Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1867-06-12
Kitchen Garden.

ter this month Is weeds sharp steel rake
| or a hoe-rake should be kept in constant use,
and in properly managed garden no weed
will get so large that it cannot be demolished
by the use of of these. 1t takes but lat
! tie time to go over the garden with rake
and if it be frequently done. it viii save
much subsequent digging with the hoe
| Very few people have an idea of how gar
len should be kept, and they would get n
good lesson if they could bu5 some of the
market gardens around New York City,
where gardening is not pursued for pleasure,
but ON high priced lands and for the money
that rs to be made out OF ID.
REPLANTING will be necessary wii,n late
cold rains have caused the early sowing to
rot or where late frosts have destroyed the
crop. Most things, IN northern climates
sown the first Of June, will in the end do as
well as ii put III earlier
! AsPAkAor~ should not he cut t late
When peas ready, stop cutting. hoe over
he bed, and if there 10 any good compost at
hand, give it top dressing, and then let the
tops have their OVID way, and grow 70 give
strength to the roots.
BEANS may still be- pllntet for snaps "r
dried beans LiInas in cold localities may
still be planted. The best for late paintings
ls the small lima
BEErs.-keep down the weeds and thin
sIeciy. Four 20 six Inches IS the proper dis
lance TIE early sorts will now be ready f
SO. The INNINGS Of the beet crop make
excellent greens. Sow seeds of the Long
Bod for late crop.
CsEao47 ma. sill hc s..wn. The carly ones
must bt Trimmed and weeied Early carrots
even il not larger than finger, bring a = ,od
price IN [ he market
CoRN should lie planted at Intervals of
about two weeks, and d succession If good
Swe,; corn may be had until FROST stops it,
growth The variety called Stowell's Ever
green l. the hest for late.
CUcUNBEEs. Sat CAT tae plants started un-
der glass. Sow for pickles well prepared
land about i feet apart. giving shovcltul Of
good manure t. each hill. Put in plenty of
seed to give the bugs IA fair chance to leave
some plants To grow.
LETTUCE i'll the warm uIonth- is apt to run
seed he India is the best for ummer sow
ing.
PAnsNIrs ehuuld be ihinlled aud hood as
SON as they are large enough TO handle
PE>s.-Plant for late corps. Stick brush
to those that need 1t. In field cul: urc hoe
earth up to the stems and let them run
RADIsuEs may hc sowcd for succession
wherever there Is vacant SPOT III light soil.
RnuBAgD.-kcep tho flower stalks down
and remove all weeds from the beds NV
that fruit Is III sc son, the plants may have ii
rest, and all the better if they have II top
dressing Of manure If it Is desiru lie TO dry
Or bottle a supply for winter, now is the time
TO do it.
RUfA BACA>.->" the latter part oi the
month, and is soon as the plants show them
selves, give Il busting Of lime or ashes,
10 keep of the fly
SALsIFY.-This IS i mos neglected vcgcta-
bic. OF culture easy that of carrots. 1t
8 capabl of being cooked in several ways,
md is liked by most people and will ailpId
IN acceptable variety at the farmers table.
lie may be sown now and tire ted like pars
nips, and, it is perfectly hardy like that,
nay be left in the ground all winter
SQUAsHEs.-Sow the running kinds, Mar
row, Yokohoma Turban Hubbard and other,
IN we'll manfred soil Let the runners take
rot. If vine appears to wilt, look near the
root for borer- cut him out and cover the
wounded part with soil.
ToxAToEs.-It is not to late in most places
AT the NorIh 10 put THESE out Win eXpectd-
Lions of crop light soil is best
We have published most Of the proposed
methods of training, but our own experience
and that of others has shown us that any
elaborate system of training Is only Of in
gardens where space is valuable For geneT-
a crops, any arrangement Of brush or rails,
that Will keep the fruit from the ground. is
all the training that will pay
LIQUID MANURE is "a grand thing judiciously
applied. An infusion Of spcep or yard
manure, Of the color Of = boarding house
Tea, which means nothing to strong, may be-
used with great advantage. In European
gardens they have systematic use OF liquid
manure, and there as well in japan,
country from which we have vet so much 70
learn much Of their horticultural success
depends upon the of human f;rccs in IA
liquid form. Stimulants of this kind should
not be applied in dry time, unless a pro-
portionate amount Of watering, by irrigation
1r otherwise. be done he plant cannot
grow in a time of drGugh, and manure At
this time IL only an injury. lgrcuttr1st