Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-04-01
Vegetable Growing and Market Car
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at the regular weekly meeting of
the Massachusetts, horticultural Society
to-day the CHAIR was occupied by Vice
President O. FL. B Breck, and the
time was devoted to an essay on
vegetable Growing" by Mr.. w. w.
Raws0n of Arlington. He says that the
growing Of vegetables is an important
business in the vicinity of our large
cities. He gave list of the various
kinds of vegetables that can be grown
with profit IN this section. Artichokes
require deep sandy loan. Aspara-
gus will thrive IN almost any sandy
soil, even if quite light, and the light
er the soil the earlier the crop. The
English or hard varieties of beans are
but little grown in this country, al
though worthy of more general cult
walton. They will succeed, but in any
moist, strong soil and cool situation.
They should be planted as early as
the ground can be properly fitted in
drills, three feet apart in the drills.
The pole varieties of beans are less
hardy than the bush sorts and are
planted two weeks later. The early
beets are the Egyptian, Eclipse and
Bastian. The Bastlan is not true
blood beet-of very good quality for
all times of the year. The Dewing is
the variety which is most extensively
grown.
The cabbage is one of the largest of
vegetables for market-gardening crops.
The soil requisite should be a deep
loana, quite moist for early and good
strong land for late crops. The Early
York is about as early as any, and is
grown very close. Early Wakefield
is one of the best, being quite large
grown. The Early summer is the
only grown in New Eagland at the
present time for ''second early" For
corn the soil should be a we'll pre-
pared sandy loan, enriched by about
six cords Of stable manure broadcast,
and about two cords applied in the
hill, or drill. Carrots require fine
sandy loan, well worked and man
ured. The dandelion seed is sown in
the early spring. and it grows all one
season to acquire large root. Lettuce
is one of the principal crops of the
market garden. To have lettuce the
whole season it must be sown every
ten days throughout tie year. Water
melons require warm land and should
be planted in hills eight feet each way.
Onions need a well enriched, heavy
loan heavily MANFRED, say twenty
cords per acre. Spinac is fast becom-
ing one of the leading crops of our
market garden, beng used during the
whole of the year.
In reply to q question the speaker
said that cauliflowers grew SO well last
year that everybody's were good.
They require a good deal of moisture.
and this was one of the principal
Things for which he used his steam
pump. He had never known a case
where caulifiowers had received too
much manure or fertilizer. The
SNOWFALL caullfower is very desirable.
The Alglers flowers are grown prin-
cipally on Long Island. They grow
there for pickle factories, and require
longer time than we are willing to
give them here. One Of the greatest
troubles with caulifiowers is getting
good plants, as there is a flea which
infests them. It takes about three
sprinklings dav to keep them clear
of these pets. You will not see the
effect of drouth on canhAowers until
they grow to considerable size.
In sowing celery seed, he selected a
spot where the sun would get st the
bed about one-half the day.