New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-10-14
The Pickle Crop.

BIT few persons arc acquainted With the mag
nudr Of Ire crop Of eacumbers growa for pickles In
the vicinity Of New.Yofk. The south part o! West
chester Coan.T Is the most prolific locality. There far
mcrs plant by the acre Three 10 six acrcs Of cucun
be. yiucs on farm IL not unusual aud from hall IN
acre 10 two acres very IL requires the best
land and high manurns get o fnl crop. The bottom
lands along the BrouI and Sasnill rivers. are much
for this crop bot osuay good often found
back In the hiIls Rotation "a necessary. though
farmers often follow corn potatoes with pckies and
II the crop s or ~ II sometimes "a Is the 18th 2hh
Of September rye is sown. We bnvs fond it pruftA
bic turnips among Tho pickles nbrui 'c fr "
Aueurt Tbis epmstite Interfere witt the PRODUCTION
and picking the pickles. SoIe mar..et gaide ners
,issw cuop " peas. Otaer early TrseiaDes when
wil b. or before the fret Of july witch Is t tine or
pirting the cucur Der seed, and aieT tie pirk nfe
OF soTy IRE when is powcd under IN Spring for iaa'
mare; thus getting three crops year The bret nt
nure Tor pickles Is that from the COW stables weiott
applied in hill. If crop pfccedes Tho pickles, "
Vii nay pillow tie land fvar hines, 10 AIn Liay nnd
June Then harrow smooth aud marx ~ squares four
each way. some p'rsons hoe out hollow ior the
HILL aud prefer 70 haui hiie dirt over she Ina
nui c, mriing slightly rnibed ii'i !.
Three or four gooo plants Ia blu cre enough batft
necessary 10 plant four times az many seeds e. pro
vide fir accidents This years drouh ntrrtefed seri
ously with tle young pIsts 50 - torgure r. iiaing
come Of which was niger the rain. Is ~; yr' owing
20 the favorable autumn these late paintings made
good crop sev Is usnLy worth about e 80 PET quart
II IL therefore quite onieet oT 'ch one % yow hi
own The should always lie done IN seed bed plasfof
caller than for the general crop. Tickle viass arc
Improved b blowing cueuaibers a IiPen. -.
In case OF dIoaih Ike Rat u s5i, the IN :nat bs
ssved 5y airing the earth betwoen the young raRtS
alsuOst every day. .fl
IL Requires about six weets Of good weather bo,wccn
plant ng and picking 9pd. II tho s'hssn - Evorale
picking viii oontlac sixeeks, AID &c vince shod be
Cleaned every other Coy.
Itr.quires one mar aud two bor. woinea ~ ina n
age IN acre lie hight az tie ssason In goed lsd.
a na5 GU, pick FIVE the usand pickles day.
As they are gathered all EIno trrwn togit or N
basket. which cmpCed npon the sor Ing .abe. ~
der shed up'B eide OF t,e tcla were me Wagon
eun .co4ie. They arr sorted ITO three m1c. ans A.,
ennltc into bafTsls which ~ E BIT are earied 10 ue
t5ckls bty railroad LaLO each bar 81 having ,tbe
number g Ikod vpon Il. aud Tie receiver knows at
once b. fts sze aad mea1lre whether tl'. amount Is
correct ~
/ THY YIELD AND r1sDE. 1880. sI
The price haa rahgfd 10 ihe !st hrc years IRON 70
81 Is per tl0asnDe sd has % e the bssnrss ~ q 90 sig
uDe If the INST prob able VI t3fm cTxps fteyird -
estimated ct 100 average qg ycTe. Amy u "d1ea
this year have very far eASeeded that. For asthce
IN tie vicinity u llo1it Vernon Jahn a. tAtieriee
picked eGs 900 fiuni a screz-s 55-eJi5 nm aara.
l.. 81. peass, (Missia1 School fISnD p'cted fsO.VJp
from Il acres-i1O0. StcG AZ acre. i...J. go -
isaac sherwood picked $4,000 from II ac1es-o'SJ.
These to Be Snrc arc extraordinary crops 1the hst
pnkie grpwors: bUt estiinsi ny hc yefae At 0j az
psr asre and The ioyest ulee az q q THOUSAND 20
emp ,eTy goed one and II does not appeal pos lids
" tut the market. " is esiilIs<to by vi have
facilities forssoertaaina tse truth thai tnsre have been
es FsS2 aas q cnssrers Etsid"s Ills s,,ne
pfosetr hRyo sent their entire crepa ~ tue CITY right
ii1sa the.hsld We know u great Ipauy tons of
| ooe1ubefs have been sent down ON tlle New Haven.
" 1rlc and Hudson River IiOsde, many BY lpIa
80 nf we do not thf5f we sre oyerostimaDg the pro-
dnc.on o eucumbeiS tg year In Westchester county
at d3o 0Dooc0) one Hundred dpd thirty miii0ns OF
IL isap nmensa isadstrJ and II does not rest With
her ~ In