Connecticut western news., 1879-03-05
FARM AND GARDEN.
THE FRUIT GARDEN,

THE FRUIT GARDEN.
 Black6erries.- not nearer than six feet. The Kittatiny" best for general culture. "SEydcr" IS of good promise.
 Cttrrants.-Set four or five feet apart. For varieties, "Versailles and "White Grape"
 Gooseberrics.- - Same as entrants. "Downing,' "Smiths Improved
 Gra2oes.-The distance apart will de- pend upon the method of training; if on a regular trellis eight feet will answer for most varieties. But vines can be set anywhere and everywhere, against fences, sheds, the barn, the house; wherever there is room in the ground for the roots, and space to train them, put vines. If but one vine, plant " Concord. Delaware" "Creve- ling, Wilder" " Barry" and "Eu- melan are all good, and generally suc- ceed. New and excellent kinds are of- fered by dealers.
 Pears-Dwarf trees may be grown in the garden and afford fair amount of choice fruit, while their cultivation will afford much pleasure but for fruit in quantity plant standards in the orchard. Set dwarfs eight or ten feet apart. The variety is bewildering. For one dwarf tree, the "Duchesse d'Angouleme.
 Rosp6erries. Set four feet apart. We are at loss to recommend any one red raspberry; probably the Brandy wine succeeds over wider range than any other. There are number of great promise, including the "Cuthbert. " Of Black Gaps, the Mammoth Cluster. J
 tStrGa06eTries.-Set the plants one foot apart with two feet between the rows, for garden for field culture put the rows three feet apart. The best one berry for family use that we know of is "Charles Downing" Newer sorts are numerous, and some of great merit, as will be seen by the catalogues.
 KITCHEN AND MARKET GARDEN.
 Geld Frame Plants, .. c., those that were wintered in frames, should go out as early as the soil can be worked. Cab bages, cauliAowers and lettuce are the plants thus treated. These should be we'll hardened by opening the frames every day when it does not freeze; gar deners near Now York City take off the sashes altogether early this month.
 Eorly Cab6ages and Cdulifowers.- The earliest crop is from the plants thus treated. The ground should be heavily manured-75 tons of stable manure to the acre IS not unusual, or part manure and enough guano to make the whole equal to the above heavy manurine. The ground is marked out in rows "A to 30 inches apart, and the plants set every 16 inches.
 Lettuce from tue Frames is set foot apart in rows between the cabbages and caulihowers.
 Soaci'eg in Hot-6eds, Fron1e8, or Windoa0 Bores should be done about six weeks before plants can be set out. Cabbages, caulihowers, lettuce and tomatoes are first sown, egg plants and peppers a month later Sow in boxes, and if the best plants are desired, trans plant as soon as they have made two leaves besides the seed leaves into other boxes of good soil, at least an inch apart-two inches is better.
 Hardeni,1g Plants.-As the time ap- breaches for setting the plants in the open ground, they should be exposed freely, at first during the day, and lats1 when the weather will allow, by night also. In hot-beds and frames this may be done by removing the sashes. In window boxes, set them out doors.
 Sowiag Seeds.-Those which may be sown in the open ground as soon as that can be made ready, are of northern origin, and will grow whe n the tempera. ture is from 45 degrees upwards. These are designated as
 Hardy Vegetables.-The principal are beet cabbage, carrot, cress, cauli- flower, celery, endive, lettuce, parsley, parsnip, onions, peas, radish, turnip ana Splnacu.
 Tender Vegetables, not to be sown until the soil is well warmed, or at corn planting time, are: Beans-snap and pole, cucumber, corn, melons, okra, pumpkin, squash, tomato, watermelon.
 Asparagus.-Rak off the litter from the beds and carefully fork in the fine manure.
 Rhubar6. Make new beds by divid- ing the old roots so that each portion has bed. Set three or four feet apart each way, manuring the hills very heavily.
 Early Sowiag in drills 12 or 15 inches apart should be made of beet, carrot, leek, onion, parsnip, spinach, radish and turnip radish seeds may be sown with beets, as they will mature and come off before they are in the way. Early potatoes should be planted and early peas sown.-American Agriculturist for M0rcb.
 The Value of Fish.