Author: Henry A. Dreer

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-10-28

Total Pages: 54

ISBN-13: 9780266872665

Excerpt from Dreer's Garden Calendar for 1861: Designed to Furnish Brief Directions for the Cultivation and Management of the Esculent and Flower Garden Preparation OE the ground.-to secure a fair return in seasonable crops, for the labor and outlay9 invested, it is essential that the soil Of the Esculent garden should be 'well under-drained, thoroughly trenched or subsoiled, and enriched by a judicious application of fertilizing material. It is still the current opinion, based on experience, that for all purposes, well-composted barn-yard manure, When available, is the best material. We do not deny but that several of the concentrated manures, now manufactured, are useful and convenient, especially for a succession Of crops. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com 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.