GARDENERS' CALENDAR FOR THE MONTH OF MAY.

Southland Times, Volume III, Issue 253, 7 May 1866, Page 3

GARDENERS' CALENDAR FOR THE MONTH OF MAY.

I Still continue to plant out all the cabbage and cauliflower tribe 3 sow radish and mustard and cress for a spring supply. Earth up advancing crops, particularly celery, taking care that the earth does not enter the heart of the plant. Sow peas and beans in a dry .warm border. Gooseberry, currant, and other fruit trees may j now be pruned as they shed their leaves 3 but; where the process of disbudding has been carried I out' during the summer, little of this work will I now be necessary, and the less the better. Trench ground from two-and a-half to three feet deep, and well manure for the making of asparagus or ,> sea-kale beds, or the planting of rhubarb, as they are permanent crops 5' they should be well done at first to secure success. Suckers from all kinds of fruit trees should now be removed, and all trees when pruned should present a cup-like shape, so as to admit light and air, and thereby produce a higher flavor in the fruit than if closely wooded. Raspberries for new beds 5 plant out strong with well rooted suckers 3 let the ground be well trenched and manured, and four foet from row to row 3 in old plantations cut out the old . stems that have borne fvtiit this year : thin out the young shcots to three or four of the strongest of each stool, and shorter Mie top. Pl^t out as early as possible all lands of fruit trees, and in the planting take care to spread, the roots oui. < -refully with the hand 3 where convenient, give . a watering to settle the earth into the fibrous roots, and cover ,' with dry earth, . "'".•