| Show agricultural ifor for the news NUMBER 3 ON SOWING garde GAHDE SEEDS I 1 it now few hints relative to the time of owing sowing seeds before I 1 commence the subject of general cropping it would be difficult to give any precise time ot of sowing sewing seeds as much depends on the season and the state of the ground in which they are to be planted the cultivator must therefore regulate the time of sowing according to the quality and location of the land warm sandy bandy and gravelly land on a southern exposure may be sown with the same varieties of seed s two or three weeks week before a cold moist loamy soil one ono mole role however should always be recollected namely never to sow seeds before the ground la Is in good condition c jn lallon and works freely vegetable seeds to grow prow freely require a certain dc de gree of heat beat corresponding to the natural climate to which they belong hence the onion onlo lettuce parsnip pea and those which arf ank natives of cold climates grow at a little above freezing point my say 40 9 0 of fahrenheit the radish cabbage beet and those vegetables that aie ate natives of moderate yuo ruo climate grow more freely at a degree of 45 0 to 60 50 C the bush bean cucumber melon and most varlet varieties e of runn running in g TI vines lles ties require from 53 50 0 to 60 0 to grow f reely freely in order to mke make the subject clear cleary I 1 will give a brief table of the time for sowing seeds for tor a MAIN crop CHOP adapted to the valley which can be regulated according to the season besson state of the ground and other variations holcli may occur in different seasons and places As I 1 do not understand astronomy astro astron siny sicy I 1 will defer deter anything relative to sowing seeds beeda in the moon my practise has always been to taka fata the sun tr cor a guide by observing his influence in warming the ground into which the seeds are to be planted and I 1 really believe the practice Is a good one for as the sun increases in strength and aud gradually warms the ground for the reception of feeds seeds in the springy spring BO so a good cultivator will sow tiie tile the ivar various lous ious kinds of seeds agreeably to the different CIl til collates climates hates Lates to which they ally belong tanne TABLE for fon SEEDS march april may onion bush bugh bean L lek lock ek neet nie t cucumber TA lettuce truce late lata cabbage mei mel meion melon 1 n pea carrot aqua squa squash squish sh Parn par nip lp lettuce Sweeto erm aro parley early con corn Sp nae early farly man wan rn bean late potato summer savory sweet basil sage EARLY march beet cabbage radish turnip cauliflower cape crocoll br potato it will be sen fien fi en that I 1 have in the above list pointed out I 1 the varieties of seeds that may be e sown sawn early merely for present use As seeds are iba season scarce and the 1 mountains are thickly clad with snow I 1 would suggest a I 1 little precaution in sowing seed teo too early as it will be unreliable to calculate calculi te upon much early warm weather ahls ahia this season when seeds are sown too early they thy are ire liable to tot jot in the ground moist loamy land bames t sides if they do come nip the plants become stunted and find do not make such good roots as when they come up neely reely and make a rapid growth tue THE VALLEY GARDENER |
