The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-04-12

From the FRANKLIN QA) Banner, 4thl
It Is presumed that gardeners have generally
trsDsplsnted their cabbage plants, beess, toms-
toes, peppers, Lettuce. etc., and that some Of
these are already half grown. Those who have
been enable TO plant sessonably may still plant
pole and bunch beans, lima or butter beans mus
tard, okra. tomato, radsh, parsley, squash. Gu
clmber, melons OF all kinds, beet, pepper English
peas, Iish potatoes, corn. roquette aud cress. In
TACT almost everything adapted to March may be
: The hoe Should now be active. cabbaees
should be hoed weekly. and wormed where they
are found cutting the plants. The ground may
be covered al inch thick all around each plant
with old vell-rotted manure, or new II old cannot
be obtained This mulches the ground. and the
rains send the riches Of the manure to the roots
surface soil in hoeing. Manure may, in like man
ner, be put between the rows Of onions, beets,
peppers and all plants which grow in drills, and
around squashes, tomatoes, melons, cucumbers,
and every other vegetable in the same manner.
after rains. enriehes and loosens the soil, and
operates at once on the growth Of the plant
Everybody Who manages garden should re-
member how injurious u is to vegetables In this
country to permit dry crust to form around
them. The hoe should be active after every rain,
&c soon as the surface soil will puverize.. -'
In cultivating melons OF ell sorts and squashes
put bu<bel or two Of old manure Ground each
hill, covering diameter of three feet, and a. soon
as the vines commence. running, spade and mix
the manure thoroughly with the earth to the depth
Of . foot or more. Keep the weeds and grass
away. and good crop will be the result. ~.
The principal business Of the gardener after the
seeds are all planted aud the plants transplsnted
Is TO kill all the weeds and grass as fast as they
make TIER appearance, keep the surface mellow,
the valks clear and the bitches open.
.f 1RUIT TExEs AND VINES. go.
An that can be done to fruit trees this month Is
to keep the sur face of the ground bare for good
distance all around the tree By scrapi1g the grass
and weeds with hoes: cut the water sprouts as
they spring from round the body Of the Tree. rub
of all useless sprouts and suckers that ssue from
the body Of the tree or from large branches
scrape the bodies of trees that look unhealthy.
and wash them with strong I've, and when the soil
two feet deep with pointed bar Of iron, al
around within three feet of the tree, and pour in
liquid manure. Chicken manure is good for fruit
trees. I4lj 8 .eIIt01f1
Grape vines on the side Of q house should be
tied up TO nails with stout hemp strings, and the
new shoots, when they become lengthy should
be tied up. When trained to stakes or arbors, the
vines should be properly directed. and the long
new shoots tied to the proper places The arbors
OF Scuppernong vines need enlarginR yearly. The
vine needs no pruning, and covers an immense
space when 1t has age and is in good condition.
Grape arbors should either have large posts, o
charred AZ the bottom, or the posts should be
framed and braced, the tcnon pitched and spiked,
and the bottoms set on brick pillars or blocks. A
good grape vine, on an arbor, lives from twenty
i've to fifty years, and In some instances they have
q hundred years. The arbor should be made
accordingly for IL Is diicnlt to repair or renew Q
grape srbor covered wirh matted vines.