The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-04-22
CuItivating the Garden.

Lven a small city lot may be made
source OF enjoyment IL cultivated as gar
den. AS rule, the owners OF small pieces
of ground cultivate larger proportion, and
more numerous variety, of vegetables than
the farmers. In majority of cases the
farmer gives his attention almost wholly to
The field crops, neglectipg the garden. aud
thereby depriying himself OF great many
Injuries that he could easily have il he made
the garden q specially.
Gardens are usually rich. and IL not should
be made 80. Two crops, and sometimes three,
can be grown on the same ground, and as the
work Is usually done with a spade, hoe and
rake, the plants are grown closer together
and the ground made more productive.
Where no stock is kept artificial fertilizers
will give good results in place OF manure,
mixture of, 200 pounds superphos.
phate. 200 pounds g1ano and 800
pounds OF crude sui hate OF potash making
an excellent application for one acre.
Onions are the earliest crop 10 90 in, aud for
garden the sets are better than seeds. In
this section the yellow Danvers is preferred.
one quart OF sets are sufficient for small
garden, though for winter use a larger quau-
tity should be put in. 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 kiRds are
the earliest, the American Wonder having
the preference. These varieties seldom fur.
nish more than enc or two picking5. and
should therefore be planted at intervals for
successive crops OF the tall varieties; the
best favored 10 the Champion Of England
The more wrinkled the seed the better the
variety, IL Is said, bnt ut the present time so
many excellent kinds have bean introduced
that such rule Is somewhat doubtful.
Beets, carrots and parsnips should 20 IN
early, but not until the ground IN fairly
warm. The seeds OF these vegetables are
sometimes very slow In terminating, aud
the gardener loses considerable time on that
account. while the grass and weeds are nj.
ways ready TO spring mp In the rows and
crowd out the desirable plants. BY sowing.
radieh seeds ia the rows the radish plants
will show the line OF the rows and permit
the use OF the hoe, ne well as yielding crop
for table use without interfering with the
beets, carrots or parsnips. The Student
parsnip Is most generally used aud the Dan.
vers carrot is now iavorite, but the Egyp.
tian and long blood beets 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
Drlmhead and fiat Dutch for the late crops
The Acme tomato Is one OF the smoothest and
best, but lie more liable to the rot than other
varieties. The Conqueror tomato Is the
earliest, but is small, and the Rochester and
Paragon are considered good varieties. Such
crops rs string beans, sweet corn, squash,
egg plant and lima beans can not 90 in until
the possibility OF frost. Such crops as melons,
pumpkins etc, require too much space for
growth to be given place in the garden.
kale should be sOwn now, and corner
should be devoted TO herbs.
In cultivating make the rows inst wide
enough TO admit OF free working With hoe,
and do not cover the large seeds deeper than
one inch. From onefourth to one half an
inch deep Is sufficient for the very small
seed. Keep down the grass and weeds when
they are young, aud but little labor will be
required later. By good management crop
OF slow growing vegetable msy be planted
between the rows OF quicker kind, which,
being soon harvested, admits OF the cultiva
ton OF the latter kind. Successive planting
may be continued until quite late in the sea-
SOD, finishing with turnips should such q
crop be desirable, while late cabbage may be
planted on the ground that has grown peas
or kale. Should drught occur a sprinkling
after shutdown will be beneficial; but when
this is done the garden should be heed coca
sionally TO prevent baking Of the soil. Work
done in q garden will bs found to be profit
able a. all times of the year; bat the beauty
Of garden will consist in freedom from
weeds.