The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1873-05-03
Making the Most of a Garden.
{ Id (li,e}en gardens arc made

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capable of doing under good culture and
care, and it skaIlibothe purpose of this
paper to describe some of the methods
IN use Sghppg the market gardeners, by
which gth6 gafdeniis made to yield two,
and even three crops in season. But
little more labor or manure is needed
tor the two crops than one4-in fact, the
amount Of manure required to produce
the esop inA perfection VIII generally
o!Eyf fhESasE hlg ahs second with little
addition.
The Early Crops are Tie Late Crops are
Peas......( May be fol- ! Squashcs. Tur-
Potatoes, lowed by nips, Pickles.
Lcttdce.@.21' Melons. Late Cabbage,
Bcets. ....... Celery Swect
Ely Cabbagc,...""s".Y Herbs, Sage,
Bcans....... ....... Nlarioram.
Onion Scts................l &C.,
Onions from Secd........J Turnips
.......Yf,..,,,r, ..v-a...,.... Squashess Celery
The early crops must be well manurcd
and TILED. in order to be cleared off in
season for the latter ones, and this mus,
be done with prompness in order to pre-
vent Interference.
THE slcet given above is what is
in general use among gardeners, and
admits some changes celery may
follow potatoes on strong, rich land, but
net peas or beans, as the amount o
manure and moist land suited to produce
celery in perfection is not good for pea
and beans. Where peas arc wanted in
succession, yas they are5in most gardens
(though snet dn the market at profitable
prices), the early ones may be followed
by sqaasheS, TIE latter BY turnips or
cabbage. Again, the amount of man
ure needed to produce good, early
lettuce, bcets and spinach would be
worse than wasted on late crop of tur
nips, which would be very large bu.
coarse and wormy- Moreover, cabbag,
cannot be to follow cabbage or turnirs.
or the reverse, without an interval 1T
least two years, unless on aomc kinds Of
limestone land. eBB \ a.
When peas and potatoes are to b..
followed by sssquashcs, every fourth row
of the early crop should be left blank in
planting; in this blank row the squash
seed should be sown the first week in
June ;Sthcy will not run before July
10th, giving time TO clear away tic carly
crop aud plow the land between the
squashes. The same plan is adopted
when celery folloys potatoes; the celery
plants are sci IN nuc III biank row
between the potatoes, and banked up
after tho potatoes are cleared away
When peas or potatoes are followed b.
turnips, 1t is common to give the land u
light plowing or narrowing, and rollinY
and brushing, sowing the turnip ,eed
about the last of July.
When late cabbag0s are to follow
peas or potatoes, the land should
receive, if possible, second manurin,
after the early crop. is cleared off, and
made fsp BY plowing. The cabbag
plants yHaarstI must baJet ibSJulyI2o'h to head
we'll. s
The land for spinach, lettuce, bee :,
earlRszeabbage, aud onions, should be
made very rich by abundant mumuriny.
and these crops are generally made to
Precede celery, which needs also very
rich land to do we'll The spinach
and lettuce will Sbe all, cleared before
setting the colery plants, but blank rows
should DO left between the b,ets and
onions, qs thsy-will not c 'e of early
enough % Bet the. celery, though in
ample season for banking it up. The
celesysgr rowsS should be eight feet apart,
at least when the Boston Market celery
is planted; the dwarf kinds can be
plaatedvycloser, but aroinferior. 1t 8
rather difficult to make melons do well
az second crop without hot beds in
which to start the melons in pots so As
to sat them1out about June 5th among
she lessacs or spinach; OF melon seed
may bo sowa guas asf, in hills five feet
apart, amphg ahs lettuce and Spinach
like all vines, they, need light land
highly msnured.
Cucumber pickles are made to follow
peas, or arc sown on freshly turned
greensward june Goth to July 10,h
WheG1 among peas We usually plant be-
tween tho peas at the last hoeing.