ENGLISH AND FRENCH MARKET GARDENING

... woolly peaches. aao.. Perna% with French asparagus. The long white stalk is aa hard and wiry as the Atlantic cable • the , little consumable dot at the end is about as go od as ooseweed One hundred of English asparagus contains twice the edible substance and ...

Published: Friday 23 August 1867
Newspaper: Flintshire Observer
County: Flintshire, Wales
Type: Article | Words: 365 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

FLORAL AND CHORAL

... dissenter; and this may serve recommend him very strongly to some people. There are persons in the world who would hardly eat asparagus, if they knew that it was cut go-tomeeting gardener. —Punch. ...

Published: Saturday 01 June 1867
Newspaper: Chepstow Weekly Advertiser
County: Monmouthshire, Wales
Type: Article | Words: 172 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

GARDENING OPERATIONS FOR THE

... nine inches apart every way, in very rich moist soil. Asparagus.—Any more cutting of this crop will ruin the plantations. To many it may seem needless to make this remark, but people are cutting asparagus now, and we must advise them to desist, unless they ...

HINTS UPON GABDEMIMa

... spinach, parsnip, horn carrot, aaladioga, and a few sorts cabbage. Asparagus plantations to be marked oat once, and the ground dug two spita rte-p. light Bandy loam is the best soil for asparagus, but a eoil almost wholly sand will be better than one wholly ...

HINTS UPON QAED-BNINO

... time the whole year to sow asparagus and seakale, and the best beds are raised from seed, without any transplanting. The ground should have been prepared long since, and ha now in a friable mellow condition. Drees asparagus beds with manure, and make ...

KITCHEN GARDEN

... Celery ; these should be 10 inches deep, put the plants in 6 inches• apart. Do not continue to cut young plantations of Asparagus beyond this date, but rather afford it an opportunity the better to establish itself for future usefulness. Plant Tomatos ...

Published: Saturday 01 June 1867
Newspaper: Monmouthshire Merlin
County: Monmouthshire, Wales
Type: Article | Words: 302 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

gardening operations for the

... sow for transplanting is stiiiM of turf, which can lifted out and laid iu the row s when the transplanting takes place. Asparagus, b ...

Published: Saturday 28 December 1867
Newspaper: Chepstow Weekly Advertiser
County: Monmouthshire, Wales
Type: Article | Words: 322 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

GARDENING OPERATIONS FOR THE

... heavy rains to run off more qnickly to an outlet, as dryness of the ground very much lessens the effects of frost. Fork over asparagus beds, and clear away ail litter; remove the stem* with knife, and dress the crowns with manure, and a little fresh mould ...

Published: Saturday 05 October 1867
Newspaper: Chepstow Weekly Advertiser
County: Monmouthshire, Wales
Type: Article | Words: 1277 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

GARDENING OPERATIONS FOR THE

... heavy rains to run off more quickly to an outlet, as dryness of the ground very much lessens the effects of frost. Fork over asparagus beds, and clear away all litter; remove the stems with a knife, and dress the crowns with manure, and a little fresh mould ...

Fruit and Vegetables. _ .

... Btretrberrlss,p. lb. 0 0 Pilbertear lb. 1 0 J . llelons, 5 0 - . - - a ad s Artlokokes,per doz. 2 to 40 If nebrooms,perpotta 6 asparagus,per bun. 4 8 0 Crees,p.p.o 2 Beana,kiduey,p.gsv 0 00 Onions, per bushel 40 Beet, per dozen 1 2 0 pickling, p. 1 t.0 0 Broccoli ...

Published: Friday 06 September 1867
Newspaper: Central Glamorgan Gazette
County: Mid Glamorgan, Wales
Type: | Words: 372 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

GARDENING OPERATIONS FOR THE

... GARDENING OPERATIONS FOR THE WEEK. (From the Gardeners’ Magazine.) Asparagus and seakale for the first supply to be put in at once. All that is wanted is a mild sweet bottomheat. A melon bed still retaining some warmth may be revived by turning it over ...