Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-10-13

It is customary to plant bulbs which
produce stems Of uniform height In
the same bed. High and low varie-
ties are sometimes planted In the
saline bed, the tall flower occupying
the centre and thelowerones outside.
The large bulbs should be set about
four inches deep. ga 4
RAspBERRINs. ia
A great deal Of damage was done
to raspberry plants by the early frost
Of last Fall, and care should be taken
lest the plants suffer from, asimilar
visitation this month. Ills time to
afford protection to the canes when
the leaves have fallen, and there are
indications Of frost. Old canes should
be cut away and all weak ones re-
moved; a few Of the strongest canes
are enough to leave to each stool.
When raspberry plants are allowed
to grow into abush, they become weak
and Improbable. In protecting
them for Winter the canes should be
bent nearly to the ground, being
kept in position bywooden crotchets,
and covered over with straw, hay,
pea-vincs, or any other light littery
substance. New plantations may
now be made in well-prepared soil.
The newly planted canes should be
headed down to within foot of the
ground; this pruning will keep the
roots from damage by the plants
waving in the wind, and it will also
prevent them from bearing the first
season after being planted. Rasp-
berry borders or plantations should
be MANFRED every Fall with we'll
rotted barn yard manure or leaf
mold from the forest.
THE VEGETABLE GARDEN.
There is very little good in grow
ing vegetables of any kind if they
are not secured from damage by
frost and rain. The early frost last
year destroyed large quantities OF
cabbages, turnips, beets, carrots, etc.
A slight frost will not'do much dam
age to these vegetables II they are
allowed to remain long enough in
the ground in growing state to
recover from its effects, but IL they
are gathered while frozen, they will
decay rapidly in their Winter quar-
tiers. When pOtatO-yines have
withered, there will be nothing
gained, but probably great deal lost
by leaving the tubers in the ground.
All vegetables that are liable to
damage from frost should be secured
as soon as ripe. 1t is not advisable
to put large quantities of perishable
vegetables into the house-cellar, as
during mild weather they are likely
to decay and to cause an offensive
smell, which whenever the cellar is
opened prevades the house. Every
farm should have roOt-nouse or
barn-cellar for storing vegetables in
Winter. Nearly all kinds Of vege-.i
tables may be kept in pits, If the
latter are properly made and sufti-
GENTLY protected from frost by q
heavy covering.
THE GRAPE VINE IN OCTOBER. /
Grapes for long keeping should be
allowed to remain on the vines as
long rs possible, unless there is dam
ger from frost. The crop ripened
well this year, and has been already
gathered in most places. The loss
Of fruit Of various kinds from the
early frost last Fall, ~ stillfresh in
the minds of fruit-growers, and they |
are profiting by the lesson SO dearly
learned. AS soon as the leaves have
fallen, grape-vines should be pruned,
and such as need protection, for the
Winter, laid down and covered with
straw, dead leaves, or any light,
littery substance. 1t is not advisable
to cover with earth SO early as Oc-
tober, and it is much better at any
time to use lighter material. AT
pruning time, cuttings of choice
varieties should be made, and kept
plunged in boxes Of moist sand or
earth in the cellar or greenhouse
until Spring. The dead leaves which
have fallen from the vines contain
the ingredients which the plants
have extracated from the soil and
atmosphere, and, on this account,
are the most suitable manure that
can be applied to the roots. They |
should be carefully collected, placed
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