The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1884-07-26

darden Work.-The Maryland Farmer sug
gests the following for next months garden worE
oeea'.-Save the seeds of the best of the var
-ous pants grown, as they ripen.
"eees ana Grass.-Keep the garden perfect,
clear of all grass and weeds.
n"a~6erTy Beds.-Work these. mulch will
iaii rotted stable manure and cut off the runncr,
20 iass as they appear, except such as are re.
,s.Veu Ior planting next month or for sale this
,se un' Encourage the growth of these by an
,eo"sionai neavy watering with liquid manure
~ zoo strong, or soap suds and plaster. and
asnes busted over them afterward.
1He Ds0dJ Pears and the Cranes must be
esePt Tree from caterpillars and bugs. Thin the
t,ulc wnere too thick and nip the ends of the
o'ahcnes OF ooth and of all the dwarf trees where
u Is necessary for the health of the vino or ~
shape which nut oniy ADDS to the beauty, but to
| The future usefulness of the plant.
Cabbn9es.-Keep those already set out, well
worked, and set out more early in the month.
You cannot have too many cabbages in winter.
Pickhng.-eommence picking. Itisnot, early
this month, too late to sow gherkin, cucumber,
canteloupes, &C., for pickles. They may come in
ample time before frost. A word as to picking
what you may have over, or what you have for
market late in the autumn. Secure clean, new
lis best) cask, or an old whiskey, rum, or molas-
ses barrel. Let it be clean and sweet. Put at
IL,
pickles laid smooth, close and straight. Give
light sprinkle of salt, then another layer of pick
ling material, and sprinkle of salt, until the vessel
is full. They will make brine enough themselves
If not, add little water. 1t is best to keep each
sort in separate tubs or vessels. Cucumbers and
martyniGs should be gathered when small the
first, say from to inches long. All picking
should be gathered when the dew is on, and
wiped clean if any dirt attaches. If 80 dirty as
WI draip IN
shady place, before putting them in the salt. Cut
all pickles with a stem of half an inch attached
Use scissors or q sharp knife Canteloupes can
be cut when small, and used as the above. If
large, they are intended for mangoes, and can be
cut open and the inside taken out leaving the
piece cut out to be replaced loosely and tied with
q string, so as to admit the brine inside Peppers
should also be slit and scraped inside. They
ny he full grown or nearly SO, before put in
1eani-,smce feus.-1r IS NOT TOO rare TO SOW these
for fall use.
Celery.-If you have not done so, plant celery
as soon as you can; shade the plants until well
rooted, and keep the ground moist by copious
watering until good rain comes Weak brine
poured on the side of the plants, not on them, is
a stimulating fertilizer, much reished by this
superb plant. Liquid stable manure used in the
same way, is excellent by way of encouraging the
growth of the wholesome, delicious celery.
Onions-Sow onion seed thick on thin land,
around a tree or trees, for sets next spring. You
can take them up after frost, or sprinkle straw
over them, with little brush to keep it down,
and let them stand out all winter.
RadisheS.-Sow radishes at intervals on a rich
border; water well every day or so. The Chi
nese pink or white are the best to SOW now. The
large turnip-white radish and black Spanish are
also good for sowing in August.
Early York or Wakefield CaJ5age.-sow seed
for autumn planting.
Asparagus Beds.-Cut down the asparagus,
clear the beds of weeds and grass, fork in rich
stable manure, and make the whole surface white
with salt. This vegetable is too old and too
much liked by everybody, not to have an ample
supply during the spring season.
Orchard-Search your orchard, especially
young trees, and where insects of any sort seem
to be, dapple with mop saturated in oil of some
Sort. Oils are death to vile insects. Then paint
the bodies with mixture of soft soap, salt, sui
phur and ashes, reduced by water to the thinness
of whitewash. Apply the mixture with white
wash brush. The proportions of the mixture
may be equal parts of soap, salt, ashes and
quarter of pound of sulphur to gallon of the
mixture after being diluted. 1t should be, when
applied, much thicker than ordinary whitewash,
and put on in dry weather.