The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette., August 27, 1910, Page 603, Image 15

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★ FRUIT, TRUCK ss VEGETABLES ★ I
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KEEP THE GARDEN AT WORK.
Some Vegetables You May Be Planting Now—Look After the
Flowers Also.
By W. F. Nutty.
IT IS SO EASY, in the South, to
have the garden full of vegeta
bles all the year round, that one
is surprised in going round the coun
try at this season of the year, to And
gardens everywhere with the old
corn stulks standing from which the
roasting ears were long ago taken,
the exhausted tomato vines hid
den iu weeds, the bursted heads of
cabbage still standing and the only
thing apparently coming on for win
ter are tall, ungainly plants of col
lards, where it would be easy to have
late cabbage set.
My garden has been kept busy all
summer, nnd now, as fast as the sum
mer crops ure past, the ground is
cleaned up and prepared for the fall
ami winter ones. I have just sown a
lot of seed of Curled Scotch kale.
This is where early peas, snaps and
beets were grown.
My onion sets, grown near by, have
been lifted and are curing. These
will be planted In middle September,
to get a good fall growth, and will
give me early green onions in Feb
ruary and March when seed will be
sown for ripe onions, for 1 never
grow' ripe onions from sets, as 1
can grow- them to a Ane size from
seed the first season.
1 have also sown tny first lettuce
seed for the fall crop. These are
Tail’s Giant Forcing lettuce. These
will be set in the frames later, but
will seldom need the glass over them.
I tltid that the double-glazed sashes
will keep out uil frost In well-banked
frames, and after the fall lettuce is
out, I will sow beet seed in the frame
in November and expect to get beets
in March. You can not do thlB with
cotton cloth that so many use in the
South.
The middle of September I will
sow seed of the Big Boston lettuce
for the winter and early spring crop
in the frames, but will not set them
where the fnll lettuce was grown,
because there will be more or less
rot if that Is done. The double
glazed Sunshine sushes are more
costly than the single-glazed ones,
but they are so much better that
they are really cheaper. In my gar
den I will use over thirty of them
this fall. I hope to have a hundred
or two before many months.
In the frames 1 will head lettuce
all winter ami have flowers of various
sorts in hloom, such us Homan hya
cinths. Paper White narcissus, pan
sies. violets and mignonette, that the
frost would spoil outside. Then in
early spring I will have extra frames
for the sashes after these things
need them no longer, and will start
my garden plants early.
Outside the frames my garden will
be covered all over with vegetable
crops as fully as in summer, for there
will be kale, carrots, pnrsnips. salsi
fy, beets of late sorts, onioiiB, spin
ach, winter radishes of the Japanese
and Chinese sorts, and turnips for
greens, of course; and there is no
reason for letting the garden grow up
in weeds where the cut worms will
be breeding for spring.
SET Ol'T A STRAWBERRY PATCH
THIS FALL.
Messrs. Editors: Those who were
so unfortunate as not to be able to
set a Birawherry patch last spring,
winch was the proper time, need not
be discouraged and fail to do it this
year. This is especially true of the
South, where the fall is late and
mild, and the plants will grow well
and set their fruit buds.
While setting strawberry plants in
the fall requires some skill and care >
to insure success, it may readily be <
done if the conditions are complied
with. The soil should be reasonably
rich and prepared in a good tilth,
plowing and harrowing until this
condition is secured, tio to a neigh
bor who has a patch of good berries
and secure some plants of him. If
mis is not convenient to do, then
PVII'4 IV H UU I UVi ^ »V» J/vv vv.«
but I would prefer those grown near
by. If the soil is dry, it is best to
thoroughly water the bed front which
tlie plants are to be taken a few
hours in advance of their removal,
otherwise there is a risk that the
roots of the plants may be injured
if taken from a hard, dry bed. Care
must also be exercised not to allow
the roots of the plants to remain ex
posed to the sun and air too long,
as they are easily Injured if allowed
to become too dry. It is a good
plan to take boxes to the patch and
with a garden trowel carefully dig
up youug plants from between the
rows of older ones, putting them in
boxes. Carry them to the places
where they are to be set, and stretch
a line lengthwise of the space. Care
fully set a plant under or beside the
line every foot. Be careful to not get
them too deep or too shallow, and
press the earth close to the roots.
Move the line three or four feet and
set another row, and so on until the
patch is completed. Water the plants
if the weather Is dry. It may be
necessary to water them two or three
times after transplanting. If the
weather continues hot and dry, until
the plants take a start to grow.
Do not fail to cultivate the soil
thoroughly until cool weather stops
all growth. Such a late patch, set
even up to the last of September, will
probably yield a fair supply of fruit
the coming year.
A. M. LATHAM.
Tt KNIPK FOR HOMF I KK.
Will you please advise me the
best variety of turnips to plant
in my garden for home use in
the winter. S. H. C.
(Answer by Prof. W. F. Massey.)
The earliest and quickest growing
turnip is the Karly Milan. This is
excellent for fall ubc, but gets pithy
as quick as a radish. The hardiest
winter turnip is the Long White
French, but it is getting rather late
for this, as it is better sown in July.
For large size and good keeping, the
White Globe turnip is good and the
Yellow Stone. Both of these can be
kept all winter in the open ground
for greens in spring. Yellow Stone
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veeps in eating condition longer than
nost turnips.
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PUT YOUR NAME ON.
It Pays to Label Fruit and Vegetable
Packages.
Messrs. Editors: The practice of
labeling or branding fruit and veg
etable packages is a point worthy
of some consideration. A grjeal
many growers fail to grasp the im
portance of this feature, particularly
with reference to the sale of their
produce each successive year. They
seem to hesitate about the small
additional expense incurred by this
operation, and do not consider that
the money spent in this way wilt
result in a quicker and more profit
able sale of their products during
coming seasons.
The man who puts up an honest
pack of first-class fruits or vegetables
in uniform, well constructed packages
need never fear that the money
spent for attractive labels will be
wasted. For instance, a grower, after
carefully grading and packing his
produce, puts his label on each pack
age; they go to market, are exposed
for sale, a buyer purchases them, and
upon examining the contents finds he
has received full value for, his money.
He immediately looks to see where
the product came from, and by whom
packed. rue nexi ume ne nas 10
purchase this same product, whether
the same season or next, he looks for
this brand. Thus the label has ac
complished two purposes; it has been
a guarantee, and has served aB a
means of advertising.
There are two styles of labels used
in marking fruit and vegetable pack
ages, the ordinary Btencll or stamp,
and the one printed on paper to be
pasted on the package. The former
usually has the name of the variety
contained, where, and by whom
grown. The latter, in addition to
this, may be made up in colors and
have a picture of the kind of pro
duce for which it is to be used.
Either style is good, but with condi
tions as they exist to-day, the neater
and more attractive the label, the
quicker it catches the eye of the pub
lic, and as a result, the more ready
the sale, particularly when the pro
duce is in first-class condition. The
one thing to be avoided in labeling
auy fruit or vegetable package is the
placing of a label of first-class or
“fancy” grade produce on a package
containing second-class or inferior
grades. Practices of this kind will
invariably result in a loss of both
money and reputation.
S. B. SHAW.
How to Sow Turnip Seed.
Messrs. Editors: It is about time
to start sowing turnip seed, so I
will give you my plan to sow them:
Take an old tomato can, get an aw'
and punch a hole or two in it, tie a
long stick to it so you can stand
straight up. Punch one or two holes
in the bottom of the can, pour seed
in it, and shape it over trench, and
sow seed.
W. J. WILLOUGHBY.
Scranton, S. C.
A middle-aged man can plant a
pecan grove, get a good living from
it, and a large income for old age,
and a patrimony for his children, for
their children, and descendants for
generations, and a guarantee against
poverty.—Nut Notes.
I would like to purchase some
Mississippi-gnpwn seed wheat thisi
fall.—E. E. McG., Pinckneyville, Ga
Harvest Your Cow Peas With the
THARP & SEXTON
Pm and Bean Harvester and Thresher
Writ* for •leitcriptlv* circular*.
Tbsrp k Heston. • • Salisbury, Md.
Peas: Are You Goins to Pick Then}?
No ; The Roger Pea and Bean Threader
threshes them from the mown vin^s.
Also threHhea wheat and oata.
W Catalogue free,
koger Pen and lleaii Thresher
MOKH1STOW N, TENN.
POTASH
Will You Sow Clover in
Your Wheat Next Spring?
If so, prepare for it now. If there is not
enough available plant food for both, the wheat
\ gets the best of it and the starved clover dies
| during the summer. Clover requires three
* times as much Potash as wheat. Hence a
fertilizer for wheat, rye or winter oats, to be
followed by clover, must be high in Potash
as well as phosphate. If your brand does not
carry 8 per cent, of Potash, buy some muriate
of potash and bring it up.
I You or your dealer can buy it
from us in carload or ton lots
Write for prices, and also for our new free pamphlet
on Fall Fertilizers, which will show you how to make
over the old brand or to mix a better one at home for
less money.
OERMAN KALI WORKS, Continental Bldg.,Baltimore,Md.
FALL bEEDS °-°p
Crimson Clover, $2.60 peck; $9.00 per
bu., of 60 lbs., f.o.b. Starkville. Vetch,
Rye, Red R. P. Oats, Wheat. Write
for prices, stating quantity wanted.
R. K. & F. L. Wier, Starkville, Miss.
RED RUST-PROOF SEED 0A1S.
1.000 bushel* or more of Red Ruat-proof Seed
Oat* for i ale. Address
A. D. KUEHL. - - - Canton, Miss.
LOUISIANA RUST PROOF OATS.
The kind that will not rust. For sale at $1.00
per bushel.
NA1HAN K. KNOX. • - - Hope Villa. La.
SEEDS
We have a full stock of the following
seeds, and will be glad to quote prices
on application : Alfalfa Seed, Crimson
Clover Seed, Alsyke Clover Seed, Dwarf
Essex Rape, Hairy Vetch, Barley, Rye,
Fulcaster Wheat, Red May Wheat, Red
Rust Proof Oats and Winter Turf Oats.
Address
Wilson Feed Store, Greenwood, Miss.
MELLILOTUS SEED
100 bushels of new crop Mellilotus Seed for sale
Guaranteed free of Johnson Grass, at $4.00 per
bu. of 32 lbs.
CAVETT BROS , R, F. D. 2. Macon. Miss.
Farm Manager Wanted
Who has made a success at Southern diversified
farming and handling successfully negro labor; J
prefer one who knows how to grow crops strictly M
according to Government Bureau Demonstration ■
of Plant Industry directions on improved pine ■if
farm lands of Southern Mississippi, growing ex- H
cluslvely peas, Soja and Velvet beans. Lsspedesa W
and grain; and truck and winter cover crops for ?■
our home market; and one who can produce maxi
mum crops at minimum cost by getting the maxi
mum yield from the proper use of fertiliser. Most
be i rust worthy, strictly sober and energetic. Name
salary wanted and give ample reference in first
letter.
“Southern Mississippi.” care this paper.