The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-09-08
INTENSIVE TRUCK FARMING.
Heavy Paintings of Cabbage and Pota'
toes for November Shipments.

! f16aNV Vi SaOOh8 2 esA%A = w.
toes for November Shipments.
The truck farmers hope TO make up this
fall for their losses by the frosts OF last
spring, and if the season is favorable, the
prospects are bright for good crops OF
potatoes, snap beans and cabbage. The
rains of last week were somewhat dis
/ couraging but thus far but little damage
| has been done, and that Is principally con-
/ fined to cabbage, but the paintings are
| large and this will but slightly affect the
| crop.
| Exley, a well-known truck farmer. that
gentleman says the farmers have planted a
| very large fall crop of Irish potatoes, and
| il is expected that they will command good
| prices north and in ths local ana interior
market The failure of the crop IN Ireland,
| from rot the farmers think, will stop i'm
portations, and 1t is thought that this
country may have to export. so that po-
tatOes will command good prices. Hereto
| fore Savannah truck farmers have, as 2
general rule, only planted a fall crop for
| spring seed and TO supply the home market,
but this fall heavy paintings have been
made with the expectation that 1t will re
found profitable 20 ship to northern mar
kets. With fair weather Irish potatoes now
in the ground will be ready to harvest by
the Nov Is, and if prices should
be good all the fall crop Will be shipped,
except enough for spring planting.
Ii has been conclusively shown that
southern truck farmers fiud homegrown
seed the surest as it stands the early frosts
and wet weather better than the northern
potato Many truck farmers had to plant
the third time last spring before they could
get good stand, as the frosts injured the
northern seed, hundreds of barrels of which
rotted in the ground, especially seed
broughtfrom Boston
Referring to the superiority Of the south
ern grown potato for seed over the northern
potato, Mr.. Exley said: "A northern
potato, II IL lies in the wet ground two weeks,
will rot, while a southern grown potato
will stand wet season for five or six weeks
and then sprout. 1t seems that the pota TO,
like a person, must be acclimated to do
we'll"
There has been very large
acreage OF potatoes planted thus far,
this acreage will be increased, as it has been
well established that the truck farmers are
susceptible of raising two crops of potatoes
in year, and as high as $50 bushels per
acre nave been raised of a fall planting.
Farmers have set more than the usual
acreage of cabbage this month, and the
crop will begin to come into the market
about November, and run through Novem-
Der, December and part of January. This
crop is raised principally for
the home and interior markets,
but il the potato crop should be short
as reported it will increase the demand for
cabbage, and if there should be any short
age of the northern crop the truck farmers
hereabouts will find ready market north.
Snap beans have been planted for Novem-
Der shipment TO the north and to the int
rior. In fact the more intelligent class of
Savannah truck farmers realizs the capa-
bilitles of the soil and climate, and are TAX
ing advantage Of this knowledge to make
heavier fall crops than ever before.
The rains of last week have affected the
hay harvest considerable, but with few
days OF fair weather, very heavy crop Of
hay will be harvested on lands that hav We
already produced a spring crop of truck,
and which will soon do service for a fall
crop.