The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-12-05
FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.
Directions Tor Pruning,

France, lays down the following rules
based on the fundamental principles un-
derlying the whole method:
i. The permanency Of form in trained
trees is dependent on the equal diffusion
of sap.
Q. Prune the strong branches short
but allow the weak ones to grow long.
B. Depress the strong parts of the
tree, and elevate the weak branches.
4. Suppress the useless buds on the
strong parts as soon as possible, and as
late as possible on the weak parts.
5. Nail up the strong parts very early,
and very close to the wall.
6. Delay mailing the weak parts as
long as possible.
z. Suppress a number of leaves on
the strong side, and leave them on the
weak side.
8. Allow as large quantity OF fruit as
possible on the strong side, and suppress
all upon the weak side.
8. Bring forward the weak side from
the wall, and keep the strong side close
to it.
10. The sap develops the branches
much more vigorously upon branch cut
short than upon one left long.
IL. The more the sap is retarded in
its circulation, the less wood and the
more fruit. buds will develop.
IL. To retard excessive growth, either
during autumn root-prune, or remove
the trees, or in the spring expose the
roots to the sun, and keep manure and
water from them retarding the Excess
sive vigor of the tree leads to it's fruit
bearing.
ID. Keep the fruits as far as possible
vertical, and their stems lowermost.
IA. Let the leaves lap over the fruit
till nearly ripe, when the light as we'll
as heat must be allowed to bear on the
fruit.
Winter MANAGEMENT of Plants.
As there have been SO many inquiries
about the care of plants in the home,
and they are such an unceasing source
OF delight to me, will tell how man.
age mine with perfect success. My
large geraniums of last winter 1 put,
early in June, into the border, and at
the same time put well-wooded slips into
wet land, and after three weeks, into
the pots they are now in, and they are
large slips, and have had to pick buds
of, though it does seem sacrilegious.
My Gala, fuchsias, oxalis, etc., gave a
long rest, only giving water enough to
keep alive, and transplanted in Septem-
Der. My Gala treated in this way |:
Put charcoal for drainage, one pint hen
manure, and fill up the pot with ground
from the woods, and its large green
leaves insure me that 1 have made no
mistake. Pelargoniums the same as
geraniums, if they were not so shy of
their lovely blossoms. Carnations l
have taken just from the border, and
they have grown very thrifty, and I
love them dearly; perhaps because they
were always my mothers favorites.
Begonias weltenisis cut back in June,
transplanted, and they are beginning to
bloom. There has been 80 little said
in the home about ornamenting our
houses with ivies, 1 cannot refrain from
giving my plan. Nothing can;be prettier
than dainty coliseum ivy for basket,
and the large.leaved ivies fill a place
nothing else can. I give them plenty
of water and sunshine all summer, and
they will be fresh and green all winter
without much of either; and can be
twined over any defect, and add to the
beauty of any spot. Hovas are fine for
twining on pictures, but are such
exotics that they need the warmest nook.
-Afrs. p. Sh1ythe, in Inter- Ocean.
Asparagus and Rhubarb.
W. D. Philbrick, writing in the Ameri-
can Cu'tiUatOr, says: "After the frost
has killed the leaves of the rhubarb and
the stems of asparagus, it is good plan
to clean up the bed and give it good
dressing Of manure. To be sure, this
can be done in the spring, but the spring
is usually very busy season in the gar
den, and time as we'll as manure is more
in demand then for other things. More.
over, the manure applied now becomes
thoroughly incorporated with the soil
by the winter rains. and is all ready for
the early stalks of these vegetables in
the spring. The method 1 generally
follow is to clear off the stems and other
rubbish''fr the bed and then run a
small plow on each side of the rows
lightly, SO as to disturb the roots as lit
tie as may be; the manure, which may
be rather coarse, is then spread along
the burrows and covered by turning the
loan back with the pillow. A liberal
dressing of ten cords or more per acre
is needed by these vegetables to insure
good crop. If it is desired to plant a
new bed of rhubarb it may be done in
the fall, though the spring is preferable.
The rows are usually made three and a
half feet apart and good dressing of
manure applied in the furrow. The old
roots are cut up so as to have one or two
eyes to each piece or set, and these are
planted about three feet apart in the
rows. A few may be expected to fall,
and will need replanting in May, VIII en-
the missing places can be seen. II plant
ed in spring it is little less likely to
miss growing evenly. Asparagus Is al.
ways planted in spring."
Corns.
Corns are nothing more than thick
ened, condensed scarf-skir, which, ris.
ing above the general surface, produce
pain and pressure. They are always
the result of an unequal pressure mace
by an ill-fitting shoe or boot. A tight
shoe, simply, never produced corn,
provided the shoe fit well, was equally
- tight at all points, so as not to produce
unequal pressure. A tight shoe, how.
ever, should never be worn, as it i'm.
pedes circulation and causes results
equally as bad as corns. A shoe or boot
too large, is productive of corns, especi
ally if the leather is hard and unyield
ing. Such a shoe will be very apt &c
produce corn wherever it touches sen
sitive parts of the foot. The proper
way is to have boots and shoes made
to fit neither too large or too small, but
just right-and then, bathe the feet fire.