The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1890-04-17
THE KITCHEN GARDEN.

-Martynia for pickles should be sown
in May, three feet apart each way.
Brussels sprouts are sown in Nav
and transplanted in July, one foot apart
in the rows.
in early spring SOW mustard thickly
in shallow drills; for fall salad SOW II
September.
Sow spinach in early spring, ii
drills foot apart, every two weeks ioF
a succession, and as it grows, thin out
for use.
After the ground has become warn
in spring, sow okra in drills three feet
apart and thin out to twelve inches h
the drill
-Squashes require a rich, loamy soil
Sow in hills, in the same manner and al
the same time as cucumbers; the bush
varieties three to four feet apart; the
running kinds from six to nine feet
apart.
Carrots require light sandy loan.
richly MANFRED and deeply dug Sow
from April to July Sow in rows four.
teen inches apart, and thin out plants ID
six inches in the rows Hoe often and
deeply between the rows.
Broccoli should be sown as early in
the spring as the ground can be worked.
in shallow drills, three to four inches
apart. Plant out two feet apart each
way when plants are four inches high.
Cultivation the same as cabbage.
"A light, dry soil, not over rich, suits
the pea. Sow as early as the ground
can be worked, and every two weeks up
to June first for succession. Sow in
rows six feet apart, an inch apart In the
row, and eight inches deep. Hoe often.
Sow pepper in hot-bed in March,
and when the soil has become warm,
set in rows two feet apart and eighteen
inches in the rows. Hoe frequently and
keep clean.
-Kale is cultivated and grown like
cabbage. Plants should stand two feet
apart in the rows, and the rows three
feet apart. The soil should be keeps
mellow and free from weeds.
"A rich, heavy loan with good drain-
age, is needed for the cultivation Of
cabbages Transplant in spring as soon
as the ground can be worked, setting
the plants two feet apart each way.
As soon as the ground is dry IN
spring, sow radishes in light, rich sells
in rows eight to twelve inches apart
every week or ten days for a succession,
up to the middle of June.
-Parsnips require a rich soil. Sow
as early as the ground can be worked
in drills eighteen inches apart, and thin
out to eight inches in the drill. Hos
often to keep out the weeds.
-Kohl-rabbi should be sown early IL
the spring, in rows eighteen inches
apart, and the plants eight to ten inches
apart in the rows. Keep the weeds
down. They are cooked same as turnips.
-Cauliflowers require an extra
amount Of manure and plenty of water.
Set out early plants about the middle
of April. The culture is the same g
cabbage.
-Collard seeds should be sown in
June, July and August for succession.
Transplant when one month old, u
rows foot apart each way, and hoe
frequently.
Soak the seeds Of parsley a faW
hours in luke-warm water, and SOW ear
ly in spring to middle of July, in drills
one foot apart, thinning out to ionf
inches in the drill.
For early cucumbers, SOW seeds y
hot-beds upon pieces of sod, or in small
pots, and when danger Of frost is oYes
plant out in rich soil, in hills four iees
apart each way, putting shovelful 2.
well-rotted manure in the hill tos
general CROP SOW in the open grouNa e
soon as the weather is settled -
every two weeks for succession
pickles, SOW from the middle Of dnne :
the frsf vvaa1r in JTlIv