Every man his own gardener. Being a new ... gardener's kalendar ... / By T. Mawe, J. Abercrombie, and other gardeners.

  • Abercrombie, John, 1726-1806
Date:
1782
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Credit: Every man his own gardener. Being a new ... gardener's kalendar ... / By T. Mawe, J. Abercrombie, and other gardeners. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    T EVERY MAN HIS OWN GARDENER. —■II— ■■...y I II I ,^m m ,m ■ . i — JANUARY. Work to be done in the Kitchen Garden. Cucumbers and Melons, AS it is the ambition of moft gardeners to excel eaoh other in the production of early cucumbers, all necelTary preparations fltould be inade this month for that purpofe, by preparing-dung for hot-beds in which to raife the plants; for they being exotics of a very tender (quality, require the aid of artificial heat under flieJter of frames and glafles, until June or July, before they can bear the open air in this country. ^ But by the aid of hot-beds, defended with frames and glafies, we obtain early fruit fit to cut in February, March, and April, &c. in the greateft perfection. The proper forts of cucumbers for early crops are. Early fliort prickly, early duller prickly, early long prickly. 1 he firfi two forts come earlicfi, but the lafi is confider- ably the handlomeft fruit. And if' early melons are alfo required, the bell are, Romana melon. Cantaloupe melon. Therefore, >vhen intended to raife cucumbers and me- lons early, you Ihould now provide a quantity of frefii horfe- B dun^^,