Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1890-01-31
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Tho earliest lima beans should be
left to dry on few vines TO DO
gathered for seed next year.
Ono advantage to be derived from
mulching small fruit. straw berries,
ETC., is that 1t keeps them back in the
spring and there Is less danger from
frosts.
Tho tomato season can be pro-
longed II perfectly green ones are
carefully picked and placed on dark
shelf. They will ripen thoroughly,
and be sweet favored.
-Beets. carrots and parsnlps should
not be stored until the weather be-
comes quite cool. All root crops can
endure slight frost and keep best
when stored lato In tho season.
1t is stated by an experienced
market gardener that tho liberal use
OF wood ashes, well narrowed In, is
the best remedy against ravages OF
the onion maggot and cut-worm.
In growing vegetables OF any sort
for shipping to market it is always a
good rule to plant largely Of those
with which the market was over
stocked the last season, and less large
ly OF those which then ruled highest
In price.
--Trees for tho garden should be
well cut back. For the fed they
should be cut back in manner to al
low OF horse cultivation when the
trees begin to bear. Cutting back the
peach the first two years makes the
tree very stocly and compact
"A very profitable means OF utiliz-
ing house-slops and the water used on
wash-day is to put them on the gar
Den. Such plants as asparagus and
rhubarb require plenty OF moisture to
make rapid growth. and these fluids
furnish both moisture and plant-food
in its most available form.
Pune Pudding Stew one-half
pound OF the bost French prunes very
soft. remove the stones and break
them up fine, add one-half cup OF
beat stiff the whites OF six eggs, and
stir lightly into the fruit, put in q
basin and bake fifteen minutes; eat
cold with whipped cream or custard
sauce.
Before hard frosts, the celery |
should be transferred TO the cellar. |
Pack the roots in wet sand. setting the |
punches close together in box deep |
enough to contain them entire. III the |
,elery is not cut too close, the roots |
will throw out tonder shoots toward
spring. and will furnish you with
several messes Keep the sand wet
put do not wet the tops.
In preparing ripe tomatoes to be
eaten raw, they should be kept cool
and sliced Just before sending TO tho !
table. No vinegar should be put on
them until they are ready to be eaten.
as the acid in the vinegar soitens tho
tomato II allowed to stand even a short
time. Salt will draw tho juices out |
and spoils the flavor also II IL is put
on any length OF time before they are
eaten. Farm and Home.
Graham Mullins. Take one and a
half teacupfuls each OF Graham -four.
or the entire wheat -four, and SOU
milk, one teaspooniul salt, and a
rounded teaspoonful OF soda Dis
solve the latter in little boiling |
water before stirring 1t into the milk;
add the meal and salt, stir well to-
gether. and pour into hot, creased
gem pans. Bake fifteen or twenty
minutes in quick oven.
1t requires only q few red raspber-
ry plants to afford a large supply OF
frlit, and the plants quickly become
very thick In the rowA The wood OF
tho old canes Is cut out du ing the
winter and the new canes topped of
in the spring. To have large. we'll
favored raspberrios use plenty OF ma
nure around the canes, and once n
year give thom IN application OF wood
ashes An occasional picking Of fruit
may be made until frost, rs the canes
bear for a much longer period than
the regular period OF harvesting tho
fruit The bettor the cultivation and
the richer the soil the larger the fruit