The Osceola times., 1875-11-20
PLANTATION TOPICS.
THE SECRET OF GROWING cAULIFLow
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Comparatively few people, not pro.
fessional gardeners, succeed well with
the caulihower, and this delicious
vegetable is still rare luxury.
But, certain essential conditions
being assured, it is as easy to grow
a. the cabbage. The grand secret
of lis culture lies in two words
manure and moisture. Given these,
in sufficient quantity-mark this
last condition-and the grand flower
head comes as matter of course. If
YOU are accustomed to manure heavily
for cabbages, double the dose for your
cauliflowers. Plant four feet apart
each way, cultivate frequently, keeping
the soil loose and mellow. When the
plants are well grown and the time
approaches for them to commence to
hcan, mulch around the plants. or,
better still, the whole bed to the depth
of two inches or more with stable
manure, watering the plants through
the mulch, il the weather he dry. In
this climate cauliAowers, like cabbages,
must be grown during the cool seasons
of fail and spring, making the plant
ing for fall crop in July, August, or
September, according to the latitude
and season, and for the spring crop,
from November to February, giving
those planted in the fall slight winter
protection.
THE WILD GOOSE PLUM AT THE NORTH
The Country Gentleman says some
good words for this plum as follows:
4" A few young trees on our grounds
fruitcd for the first time this year.
Although of quite moderate quality,
this plum, we think, is destined to be-
come extensively planted. In appear
ance and texture it considerably resem.
bles the old cherry plum, being bright
red, fibrous and juicy. The speci-
mems generally measured an inch or
more in the shortest diameter, and
about an inch and a third of an inch
and half long. The time of ripen-
ing was the first and second week in
August. Specimens picked while yet
hard, and with light shade of red,
and placed in drawer, ripened in a
few days into a brilliant red. From
this we infer that they would be ad-
mirably adapted to distant conveyance
to market. Many of the plums were
stung by the curculio, but the thick
skin and character of the flesh pre-.
vented the larvae from doing much OF
any harm, and the fruit was invaria.
bly, good and fair. We think this
plum might be extensively planted
for market, even in the north, as il
will grow vigorously on soils no,
adapted to the common varieties OF
the plum, and it is not affected by
the black knot, and we question Il
the curculio, with a moderate amount
of attention, will ever do it much in
jury. 1t is hard to tell beforehand,
however, what these insects may un.
dertake or accomplish"
VALUE OF THE TAP-RooT OF TREES.
Trees procured from nurseries will
he found to have had their tap-roots
cut off, and the nurserymen contend
that this is a benefit rather than q
damage. BE this as it may, we can
not well transplant trees with the tap
root entire and miniured. To have
trees with perfect tap-roots, as nature
designed, they must he planted where
they are to grow, and grated ol
buddcd without removal. Some con
tend that this would give us healthy
thrifty, long-lived orchards, such a,
are seldom seen nowadays. Cultiva
iion, throughout, is an artificial pro
cess, and the argument from nature,
methods is not always sound; but W,
are inclined to think there may b,
something in the suggestion we hav,
quoted, Experiment, however, is bet
ter than theory in such matters. Le
the plan of planting the seed wher,
the trees are to grow and grating tn,
seedlings in their original position b,
tried.
MEASURING CORN IN THE CRIB.
The Southern Rural Gentleman say,
that the following rules have often beer
put to the most critical test by the mos
thorough, as well as the most practica
mathematicians of the southwest, anC
the people using them may rely upon
their being accurately correct.
If measured in feet:
lst. Shucked Corn; measure tn,
length, width, and depth of the crib il
feet; multiply these three dimension,
together, and their product by eight
then cut off two figures to the right
those on the left will he so many bar
rels, and those cut off so many hun
dredths of a barrel.
I'd. Unshucked Corn; multipl,
the three dimensions in feet, as in rule
first, and their product by five and two
thirds; cut offtwo figures to the right
and the result will he barrels and
hundreths, as in rule first.
measured in inches:
Sd. Shucked Corn; take the di
mensions in inches and multiply them
together; take one half of the product
and divide it by 2150, and you hav,
the bushels ofshelled corn, which divide
by 3 to reduce to barrels.
4th. Unshucked Corn; multiply