The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1875-11-24
SEASGNABLE ORCH ARD AND
GARDEN NOTES.
THE SECRET OF GROWING CAULI-
FLOWERS.

professional gardeners, succeed
we'll with the cauliAower, and this
delicious vegetable is still rare
luxury. But, certain essential
conditions being assured, it is as
easy to grow as the cabbage. The
grand secret of it's 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
cauliAowers. Plant four feet apart
each way, cultivate frequently,
keeping the soil loose and mellow.
When the plants are we'll grown
and the time approaches for them
to commence to head, 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, if the
weather be dry. In this climate
cauliAowers, like cabbages, must be
grown during the cool seasons Of
fall and spring, making the plant
ing for the fall crop in July, Au-
gust, 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: "a few young trees on
our grounds fruited for the first
time this year. Although of quite
moderate quality, this plum, We
think, is destined to become exten-
sively planted: In appearance and
texture it considerably resembles
the old cherry plum, being bright
red, ibrous and juicy. The speci-
mems generally measured an inch
or more in the shortest diameter,
and about an inch and third of
ninch and half long. The time
of ripening was the first and second
week in August. Specimens picked
while yet hard, and with a light
shade Of red, and placed in a
drawer, ripened in few days into
a brilliant red. From this we infer
that they would be admirably
adapted to distant conveyance to
market. Many of the plums were
stung by the curculio, but the thick
skin and character of the flesh
prevented the larvae from doing
much or any harm, and the fruit
was invariably good and fair. We
think this plum might be extern
sively planted for market, even in
the north, as it will grow vigorous
ly on soils not adapted to the COM
mon varieties Of the plum, and it is
not affected by the black knot, and
We question if the curculio, with a
moderate amount of attention, will
ever do it much injury. tt hard
to tell beforehand, however, what
these insects may undertake or &C
complish.
VALUE OF THE TAP-RooT OF TREES.
Trees procured from nurseries
will be found to have had their tap
roots cut of, and the nurserymen
contend that this is benefit ra-
ther than a damage. Be this as it
may, We can not well transplant
trees with the tap-root entire and
uninjured. To have trees with per-
feet tap-roots, as nature designed,
they must be planted where they
are to grow, and grated Or budded
without removal. Some contend
that this would give Us healthy,
thrifty, long-lived orchards, such
as are seldom seen nowadays.
Cultivation, throughout, is an arti-
fetal process, and the argument
from natures methods is not always
sound; but we are inclined to think
there may be something in the sug-
gestion we have quoted. Experl-
men+, however, is better than theory