Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1871-09-23
Market Gardening In England.

A correspondent of the New York EreaiHs
Post, writing from London, says =
Early beans under glass are certainly nov
elites. Our early Mohawk bean Is hare roreed
for the market There are plenty Of people
in London, and probably IN New York. who
in April and MAY. They buy them bS co STa
so much per hundred pods. The pods are
large, and eaten green, as with US in the sum-
, mer-that is, as string beans. They are raised
in great quantities, whole ranges OF lighthouses
being devoted TO their culture; and, as far
as l can judge from mere inspection, the cul-
somewhat ike tSis:MFili eisht-ncs pots With
rich soil, and plant Just under the surface eight
beans. Set the Pots in moderate temperature
10 ar the glass. With a steady and rather dry
atmos pherc thcy Will advance quickly. Give
plenty of water and air as often as the weather
PERMITS When the plants arc well up, remove
three of the weakest. As soon as the roots be-
The 1--WE plants. II keIt growing rapidly. will
soon come into bloom Ii the weather is cold
or Cloudy, - that air cannot be given. the
iTuit may bc caused 10 set by gently brushing
the hand 10 and fro over the flowers, or by
shaking the plants. current of air would be
best, il not too cold. The plants will bear when
six weeks old. After removing the crop
throw the plants out. Successive sowings
must be followed up every two weeks. The
hrst sowing Is in December, the last in May.
Beans for late forcing without fire heat are
often grown ia frames. In this the seeds
are planted IN rows in the frame. Pots are by
far the best. The chief point to be aimed At Is
The American Cuitivator at once points Ia the
fact that early beans can be raised At the South
and sent to the New York market The same
remark applies TO London. The French garden
ers send their produce into English markets by
the steamboat load every day. In a certain way
1t injnres the London trade, but people quickly
learn to distinguish between vegetables that
have Travelled for ten hours by boat and rail and
those fresh from London lighthouses. Every
where in the shop windows one SEES tomatoes,
Strawberries, melons, etc, marked English
hothouse," and with higher prices attached.
Comment is not necessary. Tomatoes are
forced 20 limited extent in England The
plants are grown in borders and subjected
10 rigid system OF pinching. Now let Us
move ON toward the city and examine some OF
the outdoor gardens about Kew, Chiswick
and Fulham. We will not mention any one
place, but take general survey over several
miles of territory, all of il closely planted with
growing crops. Every available foot is de-
beyond acre seemingly in sufficient quantities
to sour the Thames were II all stewed in that
muddy little river. Huge patches OF lettnce,
counting plants by the hundred thousand, spread
out In pale green sheets, like a lawn. The
ground is lost to view we pass so close do the
plants stand TO each other. There are dozen
women tying up the heads with bit of mating.
This lettuce requires to be bound up TO make il
blanch. Think Of the. labor 10 be performed on
an acre. Forty-two thousand plants in one acre
and every one to be handled. Our cabbage let
forcing. Sec that field thrown up into high
ridges! That is full OF asparagus. The bank
ing up is TO cause the shoots To push through
deep soil. / doubt IL this is an improve
ment on our American method. There is
another field in ridges, each about five feet
wide, with sunken path about two feet
wide between each. The top of each ridge
has slope toward the south, and is thickIy
planted with horn carrots. Last winter this
three-acre field was covered with glass The
ridges are the places where the frames stood.
A crop of some kind was gathered from il in
March, and then the carrots were sown. The
first ten weeks of their existence was passed
under the glass. The frames, when mild weather
preaching maturity out of doors. There is a field
ofcaulitlowers, ripe and ready for market Beside
each plant stands an iron frame filed with glass
or large bell glass. They were placed over the
plants in cold weather, and under them the plants
made their growth. Straw was also used as
stfl further protection. The use OF these glass
covers is an idea imported from the French and
Belgium gardens.