Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1886-09-21
fiiosion Journal
SAVING GARDEN SEEDS.


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riiosion Journal
SAVING GARDEN SEEDS.
M EpNUNp nERsEY.
Garden seeds of All varieties having
found thslr way into nearly every country
store. gardeners A. a rule make no suOrt
10 save socd toe their own use. This IL
wrong. fOr there are many good reasons
why t l. better Tor The gardener to save
many varieties OF garden seeds rather than
bay them. lie who grows bis own seci
n be adopts a proper system, will always
know las; how old each package % seed
II, aud VII know N the seeds are proper
IN rlpened By caiefal selection be viii
he able % make improvements 20 suit the
particular taste of Ms family. and thus will
la feN wears Dc able % grow varieties
batter suited 20 his wants than any seed
be- can bUy. II may be- said that In small
garden II l. Impossible to keep varieties
from mixing; this Il true OF vegetables IKE
squasAcs. N the gArieuer tries 20 grow
dozen didsreut Kinds within short dis
iAncc of each other, bat lf hs will connne
himself 90 q few varieties. and plant A.
Gar from each other A. possible. The seed
can be kept quite a. pufc A. can usually
bel pgfchNsei Bat sguAshes arr among
thc most dIrlcuh productions of the gar
zen o. tc kept purc. Beets. pArsnips.
carrots and onlous can be- grown - A. to
nc Kept perfectly pure. lf The seed oi
more than one variety l. grown they sho1ld
bel set far suough apart 10 prevent mixing
90 shouh hc coveted with galte. ~ j.
wonderful what Improvements can BE- made
iu ,ither of these vegetables hy careful 'e'
| lection.
n tie gardener saves no oiasr seei, be
/ shoud o. sgrr Aui save hls cucumber
seef. because be- can make more careful
selection than any seed grower would hc
Il Iksly q. aud D. can change The quality Ia
the direction - sult his particular taste
hut De- who buy. his s-sd Will never know
shAi will be the quality 90 The form % his
| Cucumbefs. Or hos soon The vines VII D.
gin 20 bear ansr they ar large enough.
Ry careful selection The bearing qualities
of avlne can bc Increased foarfoi Ani
made % begin o. bear as soon A. The vines
bsgin o. run When The gardener frsi b.
gIn. o. ave his cucumber seed be should
save thc lr.t well formed cucambcrs that
Arc hear the root. amer doing his icw
Year.. one or tSo cucumhers of later
grosih. ani some distance from TIE root
| shoul1 D. saved All The scci of them
| mixst. with those that gr,w near iho root
/ lu thIs way The silc of The cucumber i
kept up 90 the original ant ne bearing
/ qualities of the vines mkintanei.
Scsi bans shouIi be- sAyci not TON
thoss plants that have hai a portion oi The
ri.is pIckrdoff for The table. bot from those
| hat Arc reserved expressly for seed, aud
ln saving pole beans those that grow pear
/ he centre " the vine shouid b. saved, n
the bans are Ilst What IL wanted, but "
earlier ones are wAnied. select from the
arst that grow, ant n later, from The last
nat rlptu, in fcN years great chAnge
nav hc male in ihc time ~ ripcuing by
ihus selecting The seed.
The saving 90 psNs flr seed has So
riuu- of 'rCtlon. for In oar cAmAte, unless
planted ate In thc season, thc pea WccFil
/ take. possession 10 many of tie peas, aui
90 doubt hlt De- lrIlrc. The vital force of
| the pa. and besides. Tie couuuaci plani.
/ log 10 buggy pcas 80 Increase. he bugs
that every green pa will be very likely q
have the larva ~ hug la 10. which i
not pleasant io think OF while eailng ihsm
On thls account ii IL. ~ a rule, better n
p'ant Imported seed which l. free from
D1gs.
Potatoes for planting. although not ihe
/ true seed. should hc carefully selected Al
/ harvest time. that thcy may be stored IN
some coOi. tark place where they vii not
sproui uui.i a short time before wanted Tor
/ planting In selecting potatoes Tor plant.
/ .ng long tried experiments have proved
| hat those which Arc not quite large enough
/ f1r eating Arc the b,st. nut whatever site
= selected. care sholld hc taken 20 select
| those which are free from scAo. AMI 10 AZ
| appearance are perfectly healthy Tor TIE
/ hrslth ~ tulcf is of much more conse'
/ guence than sifc or form.
Every person Who has a garden and
thluts 90 saviug hls own garden seeds,
/ shoui have a sei of drawers male, 90
set 90 rght boxes. To- which % Keep each
/ kiud % seed Pap,r bags should also be
provided. in which The growth of each
year should be- Kept. mArking the date ou
| Zach hag when other seeds ar pas 10 70,
/ ant also recording any fact feiailng - The
.s.d that may be- thought Important
When thus marked each Bag should D.
/ kept in the drawer assigned f0r that Kind
90 seed. so when p'Autiug time comes u
will be easy 90 fli ilst what may De
wanted.
Its not always best % plant new seed;
oid seed ~ soms plants arc best sqltsh,
cucumber Ani melon seed l. batter The
second year than the frsi, n properly
kept. the vines bear better bat pArsnip,
turuip. beet. onion AMI carrot seed i the
bsst whiie rev.
In cleaning cucumber aud melon seed u
il bsst - wAsh them out In cold water.
srt when clean ant well drained spread
on smooth board ant dry In The shade.
ItI. important that seed should bc vel
dried On the octslie before packing up.
Parsulp, t1ruip. onion and beet seei
kesp best On The stalk Until needed
flr use. tut unless one has place tO hang
them where the mice cannot get AZ them'
they had better shell them out when per-
iecily ripe And dry.
In saving seed corn the ears should be
marked while on the stalk, oy vlng
siriu- around them. II the selection Is
not made until the corn Is perfectly ripe,
n will be- very difficult 20 select the nrsi
ears that ripenei, A. u Is Often desirao'e
% &c.
,ha plants. and a. rule, those which
rinen nrst should be selected. A httle
care iu se'ectlng this seed will secure raeh
better than can be bought 10 the open mar
ket.
while II j. great convenience 10 have
Al kirfs az garden seeds ior sale AZ almost
every store 10 the country. II has been the
means OF making gardeners very neghgent
about saving even those seeds thai "Oail
REQUIRE but few moments % do 80, anu
4, the same time give them much better
SEED than they could buy. Gardeners
should carefully look tAis matter over anu
decide What particu.Ar seeds they hAi os,-
Ter save that will give them better results
than viii those that they can BUY inete
Is great satisfaction In ha'lns uu' on
vsvet.ble which has been improved oy
e.refaly selecting the seed for few years
with our own hands.
TIE ASPARAGUS BED.
To the lrqairy % subscriber, A. 70 ,ne
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