The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1881-09-13
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1t is to be hoped that the misfortunes
and losses sustained by our Spring gar
deners on shipments to Northern mark
cts, will not discourage them so much as
to cause them to forget the Importance
of planting Fall gardens. Every family
should plant Fall garden for home con-
sumption, if not for shipping purposes.
The gardeners and truck growers of this
section remind me very much of many
large cattle and stock owners down South.
About one third of the year they have an
abundance of butter and milk, and during
the remaining two years they have not
milk enough to put in their coffee. Our
gardeners, (many native Floridians tool,
only raise vegetables to eat or ship during
the mon tbs of April, May and June, while
during the heated season, July and
August, as well as the Fall and Winter
months, our markets and home tables are
destitute of the very many table Injuries
in the vegetable line. These are seasons,
too, when nature calls for almost an ex-
elusive vegetable and fruit diet. l am
satisfied that our physicians would advise
the use of less strong meats and more
vegetables and fruits as q guarantee of
good health.
We are blessed in this country with
two distinct seasons for growing vegeta-
bles, and in addition to these advantages,
we have rich and generous soil, which
will at all seasons respond literally, and
remunerate the laborer for his work. In
addition, also, to these advantages we
have three distinct monied crops or sea
sons, viz: Vegetables of all kinds in the
Spring; cotton, corn, potatoes, cane, rice,
&c, in early Fall, and last but not least.
oranges and other tropical fruit crops in
the Fall and Winter. These are bless
ings and advantages that nature has Law
ishly spread before us and it is left with
US as to whether we will make the proper
effort and avail ourselves of them Why
not every family have a supply of vege-
tables the year round. / was told Eve
years ago, when came to Gainesville,
that vegetables could not be grown during
Summer and early Fall This is a big
mistake. For have now hundreds of
nice cabbages with nice hard heads, and
others heading, and still others half
grown, while have thousands Of young
plants for Fall planting. am digging q
good crop of Irish Potatoes just matured,
and have plenty of beets, onions, okra,
egg plants, tomatoes, snap beans and in
deed about all the vegetables usually
grown in regular seasons.
For Fall crops i am planting pretty
largely of Irish potatoes, cabbage, beets,
snap beans, English peas, caulifower, all
just up and looking we'll Our friends
further South may truly boast at beating
rs in the Spring, but in turn, we can beat
them in the Fall. Irepeat that our fresh,
rieh hammock lands viii grow all of the
vegetables / have attempted to plant
through the entire Summer and Fall,
while ID The Winter such crops ss cab
bages, beets. onions, lettuce, radishes,
turnipA English peas, &C., win nine
times cut of ten stand or Winters and do
well.
There are eertain grades Of poor sandy
land, mach exposed TO sasahine. which to
be made to prodnee vel mnst necessarily
be msssrsd or fsrtilised. These ssimn-
laass wiII barn out the crop 70 great