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flar.led 100 deep. PluOlbs and eherries may be pruned Ihey fllOllld be frequendy IValered gendy, and kepl from

in fhe fame manner as pears.

Ihe meridian fun lill IVell feuled; and when Ihe wealher

Tbc IVinler.pruning of Ihe vine (wl,ieh requires a firfl, is eold, by eovering Ihe glalfes a lilde before fun.fet

feeond, thirJ, and fomelirnes .. founh prllning) fllOuld wilh liuer and maus, Ihey may ".fily be defended

oe done eilher in Oéloher, Novemher, DeeeOlbcr. or Ihis from il.

momh. The "igour of Ihe vine is to be

regard~d ;

Ihe

Gardeners in general make Iheir feed beds for eucum.

fnlJl! weak fhools 'Ihal never bear any fruil mufl be clear·

ber~

and melonl in Ihis momh, for raifing Ihem before

ed away, and Ihe olher branehes are 10

fo proportion· Ihm nalural feafon; bUI Ihe better melhod is, 10 make

ed as nOI

oecafien any eonfu fion ; fueh al are Ihieke(l hOI·beds the latter end .of Oélober or beginning of No.

and ocn plmd fhoulJ be preferved, and Ih e nrong Ihort vember : aboul four feel fquare, aod IWO fee! high, is

branehes lefl nioe inches or mere. aecording 10 Ihe fize Ihe proper file, wherein, afler Ihe heal is modcrated,

of Ihe vine. Whcn Ihey have Ihol ,weJV" Or fifleen eueumber! and melons may be folVo.

·ioehes long, which win be iD d,e fummer, you mufl be·

About a week afler Iheir eoming up, planl Ihem ¡¡¡ur

gin 10 nail IheOl up; and wh'n Ihey ha"e Ihol IIVO or inehes apan in Ihe fame bed, after having well flirrcd up

Ihree feel, nop or eUI off Ihe ends of Ihe Ihools; Ihofe Ihe eanh. As Ihe days inOélober are ufually warm, Ihe

00 Ihe fide fhould not be broke off lill Ihe fruil is fel: planls may be allowed 10 have air; bUI in January Ihey

and. fruil bearing braneh OlOuld be

e~1

wilhin Ihree or mun be kept comed up clofe. In Ihis tirfl raifing of

four eye! of Ihe fruil.

planls, a gardcoer may, wilh due e",e, make Ihem as

AII fuekers fhould be cut off as foon as Ihey have fhot hardy as he pleafes.

fmn or eighl inehes. The vine fhould be kcPI Ihinner

is ufual wilh fome people 10 keep their mdon feeds

of wood Ihan any olher Iree, though il pUIS (orth Ihe in milk (our and tlVenty hours before Ihey

mah

ufe of

largen fhool!. AII Ihe old wood fllould be CUI OUI, and Ihem; olhers ufe Ihem Wilhoul Ihal preparalion: Ihey

ils place fupplied IVilh vigorous young fhoots.

Ihould be fel tIVO or Ihree iD a hole, in Ihe hOI·bed, a-

AII dead pr eankered branches fhould Ihis monlh be boul an inch deep, and eorered clófe up, to keep Ihem

cut from Ihe f1andard fruil.lrees, as alfo fueh as erofs warm. Aboul Ihe end of April is Ihe lime for planting

each olher; bUI in doing Ihis you mu(f be careful 10 melons, which fhoold firfl

done in fmall bafkclS made

make the wounded pan as fmoolh as pollible, and

llopin~,

of old willow'lI'Iigs, Ihree inehes deep, and eighl or nine

Ihal Ihe wel may nOl enter and be delained Ihere, 10lhe inches overo

¡real prejudice of lhe Irees.

TlVo Or Ihree planls fhoDld be planled in one baOlel;

TCHEN·GAR DS N.

THE managemenl of hOI·beds claims almofl the fole

~uelllioo

of Ihe kileheo·gardener Ihis monlh. The place

mon expofed 10 the fun is befl for making ahOI·bed: \Vhen

you have marked OUI Ihe dimenfions of Ihe bed, drive

Ilakes iOlo Ihe ground 00 every fide, a yard above Ihe

gtOund, and a fool afunder; wind Ihefe round with bands

made of hay or nralV, and Ihen fill Ihemup Wilh wellil'

ler and new horfe.dung. treadiog il down very hard as

you fill; in doing which you mun be eareful 10 lcave

room fOt Ihe earth and the fhooling Qf your planls.

When you have Ihus laid the bed, fix your wooden

frames filled 10 Ihe fame, (or Ihe

ree~ption

of Ihe mould

al top, and for Ihe fupport of glafs frames, whieh are tO

"xed floping.

The hOI bed fhould Ihen be finifhcd by puning in Ihe

torth; an old hotobed, well rotted, affords exeellent

flulf for t"is purpofe; bUI if thal eannol be procured,

fome very rich mould well fifled will do.

Over the whole .you mufl fix matls fupponed by fhon

f1icks, whieh muff remain aboul a week; by' "hieh lime

the bed will abale of its eXlreme beat, and be of a pro–

per lemperalure for llfe.

The bed fhould be warm, not hOI; and when Ihe hea!

I.rrens too mueh, by applying new dung 10 Ihe fides, you

may renew it.

When plantS are come up in a hot bed, Ihey Ihould

bavc air and Ihe fun by degrees; and whco fl rong e·

oough, fhould be removed lO a f.eood hOI·bed, of lef8

heal Ihan Ihe former, or inlo very rieh eanlt, wher.e

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and when lhey will bear il, moved on anolh" hOI bed,

eovered wilh a fandy loam five or fix inches Ihiek, fi(led

fine, wherein Ihey are 10 grow all the fummer.

Cueumbers are propaga,cd afler Ihe fame manner as

melons; bUI as abad feafon may prevent their beiog fue–

eefsfully raifed, il is highly neeelfary 10 pUt fome feed.

inlo Ihe bed at Ihree or four different limes Ihis monlh,

Ihal if fome fh ould fail, Ihe olhers may fupply Iheir lofs.

In order 10 raife afparagus for hOI.beds, make choice of

a pieee of ground Ihal hrts been well dug and mellowed,

Ihen (lrike out lines feven or eighl inches from eaeh o–

Iher, and plant Ihe afparagus roots in Ihem al fix or

feven inehes apan when Ihey are a IlVelvemomh old : lel

Ihem be kepl (ree from weeds, and remain in Ihe nurfe.

ry two years, in which lime they will be fit for Ihe hOI–

bed. The hOI'bed for Ihe reeeplionof Ihefe rOOISIhould

he made pretty flrong, and eovered IVilh earth fix inehes

Ihiek, encompalfed round lVilh bands of llralV. 'The a.

fpa·ragus·rOOIS fhoufd be planled as clofe as Ihey can be

plaecd logelher wilhout trimming; which being done,

cover Ihebuds of Ihe plaols IWO inches Ihiek \IIilh eanh ;

in which nate kl Ihemremain five or fix day! before Ihe

frames and glalfes are pUl over Ihem; .and Iheo lay on o.

ver Ihe whole ,hree inches Ihiek o( fr.1h eaJIh.

As foon as the buds appear, give Ihem whal air Ihe

feafon wdl permil, whieh will make Ihem green, and of

a good "ne. The bed will lafl good aboul a monlh,

producíng d.ily frefh I:uds. i( the wearher be nOI 100 fe–

vere: when il begins 10 cool, warm horfe·limr I¡idupon

the glalfes every nighl will eontribule as mucJl 10faeilime

the fhoot of Ibe buds as if new dung were applicd to

Ihe roolS.