The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1885-03-14

corday, Work for March.-The Maryland
Forner suggests the following work in the garden
this month: The horticulturist will eat no idle
bread this month if desires to keep up with bis
work and realize good prices for early vegetables
and GOOD fruits. No matter how stormy and
ho;sta1ous March may be, there are always days
yban the weather and soil invite the outdoor
labor of the gardener, and he SHOULD always be
ready to take advantage of such opportunities.
Hot beds are to be made and IN them SEEDS OF
egg plant, tomato, and pepper, etc., 10 De soWn
thiniv in drills four or five inches apart. Cold
frames are to be attended to and more transferred
to them at the proper time, such as are drawn
from the hot bed to become seasoned ana 10 pc
come thickIy rooted and bunchy for setting in
omen ground when the season allows. OUTDOOR
beds can be prepared and sown with lettuce,
radisb. celery and cabbag seeds. For radlsn let
a rich bed be made with southern exposure,
and well coated with Stacked ashes and NIUE
plaster, (gypsum) and sowed with French Break
fast and Long Scarlet shorttop radlsh seea. a
light soil is best for radish. BE sure ana nave
the soil in good order and rake in lightly the
small seed tramp with the feet all beds, and
cover for a time with open brush. Try some OF
Henderson's New Rose Celery and white
Plume"
Potatoes.-PIant as soon as possible an early
variety of potatoes. Early Rose Is good sort.
Manure heavily ana have the land well prepared,
and Dlant three or Jour Inches IL H"S 1891
found that it is best to plant whole potatoes OF
medium size and good form.
Peas.-PIant some rows of the Tom Thumb
and American Wonder pea; plant, say TWO 10
three inches deep, and it would be well to cover
with straw, which is to be raked OIL when the
peas break ground, and to be returned II the
weather becomes cold after the peas are above
ground.
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Small Fruits-Trim and thin these, work well.
manure and then mulch. Grape vines may yet
be pruned and dug about, and spread for three
feet around each vine sifted coal ashes from two
to three inches thick; it will keep down weeds
and the earth moist and cool about the roots
Beets-Sow beets for carly use. Let the ground
be spaded or ploughed deep and well enriched.
The Egyptian beet and Early Blood Turnip are
popular sorts The Eclipse is new variety
much liked by those who have tried 1t. 1t is
little earlier than the Egyptian, which 1t much
resembles in many characteristics.
Carrots, Pdrsnips and Sdtsgy can all be so"h
now if the soil permits, neither one require very
rich SOIL or rather, soil newly MANFRED or lately
made rich by either stable manure or fertilizer
They all require, however, soil which has been
deeply cultivated and well comminuted. Make
the beds for roots fine and deep, so that the roots
can penetrate easily to great depth, winch VIII
prevent making short, stubby roots, with many
little side roots that spoil the general appearance
and deteriorate from the value of the main root
Small Fruits.-Now is the time to set out cur
rant gooseberry, blackberry, raspberry bushes,
and straw berry plants. See that every garden
has an abundance of each sort of these delightful
fruits. Give all good culture and rich soil.
.ShaLots, Rh,barb and Aspardgus.-set out
full supply of all these. The old beds should be
forked over, MANFRED, and asparagus treated
with heavy dose of salt sown broadcast.
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flower garden. IF as we have before suggested,
walks have not been prepared, or beds cut and
shaped and well prepared, all this work can now
be done Roses eau be planted or pruned and
shaped, and other perennial shrubs can be served
likewise Manures suitable to plants and flowers
can be applied to the grounds and hardy plants
set out, with seeds sown Of the harder sorts.