Smyrna times., 1879-04-09
The Truck Garden.

Potatoss kept in dark cellar do not
make as good seed as if kept in lighted
cellar.
DO not hurry matters in the truck patch.
Keep the pillow out until the soil is warm
and mellow.
Ground bone is the best special fertilizer
for onions, next to hog manure. The bone
should be very finely ground.
For grapes stick close to Concord and Clin
ton. or course there can be no objection
to your finding something better, if you
can.
Tie spade will do for Old World garden.
ers, but our great American eagle must
roost on a plow when she alghts in the
Truck Garden.
Princ currdnts now by cutting out the old,
crooked and stunted wood. Old and feeble
bushes may hs thus made to bear larger
and finer fruit.
Last gear we raised Drecr's improved lima
| beans and they yielded enormously. They
are of very good quality and we believe
they are the most productive variety grown.
Send North for seed potatoes. Try plant
ing your own seed alongside of that bought
at distance and report the result next
year. Our leading growers do not use their
own tubers for seed.
Lose not a moment in planting peas, pOta.
toes, bPets, radlshes, parsnips and cahbageS,
for early family use, after the ground gets
dry enough. Cold snaps that are to come
won't hurt them much.
In order to obtain the best crop of pota-
Nl,fe 4 a
layed nearly until June. though this de.
pends somewhat upon the seasons and the
rains. 1t is not best to plant too early"
Tile Reliance and Brandyvinp raspherrie-
command the Philadel phia market. As the
fruit hucksterS express it they are the "bos> y
berries. The Reliance is not. however, sold
in all our city markets, being gcomparatively
new.
When plants have been received by mail, il
they are pretty well dried, they should have
water applied sparingly for week or two
and should have the tops cut back some
what. When a new growth is started they
can be watered more freely.
The practice of obtaining seeds Of a more
Northern climate is approved by many ex
periencPd gardeners and farmers and il
being adopted to a considerable extent
The plan is not simply to change the seed
occasionally but to procure a fresh supply
every season. In the case of sugar, anG
perhaps field corn, it is advantageous.
Let IL be understood that the Acme ant
Paragon tomatoes have the unqualified en-
dorsement of the Philadelphia Farm. journal
We have no seed to sell, but we want al
our readers to have the benefit of these
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livingston as well as other parties, Offer
the seed at moderate rates. 1t is time thai
the Trophy had taken back seat, where
it belongs.
Lady grape.-This variety was originated
by George w. Campbell, Delaware, Ohio
We fear our borrowed item Of last month
condemning it. was not we'll advised
Some very good authorities name it as the
, best white grape. Meehan says "t is
free healthy grower and the fruit indicates
it to he one of the hest white grapes yet in
| troduced." Prof. Thurber says it is bette
than the Martha. If this be true then W,
advise our readers to try it. Plants are 81
: cents each.-Phild. Farm JournFl.
To have early lima beans, melons, cucum
bers, sugar corn, &c, for the home table
take some rich sods and cut into pieces si!
lncnes square. InVert Inc SOUS ana plan
the seeds, placing them in hot.bed. il
the house. or in a sunny place in the wood
shed. When the season advances the sod
can be planted in the hills and a start Il
several weeks thus he had. To ohtail
}. potatoes very early, sprout the seed tuher
in box filled with dirt kept moist hehin'
J, the kitchen stove. Tomatoes, as most O
our readers know, can he readily starte
in a not in the kitchen window.
About Sugar Corn.--For very early suga
corn the Naragansett, Early Minnesota an
Marblehead. (sold by Gregory are tn
: hest. A few days later comes the Triumph
which, while it is very sweet, grows to
good size, which no other very early swee
corn does. For late planting Stowell
Evergreen remains at the head Of the lis
Mammoth Sweet is just what its name in
plies, but is later than the Triumph. Tn
black sweet is most delicious for hom
, use. To get sugar corn early send Mort
70 for the seed. We believe our PHILADELPHIA
seedsmen all sell Northern grown seed.