The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1867-04-09
Getting Early Seeds

We desire 10 renew n recommendation,
which we have made in former ycar,
to those who wish TO secure an early crop
Of any kind which is, that they obtain
their seed from higher latitude and u
colder climate than the one in which they
intend TO plant. by so doing they will
be able TO secure ripencd crop FROM one
to ilrccc weeks earlier than by planting
seed that is raised on the same soil. This
is especially desirable in regard to garden
crops, where one great object is TO obtain
early vegetables. Corn, for instance,wil
come TO perfection in our Middle Siater,
and he fit for table usc some weeks enr-
lier, if tlrc seed is obtained from Canada
or from the provinces farther north.
The reason of this is obvious. Tho
summer season in the Northern region. is
much shorter than in the Middle and
Southern States, requiring that crops
should be maturcd more rapidly, which
Is actually the case after the season ha,
lai"ly opened. Nature adapts herself 10
circumstances The shcrt summers Of
Northern ATTITUDES, which are often in
iensely hot, are marked Ivy the rapid
growth OF vegetation. which hurr:cs on
to perfection, us if conscious Of the short
ness Of the scason and impelled by the
fear of an early frost. Hence when
seeds raised in such climate are are
planted in more Southern sUil, they
will at first follow the habit of the cUun
try from which they came and hasten ON
to maturity, as if know NJ nothing OF tho
change of latitude. But, after two or
three seasons growing in the same place,
and even after Il single season, such seeds
become arclmacd and conlurmcd 10 the
habits Of the country IN watch they grow,
making it necessary to obtain seed atrc.h
ircm some Northern region. The fact is
well known to all eng ged in Agriculture
that plants of all kinds become accus-
toned to the ways Ul the place in which
they are raised and readily conform to
such custom.
We woul alo ute" n eau ion, e..
prClally to those on or above the latitude
of New urk aga nst sowing seed 100 a V.
There are u few seeds which may he put
into the giound without much fear OF any
frost that shall occur after the lst uf
April but most seeds ale far better off
in the house or the granary than in the
ground. before the weather hl-
become fairly settled and the ground
mcaaurably warm. There is no gain,
but almost always great loss of time,
IN, Al l. n
Of corn that is planted ON the 10Th ot
May or the 1t of june in many parts Of
the country will mature as early, ii not
earlier, tLan one planted month Or fix
weeks sooner ." The more Taste tie
less speed, is true, rs y general thing, i'll
planting Better wait until the sun is
well toward the North and until all dan
ger from frost has passed, and there will
then he no danger of II backsct, which is
as disastrous IN farming aS Il is i'll recov.
cring from sickness.
In this connection we Gosirc also to
rccomm"n to our ngrcult' rLl readers at
the North another cxpeI :mcn,, that of
sending II portion Of heir iced still f'r-
thcr South, not for the sake of securing
an earlier crop, but TO bic those who
may otherwise be without one To reap it
Tor themselves. Together with the cIy
ipr bread to preserve mary from starvH-
va,iOn. there comes from different parts
OF the Southern States an appeal for seed.
numbers Of farmers there being compelled
TO use all their seed for bread. They
will have no seed TO liant unless it is
sent to them from more favored portions
# the land. And, as the sccd.timc is
1t is here, no time should be lost in send.
lng it. Where it cannot be sent in kind
it may be sent in m'ny through the
Relief Committees in different places.