The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1886-09-16

to prepare it for some late crop. Ger
man sweet turnips may be set during
the first two weeks of the month and a
good crop for winter use obtained il
the plants are of good size. As soon
as the peas are full-grown the vines
should be pulled up so as to clear the
ground of weeds, even if the land is
not wanted for late crop, for of all
the crops grown in the garden the pea
is the worst to keep free from weeds;
somehow the little weeds hide and
wait until the peas begin to ripen, then
they rapidly push their way up and
will ripen wonderful crop of seeds
unless destroyed by clearing the ground.
The parsnip. carrot. and onion need
close attention during this month or
the weeds will get the advantage; the
parsnip and carrot make their best
growth during August, SO it is impor-
tant that they should not only be kept
clean of weeds, but that the soil should
be kept light and loose, so that it shall
not form hard crust and thus become
dry The strawberry bed set last
spring should be carefully looked after
to the end of the month; both the weeds
and grass should be kept out, but i'll
hoeing care must be taken not to dis
turb the new plants that set from
the runners; a careless cultivator will
often destroy many of the best plants
by digging them out with his hoe,
which he will draw through the runners
in way to pull up all the new plants.
The raspberry and blackberry planta-
tons should be kept well cultivated.
and when high enough cut back to
make the vines stocky, as well as
hardy; but this work should not be
done too early in the season, or second
growth will start, which will not be as
hardy rs the first The curran: bushes
should also be kept well cultivated
during this month This will be but
slight task if the bushes have previous
ly been well cared for; it is not half
the work to keep row OF currant
bushes clean during the entire year as
it is to clean it out twice year and
let it 90 weedy the rest OF the season.
If the bushes are kept in good condi-
ton the leaves will be large and will
keep Il dark green. and the fruit will
keep on them until September, but if
the bushes are neglected, so the leaves
turn yellow, or the worms are permit
ted to eat the leaves badly, the fruit
will not keep good until the LIST of
August. There are few crops grown
that are more neglected than the cur
rant and few that will bear neglect
better.
The asparagus bed should not be
neglected, though there are few crops
| grown that Will bear neglect better
| during this month, but because it can
be neglected is no proof that it is best
to neglect it. 1t is really easier to keep
| the bed clean during the entire year
than to neglect it in the autumn and
thus let the land get full of new seeds;
it is so much easier to go through it this
month and pull all the weeds out than
it would be to destroy all the weeds
next year that would come from the
ripened seeds if the weeds were not
pulled that an effort should be made to
find time to thoroughly clean out the
| bed.
1t is a well-settled fact that it is i'm
possible to have good garden without
keeping it so we'll cultivated that the
weeds will have no chance to grow; a
garden that is permitted to become
overrun with weeds is an unsightly OBJ
ject to the owner and to all who may
have occasion to pass it, while a clean,
well-kept garden is examined with
pleasure by everyone. If every owner
of garden could be made to under
stand, what is really true, that a garden
can be kept clean of weeds during the
entire year with less labor, after the
first year or two, than it can be kept
clean during the first part of the sea-
son, we should see more clean gardens
during August and September than we
do now.