Horticulture
Horticulture (To choose the best Soil)
To choose the best Soil for a Garden. Prefer a sandy loam, not less than two feet deep, and good earth not of a binding nature in summer…
Composts for Manures
locks blood, offal from the slaughter-house, refuse | sand, drift-sand, or powdered stone, so as to be as of skins and leather, decomposed…
Budding
r-ied on posts or stands, or supported from the tree, etc. To perform the operation, having made one of the most convenient branches or…
Horticulture (Barren as well as fruit)
barren as well as fruit bearing; for example, suppose two acorns of a new species of oak received from a distant country; sow both, and…
Grafting
much thicker than the scions, or two scions may be inserted. Shoulder or Chink Grafting.
Fruit Trees
By this contrivance, all the trees, both inside and outside the wall, can be most effectually watered and washed, in a very short space of…
Pine-Apples
clay subsoil, and an eastern or southern expo- | fruit has sometimes been picked from one plant, sure. The best fertilizer for the peach is…
Pineries
tion; and cuttings of plants sent to any distance which can be accomplished in eight months, or even longer with some kinds. Scions of the…
Grapes
their tops downwards to dry, and re-pot them in | make them form a double or flexure in a pot filled the usual manner. The experience of…
Horticulture (Second method is to head)
The second method is to head the natural leader so as to cause it to throw out two, three, or more principal shoots; these are trained as…
Fruit-Trees (Take fresh made lime)
Take fresh made lime from the kiln, slake it well with water and well dress the tree with a brush, and the insects and moss will be…
Fruit-Trees (To cure the Disease)
To cure the Disease in Apple-Trees. Brush off the white down, clear off the red stain underneath it, and anoint the places infected with a…
Vegetables
which are laid two, and sometimes three or four, rows of boards to prevent the covering from being blown off by the winds. The mats laid on…
Onions and Asparagus
thread, keeping every piece apart, and every | soils, in August, January, or early in February; morning, if the weather is fine, place them…
To Destroy Insects (Make them shoot forth warm)
make them shoot forth, warm the two tubs; fill one of them with earth well dunged; sow your seeds, thus prepared, in one of them, and cover…
To Preserve Vegetables and Fruit
hurtful in infusions, by leaving irritating particles in the throat. Flowers of little or no smell may be dried in a heat of 75° to 100°…
Horticulture (Green fruits are generally)
Green fruits are generally preserved by pickling or salting, and this operation is usually performed by some part of the domestic…
To Pack Fruit
be allc wed even to touch one another, but should be laid quite single and distinct. Apples, and all ordinary pears, should be laid thin…
Flower Gardening (Garden Loam or leaf mould)
in the garden. Loam, or leaf mould, with half as much manure, and a little fine sand, will do the best. Roses which require to be taken up…