Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1868-05-22
farm. 6arafu & aJollafholtl.
TIMELY GARDEN HINTS

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When the fruit Of your Strawberry beds IS
.vslIipp they should be plentifully watered in
he absence Of rain. 1t has marked effect
unon the periecgness and size Of The berry.
Rnb off all the sprouts upon the stocks
,vs;cb YOU have set with gratis this spring
II viii help to push along the growth Of the
scion. Not unfrequeutly gratis, after they
have started, die for want Of sap from the
nareut stem to sustain them.
The trees trauspanted this spring should
be mulched as soon as the ground becomes
drv. For this purpose grass is as good as
ANYTHING. Don't put around the tree too
much at a time. and repeat the mulch when it
gets dry and thin. Remove 1t once or twice
during the summer, and stir up the ground
well. then replace it. 1t viii save many a
tree, if the season should be hot and dry
which we think this season viii be.
Your Raspberry and Blackberry beds should
also be well mulebed. Any quantity ofdry
stuff about place, especially leaves scra-
pings, &C., viii do, An application OF the
contents of hot bed is very benihcial
A few raJish seed planted around your
canteiope hills viii ordinarily protect thevine
against the striped bug. This dangerous en-
envy of the melon prefers the radish to the
melon leaves: and thus, while feeding on the
radisb, the other gets the start of it and
pushes on out Of reach Of danger, as the leaf
Of The melon is attacked only when very
young and tender.
When your flower plants get from an Inch
and half to two inches high, they can be
thinned out and transplanted. 1t should be
done after rain, or the ground from which
thew are taken and wAither they are put
should be thoroughly moistened
Radishes always do better when planted
in new ground, or at least ground where they
have not heretofore been. Old gardens are
the worst places in the world for radishes.
You will rarely obtain any sound ones. Clay
mixed with the old soil vitilizes it greatly and
will produce good radishes
Tomatoes, Egg and Cabbage plants, after
being set out, generally become somewhat
vilted in their leaves, and lose some of them
from the effects of the sun before they be-
come established. This can be prevented by
setting over the plant, say from eight or nine
10 four or five O'Clock in the day, boxes in
the shape of cones about fourteen inches in
height, open at the top They also protect
the plants against frost By the use Of these
boxes a week is gained in tine. and some
times the plants saved from severe or fatal
injury. The boxes will last twelve or fifteen
years.
II you find any of your eyergeeus to be-
come lighter in color than is saturalf for them,
or, rather if you wish the deepest green at
tainable, give them thorough dressing of
good barn-yard manure, extending as far out
as the extremity of the branches, and you
win accomplish your wish.
If shrubbery or fruit trees transplanted this
season look siekly or backward in growing,
prune them sharply. It is the only way to
save them, their setting out and other thiags
being duly attended to.
All Raspberry and Blackberry canes set
out this spring should be cut down to within
SIX inches OF the ground II not done when
set out. 1t will ensure the growth of the
new wood, and they viii come into fac bear
ing order next year; whereas, should the
canes be allowed to remain only partially
pruned, as other bearing wood, there may be
small crop of poor fruit, and only about
half a crop next year. Some people are so
eager to get fruit at once that they totally
neglect this advice.
Those who have not set out cuttings Of
grapes, shrubbery, &c, can lay the branches
down, say two inches under ground, letting
the end Of the branch appear. Sometimes
it viii require forked stick to hold them in
their places. A grapevine can be laid down
its whole length, and if carefully done viii
throw out a sprout from each joint. making
beautiful arrangement for the trellis.-Ger.
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