The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1876-11-07


In re.psnse 10 the cootinu.-ti inQui-
ries from filn~. u 80 wish ~ engage in
gsrienIng as baaDess. propose 20
write ogi briefly y. com prshcusisely.
ach advice ai,d instruct ions a. my
long experience. tog,f her wi,h mY IL
tercourse aud correspondence wi,h
hundred. engsged in 'be various bran
ehes Of gardening enable me 20 giv.
My sdv,oe 70 ali lnaaIrers IL TO keep
AWAY from large cities, unless they h.ve
. large capital and thorough praeti-
col tn0~ledge 81 'h. business. Tue
beginn~r With limited me.ns and more
limited kno~iedg. af the bnan-ss,
UsulA ~ q.ut~ uralsi~ g. cs.~p<s. sith
those Who have i~e1 long established,
and such =. - rc 10 h. fund ia nearly
all cities If 100 01o inhabitants. or
over. On the other hand, IN cities Of
900. ioUO. - tap0 or 2b.0o0 ihhshi-
taHts, the business may D. aegan. and
profi,Ably carr 81 on Wi,h but little
capital aud = DodvE.te amount Of
knowledge at starting How 10 start
works Oh commercial gardening Gar.
dening for profit" and Practical Flo
rieulture. - have separately. IN the
departments of mark-. aud flower gar
dening. given advice on the cultur. IL
vegetables anil flowers ss -v.para,e and
distinct branches of bu-ine.- Further
experience has led me 20 telieve that IL
would often be of great advantage 10
the beginners ia small towns. To under
take the cultivation OF small fruits.
flowers. and vegetables combined. The
soil should be of n quality that has
borne good cropa II hay. corn. potatoes,
or other farm produce. Do not be in
duced 10 90 far from the business CEN
ter Of the town, because land is cheap
there it Is better to pay 500 rent per
acre for. say two acres. = mile from the
ccnier OF town. than to buy land at tha,
price three or four miles distant for
that purpose II il Il fact beyond all
question, that whenever fine specimens
of fruit. flowers. oi vegetables are Of
fered for sale, "A demand j. created that
did not betors exist. and would not
have xi,ted uuless these articles were
placed before the eyes of ihe people.
Fr.suming then that the one or two
acres arc secured. ii dwelling house.
stable. az other buildings are TO bc
erected. let them DC placed II prscti-
cable, on the north east corner. so that
the part of the land TO be cultivated, or
" here greenhouses are 10 be erected.
bc TO, shaded La fruits. straw wberries
hold the most prominent place, and a
quarter of sa acre will contain at two
feet apart each way. about 500 plants !
IL these aro plaoted 10y August ls,.
from plsut. "a yer,d in pots in July. the
ground having besn propssly prepared.
at least COO quarts can te gathered at
tho first crop this is - low estinate !
tho best eultivators claim To gathe- one
quar-. per hill ef the large frni,ing
kinds. Next ia Importance in small
fruits comes raspberries. black berries,
grapes and eurrants, with which
another quarter of AN acre might
l., stocked This would leave. IL there
wer. two acres at the start. onc acre
and = half to be devoted TO vegetables.
OF this one eighth of an acre might TO
devoted 10 asparagus, and the same
amour. to- rhuharl,. beets and onions.
cabbage and caulihowcr. and lettuce,
and to celery rncfmbers and melons.
tomatoes aud beans. may each have a
quarter Of au acre. While onc-eight of
AT acre msy he devoted to other things
not provided for TIE cultivation nf
TIN. quantity Of land With such crops.
together with tl" care oi enhonsc.
wrnli roquirr tie l,har of iso a,tiv.
men daring the sumner months. AMI
probshiy ~ s'sme part IT the tine
three. hut IN Winter oue inan could
easily tio II all pnt hnr..' would he
Sufficient ff cuitisa,,ng and csriins
maj ure. etc. but the first plow,ng of
the land in Spring should be done b,
two horses. so that the work may be
done deep and thoroughly
Twenty years ago. after The success
inl culture n, = garden If some ten
acrv-. combined with quite al eYten.
sivo greenhouse bas,iess. my mbition
lei me ,o think that ii made 81 900
year tru,n ten acres. | might a. read
lily make so.ooo from thirty acrcs. so |
places. each OF abou, ten acres in ex-
tent. bn, about mile apart. A trial Of
thr~s years showed me ths, had made
serions mistake. for | found that
WAS actually making less money from
my thirty acres than had done ffom
my original ten. and yet hal eSper-
fence. capital. aud belicve ~ much
energy and business capseity as the
averag. of mankind Had the thirty
acres been ia one spot. the result NIGH,
have been different. s,ai ID is probable
that the profits ~oald not have ben in
the same proportion, as ii ten acres Only
had beea cultivated The lesson was
IL me = s.la,sry one, ard never hesi-
tate 'o state my own case to any ore
who inform. me Of his intention OF at
tempting To carry on gardening in ,w"
or mcr. different places At once.