s,--( 1rrfullv OK