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FRUIT, TRUCK, VEGETABLES. |
CABBAGE GROWING IN MISSISSIPPI.
Hoth Late and Early Crops May lie Profitably Grown—When to
Sow Seed, How to Fertilize and Cultivate.
N THIS LATITUDE cabbage ia
grown both aa a spring and
fall crop, tho same varieties
used for both. Seed for the spring
crop are sown in cold frameB
in rows about 6 Inches apart,
early in November for the early
crop, and at Intervals of a week
or ten days for a succession of crops.
Here on the college grounds we have
been growing cnbbage plants In cold
frames made of 12-lneh boards. 2 feet
high at the back, and one foot high
at the front, about 6 feet wide, and
covered with canvas. During the
recent cold spell, when the tempera
ture reached the minimum of 12 de
grees and for several nights was be
low 20 degrees, our plants were not
injured in cold frames. The secret
of success in bringing plants through
a cold spell is to thaw them out grad
ually and in the shade. If the sun
reaches the plants while frozen, they
will be killed.
For a small home garden enough
plants can be grown in a store box.
2 or 3 feet square, placed in the
south window of a dwelling. Plants
so grown should he transplanted 2
inches apart each way In other boxes
or in cold frames, when tho third leaf
appears. If grown in boxes, they
must bo naraenoa on ny leaving um
side in ail but the most severe weath
er In cold frames, they can be har
dened by leaving the cover off during
the day and on mild night*. In a
short time the plants stand freezing
weather without Injury. Seed sown
In November should give plants large
enough to set In field by the last
week In January or first week In
February.
Soil ami Fertilizer for Cabbage.
The best soil for cabbage Is a clay
loam made looso and friable by hu
mus and deep cultivation. A combi
nation of barnyard manure and com
mercial fertilizer gives best result*.
If barnyard manure l* used alone.
30 to 40 tons should be applied per
acre, and If commercial fertilizer
alone Is used, from one to two tons
should bo applied, depending upon
the character of the soil. In some
sections of the South a fertilizer rich
In nitrogen and potnsh with com
paratively u low per cent of phos
phoric acid Is used. A good fertilizer
will analyze about 6 per cent potash.
a n __ I
I per cent «»»*« o
available phosphoric acid. In Mis
sissippi potash docs not soetn to In
crease the yields and is seldom ap
plied. Cottonseed meal and a good
grade of acid phosphate give good
results when applied at the rate of
1.500 pounds each. On stiff dav land
the commercial fertilizer Is of very
little value when used alone, unless
there Is plenty of humus present In
the soil. The fertilizer may be sown
broadcast with a drill or sown !n the
row and covered over. When the
land Is ridged, the fertilizer may be
distributed In the row ami the ridge
made over It, as is done In some of
the large cabbage growing regions.
Preparation ami Cultivation of Land
In some sections of the South all
early crops are sown on ridges be
cause there Is so much moisture in
the soil In spring. For cabbage the
land Is ridged by throwing together
two or four furrows with a turning
plow and leveling off tho ridge before
planting. This leveling can be done
with a roller covering two rows at a
time. The plunts of Jersey and
Charleston Wakefield are planted 16
to 18 Inches apart In rows 3J feet
apart, and All Head, Succession and
Flat Dutch are planted 20 to 24
Inches apart in rows 3} feet apart.
In the cabbage growing region of
South Carolina the plants are set
about 13 inches apart in rows 3 to 3.J
feet apart.
Plants set out the last of January
or first of February should be ready
for market by May 15th in this local
ity. and should be off of the ground
by July 1st. For the fall crop in
this latitude the seed can be sown in
rows in the field from August 1st to
10th and the plants thinned out to
the proper distance. This method is
followed on account of lack of rain
to make a good planting season in
September. Plants set out in our
grounds in September are giving us
good heads for the market now, while
those from seed sown directly to the
field headed up in November and
December.
Frequent, shallow cultivation is
better for cabbage than deep culti
vation. H. C. THOMPSON.
Assistant Professor of Horticul
ture, Mississippi A. & M. College.
I _
Onion Growing in Louisiana.
Messrs. Editors: I’ve bad con
tinued success in raising onions by
the following method:
In the latter part of January or
the tlrst of February, I plant the
seed of the Prlzetaker onion in a
thoroughly prepared seed bed. which
has been heavily fertilized with well
! rotted cow lot manure. 1 have the
land for my "onion patch" well
broken, and harrowed to break all
clods, and rows made with turning
plow, three feet apart. These rows
are opened and the opening Ailed
with droppings from the fowl house
and cow lot manure. There is no
danger of putting in too much ma
nure. I then have the rows made
up again with the plow, and smooth
ed down with a drag, that I may have
plain garden soil in which to trans
plant my little onions, which are
ready to transplant the latter part of
March.
I set them about 6 inches apart,
and as soon as grass or weeds begin
to grow, I have them hoed, and hoed
again whenever "General Green"
shows his head. I have them plowed
with turning shovel or some other
small plow every ten days or two
weeks to loosen the soil and give the
roots a chance to go deeper into the
ground.
A few rows of onions in the veget
able garden, cultivated In this way.
give us plenty to use through the
spring and summer, and we harvest
a sufficient quantity to last through
the fall and far into the winter.
MRS. D. H. RUST.
Pelican, La.
Mr. C. S. Archer, In his article,
“How to Grow Early Peas,” in our
Garden Special, was made to say that
half a bushel of peas should be used
in a 75-foot row. It should have
been 1 V4 pounds.
You can cause the soil to become
more responsive to the touch of in-1
dustry, and the harvest more ubun- •
dant to meet the measure of a larger
hope.—Dr. S. A. Knapp.
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CALDWELL & SMITH, • • Dept B. Box 1008. MespIM. ItJ