The New-York Gardener, Or, Twelve Letters from a Farmer to His Son: In which He Describes the Method of Laying Out and Managing the Kitchen-gardenD. Steele, 1824 - 214 pages |
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Page 139 - ... the ground at the bottom ; bind this straw round the tree with three bands, one near the top, one at the middle, and the third at the surface of the earth ; then fill up the hole at the root with earth, and press it closely round the straw. When the white frosts appear, the straw should be removed, and the tree remain uncovered, until the blossoms put out in the spring.
Page 151 - ... bottom of each trench, then pare the sides, and dig the dung and parings with an inch or two of the loose mould at the bottom, incorporating all well together and put in the plants.* Previous to planting, trim the plants, by cutting off the long straggling leaves, and also the ends of the roots. Let them be planted with a dibble, in single rows, along the middle of each trench, five or six inches between plant and plant ; as soon as they are planted, give them a plentiful watering, and let them...
Page 136 - Our fruits, collectively estimated, must thereby be depreciated more than half their value;" and adds, in his directions for destroying the insect, " All the domestic animals, if well directed, contribute to this purpose. Hogs, in a special manner, are qualified for the work of extermination. In large orchards, care should be taken that the stock of hogs is sufficient to eat up all the early fruit which falls from May till August. This precaution will be more especially necessary in large peach...
Page 139 - In the spring, when the blossoms are out, clear away the dirt, so as to expose the root of the tree, to the depth of three inches ; surround the tree with straw about three feet long, applied lengthwise, so that it may have a covering one inch thick, which extends to the bottom of the hole, the...
Page 204 - ... into the wood of the shoot, continuing it with one clean slanting cut, about half an inch or more above the bud, so deep as to take off part of the wood along with it, the whole about an inch and a half long...
Page 103 - It admits of demonstration that an acre of potatoes will feed double the number of people that can be fed from an acre of wheat.
Page 139 - When the white frosts appear, the straw should be removed, and the tree remain uncovered, until the blossoms put out in the spring. " ' By this process, the fly is prevented from depositing its egg within three feet of the root ; and, although it may place the egg above that distance, the worm travels so slow that it cannot reach the ground before frost, and therefore is killed before it is able to injure the tree.
Page 109 - M'Mahon's directions for raising melons in the open ground. Some time in May, " prepare a place of rich, sandy ground, well exposed to the sun ; manure it, and give it a good digging ; then mark it out into squares of six feet every way ; at the angle of every " square dig a hole twelve inches deep, and eighteen over, into which put seven or eight inches deep of old hot-bed...
Page 48 - ... and to leave three, four, or five of the strongest of last year's shoots standing on each root, to bear next summer: all above that number, on every root, must be cut off close to the surface of the ground, and all straggling shoots between the main plants must also be taken away. Each of the shoots which are left should be shortened, observing to cut off about one third or fourth of their original length.
Page 144 - ... to from eight to ten, in order that each kind should attain its utmost perfection. • Such crops of carrots, however, as are intended to be drawn gradually for the table, while young, need not be thinned at first, to more than four or five inches...