The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1882-12-27

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ourselves OF chances that will accrue
to this end. Continue sowing seeds
of beet, cabbage, for late crop, col-
lards, parsley, radish, turnip, lettuce,
and seeds OF herbs and hardy vege-
tables. Potatoes should be planted.
Garnet Chill produces the best flavor
ed tubers, but Peerless or Early
Rose viii! answer anyone, but the
most lastiduous. A class OF potatoes
much priced in Europe.
The Kidney of which the Ashleat
obtained from Bliss, New York;
would be a valuable product to grow;
as they mature quickly and obtain
ready sale in first class restaurants
and houses. Continue transplanting
cabbage, collards, greens, kohl rabi,
onions, etc.
Keep the ground among cultivated
crops open and mellow by frequent
hoeing and allow no weeds to appear.
Store up muck and stable manure,
and compost everything available
that will add to the fertility OF your
cultivation, applying as needed at
the intervals of cropping. Manure
water given to the growing crops
will be found very beneficial.
Gathering ripe oranges now will
be the occupation OF many, and it is
unnecessary TO impress upon all care
full handling with all they send to dis
tant markets. Stem cut fruit is in
favor from that plucked. Neat and
we'll packed packages are coming in.
to demand, and careful discrimination
In marking and shipping the various
grades is essential TO the best prices
asked and received by Commission
Merchants in handling the fruit.
Seed of oranges should now be
sown; the tresher they are the sooner
they will vegetate. The ground Sc
lected for the purpose should be so
situated, that temporary shading may
be given them by Stats on platform
or otherwise, and with a little help
~taAEa, fertilizers. a clean healty growth
for che first year may be Anticipated.
Cuttings of roses, Grape myrtle, OLE
ander and deciduous shrubs and trees
generally may be set with advantage.
Pruning rose trees and deciduous
Towering shrubs should be done now,
if not already accomplished. Ever
greens are better with summer prun-
ing. Flower gardens may be put in
order.
Now is the time to prepare your
orders :or nursery stock and add new
and choice introductions from outside
nurseries.
Few places are SO complete in Flor.
ida, that suitable novelties Cannot be
found and there are places where
very desirable plants are unique and
cannot be duplicated. 1t is some.
times impossible for one acquainted
with tropical fruits to know that any
of the more tropical can be cultivated
with success, unless more people,
over a wider scope of country apply
themselves to the task OF making ex
periments.
The list of plants no: in cultivation
in Florida is larger than one would
think and with the facilities of inter-
course America enjoys with foreign
countries, this should not be.
Plant out orange trees and water
the roots well when first set out, and
see that you get fac healthy trees. At
the end of the month tobacco seeds
should be sowed in the beds. Mix
theseed with ashes aud trample down
into the earth and cover with brush
on frame over the beds. Grape and
tig cuttings should be planted, mak>
ing the ground rich at or before put.
ting i'll the plants.
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