Excerpt from The American Kitchen Gardener: Containing Practical Directions for the Culture of Vegetables; Also, Garden Fruits, Strawberry, Raspberry, Gooseberry Currants, Melons, &C., &C We shall here state, concisely, some of the principal pre requisites for successful horticulture, directing our observations, chiefly, to what relates to the kitchen garden. Gardens are usually classed under the following heads - the kitchen garden, the fruit garden and the flower garden. The flower garden, being ...
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Excerpt from The American Kitchen Gardener: Containing Practical Directions for the Culture of Vegetables; Also, Garden Fruits, Strawberry, Raspberry, Gooseberry Currants, Melons, &C., &C We shall here state, concisely, some of the principal pre requisites for successful horticulture, directing our observations, chiefly, to what relates to the kitchen garden. Gardens are usually classed under the following heads - the kitchen garden, the fruit garden and the flower garden. The flower garden, being designed principally for ornament, should be placed in the most conspicuous part, that is, in front, 'or next to the back part of the house; the kitchen garden and fruit garden may follow in succession. With respect to the natural situation of a gar den, Nicol aud Forsyth agree in preferring a gentle declivity towards the south, a little inclining to the east, to receive the benefit of the morning sun. A kitchen garden should not be situated at any great distance from the house, lest, being too much out of sight, it should be out of mind, and the necessary culture of it too much neglected. It should be placed adjoining to a stable, whence the dung may be easily conveyed into the inclosure. It should be sheltered, as much as can be, from the north and east, to prevent the blighting winds from affecting the trees. The best soil for a garden is a sandy loam, two or three feet deep, according to Forsyth; but if deeper, the better. The earth should not be of a binding nature in summer, nor retentive of rain in winter, but of such a texture that it can be worked at any season, when not frozen, without difficulty. A garden should have a close fence, that the winds may not drive seeds of weeds into it. The fence should be at least seven feet high, and pick eted to prevent the entrance of thieves. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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