GARDENERS' CALENDAR.

Dunstan Times, Issue 916, 7 November 1879, Page 3

GARDENERS' CALENDAR.

NOVEMBER. Kitchen Garden.— fn the kitchen eardeu earth up peas and beans, Hkewie cabbages ; stake peas, for th >y bear much better. Peas may still he sown for succession Plant nut vo" -table marrows ; ridge cucumbers, tomatoes ami capsicums ; neither of those vegetables will succeed if exposed to cutting wiims. French beans may now be planted with safetv ; che best sorts are the ear'y Dunn, the negro, and the black speckled. Scarlet and white Dutch runners snould now be planted. Full crops of turnips may now be sown for autumn and winter use, also red heet, and white or silver heet as a substitude for spinach. W.-dsafy and sc irzcnera mav also he sown about the middle of the month. Continue succession a! sowings of radish, mustard, cress, and lettuce. Plant any of the sorts of cabbage or brocc li, upon veoaut ground, an-I keep the hoe going and all crops free from weeds Cucumbers ami melons in frames should be earthed up, and well supplied with water in drv weather. The celery sown in the nursery bail should now be exposed to the open air to harden, hut shaded from the mid day sun and well supplied with water, and in about a week or ten days should be planted in a nursery bed of light, rich soil, about one or two inches apart, an.l well watered aud shaded till they strike root. Fruit and Flower Carpen.—ln the fruit garden continue to remove all useless and misplaced shoots from peaches, nectarines, and apricots. Crape vin.-s will now he showing where their bunches of grapes are coming, and every shoot not wanted should b e taken out. and those left should he pinched or cut off one joint above the fruit ; every shoot so treated will throw outside shoots called laterals ; these in their turn must lie taken off one joint from the main shoot, and as they continue to grow, shorten to one joint each time throughout tht whole season. Should the weather prove dry, strawberries will require watering to enable their fruit to set and swell off. In the flower garden all pot plants that have been preseived through the winter maybe planted nut with safety, as all danger of frost may lie considered past Balsams and other tender anuals may also be sown, and hardy ones thinned out as they grow stronger and flower better for it. Continue to stake and tie everything requiring it, as neatness and cleanliness should be the order of the day.