The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-04-16

what to Plant Ia It aud How to Take Care
Gift.
Philadelphia Eeeod.
Even small city lot may be made q
source Of enjoyment II cultivated as gar
den. As a rule, the owners Of small
pieces OF ground cultivate larger proper
ton, ami more numerous variety, of veg
etables than the farmers. Ina majority
Of cases the farmer gives his attention al
most wholly to tie field crops, neglecting
the garden, and thereby depEiving him
self Of a great many laxuries that he could
easily have il he made the garden spec
ialty.
should be made so. Two crops, and some
times three, can be grown On the same
ground, and as the work is usually done
with the spade, hoe aud rake, the plants
arc grown closer together and made more
productive. Where no stock is kept artt-
ficial fertilizers will give good results In
place OF manure, o mixture Of 1000 pounds
superphosphGte, 200 pounds guano and
500 pounds Of crude Sulphate Of potash
making an excellent application for one
acre. Onions are the earliest crop to go
ii. and Tor garden the sets are better
than seeds. In this section the yellow
Danyer is preferred. One quart OF
sets are sufficient for a small garden,
fhoueh for winter use larger quantity
should be putin. For early table use the
potato onion is best, growing quickly and
getting out of the way in time for some
other crop. OF peas the dwarf kinds are
the earliest, the American Wonder having
the preference. These varieties seldom
furnish more than one or two pichngs,
and should therefore be planted at inter
Yals for successive crops OF the tall yarie-
ties the best favored is.the Champion oil
England. The more wrinklel tile seed the
better the variety, II is said, but at the
present time 50 many excelieut kinds have
been introduced that such rule is some
what doubtful.
Beets, carrots and parsnips should 80 in
early. but not until the ground is fairly
warm. The seeds Of these vegetables are
sometimes very flow in terminating, and
the gardener loses considerable time on
that account, while the grass and weeds
ara alwava ready to spring up In the rows
and crowd out the desirable plants. BY
sowing raddish seeds in the rowsthe rad.
dish plants will show the line OF the rows
and permit the use otthe hoe, as well as
yielding crop for table use %ithontin-
terfering with the beets, carrots or pars-
nips. The Student parsnip is most gem
orally used, and the Danversc carrot Is now
q fayorite, but the Egyptian and long blood
bsets are considered the earliest for the
garden. OF cabbage the Early Wyman,
Early York and jersey Wakefield may be
used for the early varieties, and the Drum
head and fat Dutch for the late crops.
The Acme tomato is one Of the smoothest
and best, hut Is more liable to the rot
than other varieties. The Conquoror to-
inato Is the earliest, but Is small, and the
Rochester aud Paragon are considered
good varieties. Such crops as string beans,
sweet corn, squash, egg plant and lima
beans cannot 80 in until the season ts so
far advanced as to preclude the possibility
OF frost. Such crops as melons, pump.
'kins, etc, require too much space for
growth to be given place in the garden.
Kale should be sown now, and q corner
should be devoted to herbs.
In cultivating make the rows just wide
enough to admit OF FREQ working with a
hoe, and do not cover the large seeds
deeper than one inch. From one:fourth
to one.half an inch deep Is sufficient Tor
the very small seeds. Keep down the
grass and weeds when they are young,
and but little labor WILDE required later.
By good management crop Of o slow
growing vegetable may be placed between
the rows Of quicker kind, which being
soon harvested, admits OF the cultivation
q the latter kind. Successive planting
may be continued until quite late IN the
season, finishing with turnips, should such
( crop be desirable, while late cabbage
may be planted on the ground that has
grown peas or kale. Should a drought oc-
cur a profuse sprinkling after shutdown
will be beneficial; but when this ia done
the garden should be hoed oceasio nally to
preyent baking OF the soil. Work done
In d garden will be found to beproitaDle
AZ ali times oftheyear; but the beauty OF
q garden will consist in freedom from