GARDEN CALENDAR.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 17, 5 September 1911, Page 2

GARDEN CALENDAR.

WORK FOR SEPTEMBER. Kitchen Onrclcn.—Finish sowing the main crop of onions, carrots, parsnips, celery ami licet. Onions are very easily grown in this country, although there are many disappointments through the seed not coming up, even after every care has been taken. It is as well to test the seed some time before sowing. Onions require a deep rich loam, and the land should he very heavily manured, hut made very firm if the hnlhs arc to he free from coarseness or thick necks. It is as well to keep a patch in the garden for no other purpose than for growing onions. When they are nearly ripe, bond the tops down, and do not allow them to remain in the ground after they are, ripe. When pulled, expose them to the sun for a few days. Sow tomatoes, arid 'prick off earlier plants. Many entertain the mistaken idea that a tomato plant is more profitable! if set deep in the soil and filled in at each hoeing. This method of cultivation not only makes the. fruit from six to ten days later in ripening, hut will he poorer and less in quantity. The tomato is a strongrooted plant. All that is required is a deep-stirred soil, and, if not naturally fertile, a liberal mixture of bone phosphate will give the best results. Set the plants a little below the surface. Hoe often till the blossoms appear, but do not disturb the roots. Give level cultivation; no hilling is needed. Sow and plant out cauliflower, which requires a cool, moist, and rich soil, either naturally or made so with' stable or farm-yard manure. Do not set out plants in the heat of the day. Sowings may he made in spring and autumn. Choose low, moist situations as far as possible for late spring plantings, or they will be apt to button if the weather should bo very dry; hoc often and deep between the rows; if straw manure can he procured a heavy mulching will he of much service in the summer. Sow turnip and plaid cabbage. Earth up all advanced crops. Sow cucumber for planting out. Sow parsley. This should he sown twice a year—spring and autumn. Divide the roots, and make fresh plantations of all kinds of herbs where Fruit Garden.—All pruning not already done should he finished as fearly as possible, and grafting with all possible despatch, as i the dry weathci may set in early. The modes of grafting are various, but whip-grafting is the most simple. Do not work on any apple tree that lias not a blightproof stock. Watch for American blight; if it is making rapid progress among the bursting blossom buds, touch with a little i olive oil. Stake newly-planted trees, toi iprevent them being disturbed by the: winds. i Flower Gaitlen.—Continue to plant out the different spring; hnlhs. The garden should now s , he gay. All the; early flowers are showing their beauty; the violet, the pansy, narcissus; polyanthus, stocks, wallflower!-;, ete., enliven the parterre. Sow all. kinds of hardy annuals in circular drills or linos, using some of them in masses,; they make a good show. Layer picp T , tees and carnations, tq he taken,,os, in autumn. The planting of flower-] ing shrubs should not he delayed after this month, as dry weather is likely to set in.—“ Star” Almanac.