Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1868-07-09

men, Tor Qollar. ADOuI tne nrsC oI July
mote where date is given, it refers to the
latitude of IS deg, make a difference Of
five days later for each degree South, and
FIVE earlier for each degree north, prepare
a very rich bed in partially shaded posi-:
tion-under orchard trees is very good
locality, as young cabbage plants will not
live under the direct influence of a July
sun. If the weather is dry, saturate the
bed with water before sowing, and as soon
as it will work well-loose and moist
strike drills foot apart, and SOW the seed,
half an inch deep cover and firm the earth
on them by gentle patting of a spade OF
shovel. As soon as the young plants be-
gin to break through, dust them. at once,
with SCOT and air slaked lime, and continue
this attention until the plants are two weeks
old. Thin them to half an inch in the drill,
when all danger, from insects, is past. Dc
not SOW your seed too thick in the drills,
in the first instance. Before the middle Of
August, have an acre of good, rich land
(creek or river bottom is excellent, well
broken, and manured with twenty tons OF
stable manure, broadcast, or four hundred
pounds of Peruvian Guano, and two hun
dred pounds of salt, or six hundred and
fifty pounds of good Superphosphate and
two hundred pounds of salt, (the salt helps
to settle the worms, besides performing thu
Office of manure narrowed in broadcast
For the late Drumheads, strike the drills
with line and marker, three feet apar
each way for the Drumhead Savoys, thin /
ty inches each way. 1t will be we'll to dc
lay the transplanting q few days, if ther
are indications of rain. If no rain occurs,
however, We may get along quite we'll with
out it, by observing the following direc-
tions: Late in the afternoon, saturate the
bed with water, remove the plants, and
keep them thoroughly wet. At the inter-
sections of the lines make hole with the
'dibbler" "a pointed stick and pour in half
o pint of water before it has settled away,
put in the plant and press the dirt around
the roots firmly; leave the surface covered
with dry dirt; let no mud be in sight, to
bake and get hard. If the plants wilt very
much, which is unlikely, give watering
the next afternoon. In few days after
transplanting, hoe them lightly-as We
gardeners have more faith in the hoe than
the watering pot. The after culture will
be very easy and simple. Run light har-
row both ways, once week until the leaves
expand, so as to make it impracticable. If
the worms grow troublesome, turn all hands
out and kill the pests. Hundreds of acres
of tobacco are swormed' regularly why not
few cabbages Worms will not be trou.
blesome in the cool fall months, after the
dews are copious.
On one acre you will make 1900 large
heads for stock-(the Savoys you can put
in your garden-there will be but little else
lin it in August (which will give you fifty
or sixty thousand pounds of green food for
wintering stock. The cost of this acre will
not exceed one cent per head of cabbage,
counting cost of manure, seeds and labor.
Near small towns and villages, there will be
no difficulty in selling enough to return this
outlay.
By adopting the directions here given,
you will find it as easy, to have white head
ed cabbages here, as in the north. The
cabbages shipped to US are all fall grown.
The seeds are sown in the latitude of Bos-
ton, about the first of June, and the plants
put out about the middle of July. Our
season is about one month in advance Of
theirs in spring, and as much later in the
fall hence, to get the same climate, We
must begin in July and transplant in Au,
gust.
have known one instance, in the neigh.
borhood of this city, in which several seeds
were dropped in the checks, on the tenth
of August. Very fine cabbages resulted
from the experiment. I would rather,
however, transplant. Cabbages must have
their roots broken and be set deep in the
ground to head well and uniformly.
The preservation in winter, is easily ac'
complished. Dig out trench u foot OF
eighteen inches deep, dry the bottom thor
oughly, by slight under drain, and pack
the cabbages in, roots down and heads up.
as they grew. Cover over with corn stalks
and straw, to keep out the hard FROST
Three degrees south of this, they need not
be removed from the field or garden. The
Savoys stand more frost than the other va
rieties, and are much better favored.
To save seeds, plant out, in early spring,
a few of the finest, best shaped, and hardi'
est heads, allowing only single center
shoot to grow up, which, keep erect by ty'
ing to stake. Keep your seed cabbages.
and seed turnips, remote from each other
They are of the same family and may mix
to the disadvantage of both. Keep the
Savoys and late Drumhcads, also apart.
1 advise every one to save their own seed.
First, because it saves dollar, each year,
for each dollar and these single dollars,
when made into heap, support many peo.
pie not of us. Secondly, 1 have an idea
there is much to be gained in the way Of
perfecting all our vegetables by accllmation.
We have better native turnip than they
have at the North. Why may we not have
better cabbages also? They are of the
same family. 1 have, on trial, West Ten
nessee Drumhead variety. and another
from near Milledgeville. If the latter pos
sesses half the merit attributed to it, Ill
see that it takes the place of northern sorts,
in few years.
GEORGE w. GIFT.
Memphis, Tenn, May 1868.