Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-04-06
FARM AND GARDEN.
Look to Your Garden II eT bS.

Germanto own Telegraph.
Every we'll kept garden should have a
due proportion Of garden he lbs, but with
the exception of some coarse fellows
which know how to take care OF them
selves, such as catnip and chamomlle,
there are seldom any to be found. sage,
thyme and parsley are seldom grown ex
cept for market. OF parsley we have ire-
uuently given hints. 1t must be sOwn
very early and on cool, rich ground; anu
if the seeds do not appear for Il month one
must have patienca, for IL oi'eh
takes long time 10 decide what 1t H.
terds to do about it. IN regard to sage,
many have it for year or so when
it disappears. To have sage continuously,
it is best to take it up every second year,
split it apart and set IN the ground much
dteper than it was before. Roots then
come out from the vigorous young wood,
and the plants seem better adapted to
stand extremes of heat and cold than when
the branches are exposed on long stalks.
Sage is not so liable to get killed out in
winter when it is cut back in tho fall.
Many cut back some of it for drying.
Indeed dried sage:.is the form in which it
chiefly used Thyme usually manages to
live. though noruing be done to it; but it
is also better for baing cut back close
every fall, and for an occasional replant-
ing. ,
No one even with the most limited gar
den should be without an asparagus bed.
Sufficient for moderate-sized family oc
cupies very little space. By this time we
all ought to know how easy it is to la!se
this very delicious vegetable, and how
desirable it is to have a dish of it fresh
from the garden. Truckers grow it with
the same facility that they do patch OF
potatoes or cabbages using in preparing
the grounds the plow and harrow, the
latter being commonly employed i'll the
spring after the top, dressing has been re
moved, without injury to the crowns OF
roots, Some truckers possess the knack q
growing it to a very large size, which
takes the eye in the market and frequent
ly sells at two or three times the price OF
that of the ordinary size, though 1t Is
really not SO good, as some OF 1t at leas
has a rank taste and is not SO tender. III
the first week or ten days in this montl
the coarser part of the winters covering
manure should be removed and the res
forked in. This should be followed by
coat of rough salt-that from tho meat q,
mackerel barrel will answer-which vii
season. and at the same time keep dow
the weeds. Care, however, must be take
not to apply any salt to new beds for a
least a year after being old enough TO b
cut, or serious results may follow.
The Growing of Dwarf Pears.
Some people in their opposition to gro"
ing dwarf pears talk as though there wa
a great mystery in it, and none but thOs
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thing about it. Now, there is nothing
more erroneous, for they are as easily
grown as any other fruit. Two or thre'
things are only to be observed in the bus
ness. The first is to set them three o
four inches below the juction of the pea
and the ounce stock. Second, set then
in we'll dug, rich soil, the same in whicl
one would plant bed of cabbage third
carefully see that any worms that ma
have secured an abiding place in tn
quince-wood while standing in the nurser
are removed. Then mulch when the sol
becomes dry and tho weather hot durin
the first season. If the top is too larg
and spreading clip off some, especial
if the roots are not abundant. Stron
growers should be pruned yearly to fore
early bearing. If the stems are CAREFUL
scraped and then washed at the beginnip
of winter with whale oil or carbolic soa
water, pound say to four gallons
water, their health may be regarded ;
secured.
We have never advocated the raising
pears on dwarf trees for marketing. ft
whatever demand there may be for the
at advanced prices over pears grown upo
their own stock, they would not. be
profitable, unless in connection with tt
raising of small fruits, where the breadt
of land devoted to these purposes is lin
tied. But in private gardens, where spa
is contracted and where it is desirable
raise choice pears, none but the diva
should be cultivated /; and no one wi
raise any other who has once tried them.
The opposition to growing pears q