The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1890-05-11
THE VIRGINIA PENINSULA.
II rs NEW T0RK'S GREAr SWEET
pOTH1O plICik
Millions or Bushels RRIred Every Yenr--
Facts About the Culture aud sale OF the
Product-Tho PcnInsuIn Farmers Life.

| not grow rich. hand over fist 1t is not for lack
| of opportunity. particularly since a railroad
| has been built there to carry their produce to
| New York CITY.
AT first sight the country is not especially
attractive to a stranger making his first visit.
The soil il uenerallv white .,,j candy. IL i,oL.
49, ,H 81, 20 nlY WHO una S"huy IL looks
us II the nrat good WIND storm that came along
peu I%a cbS ,n'I inc m%N, county tnS
looks Of tho Halls oI,oirin ,n to ,,, w s.o
the tendency OF that kind OF tree to spread Is
likely to koer the grubbing hoe a-swtnClnG.
lne ieh'9s "o"l" not restrain an able cali.
while the houses arc not of the scrt to be- found
49,, Ioss ,uo an' "'ne' arm '''"-
inEs dre ioeS N"'uao'e thah the houSo''
that tho land nroJncos sn,UotHin " eaaueneeS
nilroy s,o,Inr ,horo o,, ha, -, h.,. .'.o
rels and crates and factories op t JroInn ntn
of such vegetable packages ara found nj in.
tervals along the rond In every field there ia
planting as is done indicates n haryes, lator.
me ono CROP that taxes precedence OF all
others on the Virginia peninsula is the sweet
Delaware. tho sweet potato patch rules tho
cocl on tho Chesuneate Rov onnosit. tho ii,.Io
va VIC D",, oppoet'o 'ue ''.'o
station from winch this letter Is dated. Ev-
nrodnct and nr,co of thar cron danond th,
p "o,an anu p'leo ., 'h"' crop uepehu INC
welfare OF two counties.
The sweet potato crop requires some little
attention the year round. 6ut the work is never
and harvest seasons. The planter begins 10
prepare for the next years crop in midsummer
ing vines. These he burios in pretty poor
soil somewhere handy to tho house and leaves
them. however. until they have produced n
crop OF iinSerlnEs, or lit lie potatoes the size of
,ut,fs n,,ty hn tl,g-.-
VIVA he calls, nine shat. tho lonc. wiry leaves
potatoes lie until NIarch. Then the planter
rakes hem out and puts them in bod,
fa1mrs up town in New York city y for ear 1y
VEGETABLES. The SOL is dug out OF hillside
slopes to the soutG until wIde tTenrS fo1s
deer is made. Into tins he shoveis bnrnyard
inches deep. Then he covers the manure WITH
two inches OF black mould brought from tho
bod with boiling water. On the uoull he lays
the iinCeriings that they are about hall an
thcm with two inches more OF the black mould.
Then around the trruch he builds II shallow
box with a window alass CO.. 81. jus as hol beds
Wind may ' :" coli he sun is warm. ard arc the
temperature in the bed rises The little pota-
must needs hump himself to ,rcpare tho llc!ds
by the time the tlnnts are ready.
The fields are worked rs ii for n garden
rl0ughed and thoroughly pulver2r,l but tho
soil il so friahle that the work a. ureraring it
would seem a picnic - il man used 10 breaking
sod on q Western prairie. Having gotten the
soil fine enough, 1t Is turnodu1 in ridges eigh-
teen inches apart from crest t. crest. Then the
farmer wa Is il On Se'tnG ~ u stake
farmer goes 10 "v0I, s;,,, Tie G"ld Tt az
with his eyes Irnly ind on iii. stake. ho .
walks back toward 1t. sicppag on tho crest II
each ridge as Eo s1es. lei il he sail
round shouldrred. and thin faced -iiyr~ IN Tho
Virginia PENN -ula, amt when, with chin orG
and lA-- l,r,-
walks Off tho sweet uo;uto ptt": t.i9 sueatncls
is on" likely TO be remembered b. the stranger.
come the hands to plant. jirst tn e j. a man
or n woman or zig hoy vita i lit,, scoop
ri !Re. and. !ohhinE the rove int til" SOFT
earth between the ,ootmmks; draws, it
forming II little trench Right alongside il
q boy or a girl with Ia ,tcuul t shoots
from the little otatoeS in the hOiDcd~. THO
youncster hands a shoot TO the Gar. who drops
it in'o the little trench he has made NJ goes
next ne two i"ot t olM " H. pair Cones :1
hand with u bucket OF WA or and . cup. i.aru
Of water. Last OF al comes one vt.o. IRA i'ilin:
the ridge. Stops down anG VIII hiI nanIs
draws VS.. the !, ear;h up over tho Iiant' ba does
Farmers say that one gang Of hand. can
plant iiye-a patch in day. IS tho Giants
the field both ways. tbs Young folks about tho
place following tho plough To- sec tnat M
In July the harvesS begin. and it is a Golden
harvest, worth gai hering. short crgu IL rty
barrels to the acre. and Il 60 u, ono 100 barrels,
whlle exceptional land and exec Dtional sea ons
produce such crnps as may not b., tOl o. with
on exciting incredulirv / Nort,lo;l faTmpr
would pay Tor his arm out OF every crop and
live we'll
At Onaucock alone IDu0.ODp barrels were
sold last senson while the shipmeuls from evan
the least favored yilIa:as wort num6si"d Gy
the thousand Every DAY two trlI n, ,,i fro CHI
ears roll up yer the Ca " Charles .oute. TG"y
STOP at every station ana groy Win H.. .t0p5
until at last the locomotives can hundl" no
more Then ava they 90 and Iust heForn
daylight the next morning r,li in'o the Penn
syiIauins yard at Jersey city Between tho
tracks in this yard there is scarcely standitE
room, because OF the truck gathnrrd thers.
while a driver lies asieen on every truck With
the arrival of tie truck ira ms the Yard waHcs
uu the teams begin to move the drivers To- vol
and swear and though thoro 'ofore haI
seemed no room for men the trucks 90 up and
down till the right cars are fOIIl! and the right
barrels taken or the trucks When away they
go to tho ferry, Observation-Disclosures.
tees to market. From larchnGu", from say;
vile, from NorthpOrt from Huntington. and
from ahOut avery aft her IItlo Ong Island bort.