The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1893-05-20
were high. and Ibid not like 10 invest

were high. and Ibid not like 10 Invest
so much money in them, ! tried the on
ion seed. got five-cent paper of the
large red Weathersfield onion, and
sowed 1t carefully. ] did not sow it till
about the second week of March, which
l thought was little late, but it came
up beautifully and grew very rapidly
The ground where it was p.inted had
good sprinkling of well-rotted ma
nure and had been spaded once, but
that was all the working it had, except
to keep the weeds down by hand weed
ing. soon found that had sown the
seed too thickly, out, notwithstanding,
the onions grew to quite good size.
and well supplied our table, and
when they were ready to gather I
had a fine lot of SETS lett for
this springs planting. This spring
my little gardener is going to plant
several papers of onion seed, especially
to raise sets to sell for his pin-money.
Then, in our last years garden, we
found that we had sown our bcets and
parsnips too thiclsly, so we decided to
experiment with transplanting them.
The beets that were transplanted grew
twice as fast as those in the original
ground, and made much finer, sweeter
beeta The parsnips did not do SO
well, but we thought they repaid the
trouble and were worth the space tn ey
occupied at least. The difficulty in
transplating these root crops is in pre-
serving the tap root. fyou can draw
the plants so as not to injure the long,
tender root, then punch hole with
good stick SO as to replant it again
without binding the root, you viii suc-
coed with transplanted parsnips. But
unless you do this carefully, the pars-
nip will make three or four top roots
and only small body; but even
then. If the ground is good, the roots
will grow to good size and very well
repay the trouble. only giving the cook
a chance to growl when she goes to
clean such crooked things for cooking
The majority of people know how
much lettuce is improved by trans
planting, but unless you have actually
experimental with it, you will be as
tonished to see how fast it grows after
this process, and how luscious and ten
der the leaves are. From a niclSel's
worth of seed we had all we could use
for two months for ourselves and ,our
1eighbors. The punches were so large
that two would make an abundant sup
ply for our family of seven.
Allow me to digress for moment to
give my manner of preparinozQG1eucc
salad The lettuce should al<v5 be
gathered while the dew is on Il, ~ as
coRyenisnt after breakfast; wei it
carefully, then chop very find hnd
sprinkle win salt and pepper. bur
over it half cup of nice vinegar nd
sprinkle about half q cup of sugar on
1t. Toss up several times, and 10 it
stand till dinner time. A little Hus-
tard may be used IL liked.
y If you want to raise egg-plants ibis
year, get paper of seed now, and
plant in a box of rich earth, and Keep
IN the house in the warmest lighAest
corner you can get If the seed is1fept
warm, it will germinate quickly. but
if cold, it will never germinate.- This
seed requires fourtimes the care that
tomatoes do, but after. the. plants are
ready to set out they will require nc
more attention than tomato vincssan
about the same treatment. Edo not
think tomatoes succeed well If tied up
too straight, They ike to Chamber
over low frames, rather than be tied to
stiff stakes. They frait better il the
fruit is well shaded by their own foil
age. At least this has been my expert
ence; but Iam not professional gar
dener, only an enthusiast. .-Cor. Home
and Farm. ~ ~