The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1884-04-12
Garden Work for April.-The Maryldnc

Garden Work for Aprfl.-The Maryland
Farmer makes the following suggestions for this
months work in the garden:
CABBAGE and Lettuce.-C Cabbage plants and let
tuce should be set out this month, unless the
weather prove very unfavorable. The large lndia
lettuce is best.
Reon,-Sow every week few rows OF bunch
h.ans. ,ha vbite way is best, as also Early Mo-
hawk. Prepare hills with poles in the centre LOT
Lima and other climbing beans 10 be planted next
month"; Make the hills rich or what Is best, spread
manure heavily around the poles and make SON
hill over the manure; hills should be about three
inches high
A very good improvement IN growing ehmoins
beans. 70 save labor and poles Is 70 plant these IN
rows. feet between rows, and plants 70 st1nd :
20 Is inches apart in the rows. These rows snoula
have posts Is feet apart, well planted, and wires
ar narrow strips ~ inches apart nailed 70 them,
for the vines 20 cling %. Post should De Ieee
or feet high above ground, With the hfs. VIZ
narrow plank strip or pole u inches aeess ~ ~
ground. As the plants grow TIE OF .'nenh' '"'
vines 70 them
c,r..-Pl.nt sweet corn. Hyds's Large sugar,
ar .ome other variety; Tuscarora l. large, hne
white corn, remaining long IN the roasting ssa
stata Plant Al intervals, 30 AZ 20 have a soeees-
sion Of this delicious vegetable.
p.saso,..-Plant more potatoes unless you have
already planted q sufficient quantity Tor use;
Those that may be up and growing keep wen
cultivated and sprinkle heavily ashes anu P'a''s'
ever them
yS.vo.k ar cyu,liaq.-There may be planted this
month in hills three feet apart, for the White
ScaIlop Bush and Eve apart for the running Sorts
sueh a. the Summer CEOOk-neek and other Varie-
ties.
Radishes.-So weekly, in rich, warm soil rad
ishes that you may always have supply OF iresn
crisp ones.
patch with a pillow; burrows ought ~. Dc uvefy shy
eight inches. The checks place half bushel Of
stable, rich manure. Let il lay until time to
plant. Do not break the ground between the
rows. Secure in time your melon seeds. BE not
led away with fancy names. We are lovers of
melons and profess to not only be judges of the
taste, but have had some experience In the culture
and have tried and tested many sorts, and we
come to the conclusion that none are equal to the
Taylor grey water melon, and the netted nutmeg
canteloupe, which grown and are so famous
in Anne Arundel county near Baltimore and An
napolis. Nothing can surpass them, Tor our
mouths water while we write about them. Try
some of the new varieties.
.Spinach.-Manure and well prepare a bed and
spinach in drills one inch deep, one foot apart
Thin the plants to 4 or inches apart
Her5s.-Sow seeds of culinary herbs in small
beds, the plants to set out next July. They will
be ready for cutting and drying in September.
Beets, Parsnips, Carrots and SalsJy-If these
indispensable vegetables have not yet been sown
do so Immediately. Make the beds rich, except
for Parsnips, which require rather thin land, but
deeply spaded. If the ground be very rich they
will not grow smooth but will be full of side roots.
Onions.-If not sown, do so, and plant out the
sets.
Okra.-Last Of the month, drill or plant q few
rows of this soup thckener, enricher and iavorer.
&sasssoss-A iaAls SSsu Ss.. ~sf-c~
plants, not in rows. The horse radish will not
interfere with the cabbage; if they do, cut off the
tops, it wont hurt them. When the cabbage is
removed your ground will be occupied with horse
radish and will require but little work. In the
fall about October, it will be fit to take up. If
the land had been properly enriched, you will
have splendid crop, which will bring more in
the market than the cabbage. Upon taking up
the radish, trim off all sides shoots and tie in
small bundles, bury them, like potatoes, in the
open ground, where they will be ready for plant.
ing next year. This planting is easily done, by
having a stick with sharpened ferrule at the
end of it, and with that open a hole be-
tween each cabbage plant, drop piece of the
root or a whole root, and press your foot on 1t
and the work is done. This is the plan recon-
mended and pursued by Peter Henderson, the
celebrated market gardener Of New York. He
says in this way he gets two valuable crops from
the same land the same year in time for the land
10 be put in another crop to stand the winter.
He says the horse-radish is more profitable than
the cabbage.