Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1867-03-30
Garden Work.

In the month of March the garden
er's active labors commence in the
more northerly states of our Union. =
In the warmer latitudes the same OPP
Grafton began in January or February.
Seeds should be soWn III hot beds
the weather favoring, about the middle
of the month-in rows about three inch
es apart, excepting cucumbers and mel
ons, which must be sown either in pots
or on inverted sods, to facilitate trans
planting. Three or four inch pots, or
tough sod, four TO six inches square,
and three inches thick, should be used.
VARIETIES FOR THE Hot BED. EARLY
dwarf York, early large York, early
Wakefield, sugar loaf, cabbage; early
Erfert, early Paris, caulihower; early
white solid, Turner's dwarf white, eel
cry; early tennis ball, curled Silesian,
Victoria cabbage. Frankfort, lettuce;
early smooth red, Fejee, Tilden, pear
shaped (for preserving) tomatoes; long
sweet, large bell, Cayenne, peppers;
long purple, new purple, egg plant;
early Russian white spined, cucumbers;
white Japanese, green citron, fine net
ted, muskmelon; mountain sprout,
Goodwin's imperial, watermelons We
should vary the list, somewhat, for open
air culture. 80
The hot bed should be watered fire.
qnently with water from which the chill
has been taken, and through a water
ing pot with fine rose to the spout
When there is any danger of freezing,
the sash should be covered with mats,
straw, or anything that will exclude the
cold.
As soon as the ground is settled and
dry, we prepare for sowing in the open
ground, peas, onions, spinach, beets,
radishes and lettuce.
PFAs-Daniel O'Rourke, two and a
half feet high; Tom Thumb, ten inches
and early Kent two and half feet, are
the earliest well tried varieties. Carter 8
first crop, two and half feet, Nc
Leans little gem, ten inches, and Nc
Leans advance are commended by
those who have grown them. For a
succession, Bishops new long pod, If
teen inches, blue imperial, two and a
half feet, and champion for England,
four feet, are the best Culture: Peas
should be sown on moderately rich soil
in drills two and half inches deep, and
as wide apart as the vine grows high
After they are covered, the ground
should be rolled, or packed with the
back of the hoe.
ONIONS. Westerfeld red, early red.
oval red, Danver's yellow, large yellow
and potatoe onion sets, are the best
sorts. Culture: Soil should have been
prepared for onions, by high manuring
and clean culture, as it is hopeless to
try to raise good crop on lean soil,
aud it costs too much to raise them on
foul one. Sow in shallow drills, -elev-
en- inches apart, and pack the surface
well. Potato onions should be Just
covered with soil, and will mature ear
her than those from seed.
SPIAcH-Sow in rich soil, ia drills
eleven inches apart, one inch deep
Round, seeded, or summer spinach.
BEETs-Do best on soil made rich in
previous years. Bassano, or early tur-
nip, and early blood turnip, are the
earliest sorts. Should be sown in drills
one and half inches deep, and eleven
to thirteen inches apart.
RADIsHEs-Long scarlet short top,
and early scarlet turnip, are the best
ca ~ Sous, rose OllF6 suhpeu, anu schf-
let olive shaped, are French varieties,
promising well. Late years, the radish
succeeds only in limited localities, gen.
orally on pretty light soils. Culture
same as spinach.
COMPOSITION FOR SHADING GREEN
HousEs.-Mr. Dingwell OF Albany, uses
the following preparation for washing
the glass of greenhouse roofs in sum-
mer. He says it viii not wash off till
fall, when the first early frost cleans
the glass Tor a winters campaign, when
all-thearays of the sun again come into
requisition one-fourth linseed oil nd
white lead balance benzole and whit
ing. When applied it gives the glass
the appearance OF being what is called
frosted.-Hovey's Magazine.