The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-09-14
SHORT CHAPTERS
ON Vegetable Culture.
THE TURNIP.


A,a garden vegetable no very extrava,
nan. word Of praise is due the turuip-suct
as msy be applied 20 the tomato or beet or 90
tsto or celery or some others. but at the sant
same it is entitled to considerable oommen.
dation. In the gardens Of the poor 1t is not
N be despsed. aud even where persons OF
moderate means are cot so situated as &C
make Il garden for themselves the turnip
on account Of It's easy culture, is always &c
he bad in market at lower prices than most
other vegetables.
When prepared in the incest way possible,
young turnips make dish that is relisbed
bv a goodly number who are not to be
classad among the poor. 10 fact. we have
had sevaral wealthy friends co say that
there was no dish that they cared more for
than one made OF Young turuips, about the
size OF "a hickory INT. cooked elong with
their tops with cube IF good old home
made bacon with u streak of leap aud a
streak of fat"
There Is no question about it, the average
mortal with unimpared digestion may be
rardoued the indulgence in such as this.
especially IL DO has little else to eat. Yes,
indeed, if be is called to sit down TO table
where there is nothing else than dish OF
nicely prepared turnips and bacon with its
complement of corn bread let him not get up
feeling any of the qualms of hunger If,
however, there be tomatoes and potatoes
and green corn and lamb be may, if he
chooses, pass the turpips and still be CRATE
ful dvSnEufiO q IN
let them entirely alone on all occasions.
If not grown for table use an abundance
of them should he grown for Stock. There
Is no succuleut crop that can lie had more
readily and cheaply than turnips. On soil
that is naturally very rich and consequently
10 need for expanding anything for manure,
it is quite possible TO grow turnips at o cost
Of not more than 3 or cents bushel, and
the cost Per busnel may range from this up
to ~ cents.
For table use tnrnips oftentimes COM
mand in our markets 50 to IS cents per
hushel but one could not afford to pay any
such prices as these for the purpose of feed
ing to stock. Outside of their intrinsic
value based upon the nutritiVe elements
that they contain turnips possess a value
that is not readily reckoned. With stock, as
With human beings, there are numerous
substances that, while affording little in the
medical quality that is TO be esteemed
highly. There are few who are not aware
Of the splendid effect upon the system of
raw tomato, or lettuce or celery for beyond
Or outside of any nutritious quality (which,
of COURSE, Is very low that either Of them
may possess
In like manner the turnips have an altera-
tive effect upon stock, keeping them
healthy when they would be liable to dis
Il ID at ria To
Centrated food, Under certain circum-
stances tIrnips might well be worth to the
dairymau 81 hushel in the entire absence
Of some sucoulent food.
Deny n human being for any length of
time all vegetable food aud vegetable acids
and the likelihood is be would be effected
with scurvy or he snbjected TO some other
disorder az the result of the steady use OF
strong foods
Up to a certain amount, at any rate, tur-
nips may be reckoned as worth IS cents a
bushel (of 80 pounds.
Some weeks ago we quoted In these col
umns an article by the well-kuown farmer,
John NJ. Stohl, on the feeding value of tur-
lips. lie spoke of having grown twenty
five tons per acre, which he valued at the
price of So 80 per ton. He commended the
same variety of turnips that we have been
recommending to our southern farmers for
'ho P'-ab uIIeeu years, 10 WlL-tue OCOtCu
Aberdeen.
The southern gardener or farmer has
decided advantage over the northern far>
mer In respect to the turnip crop las he has
with many other things). There are not
mauy winters where we cannot preserve
one crop through the winter Just where
they are grown by simply turning the soil
toward the rows, and then with IL hoe, draw
lng 1t closely around the roots and covering
them to a depth of several inches. The
turnips must he used before the soil begins
TO warm up, else the turuips will take on a
second growth and become worthless. III
this latitude we have TO use them by March
]. Turnips can be preserved in banks. Just
as we put up sweet potatoes. but the most
economical plan is to preserve them right
where they grow.
The best varieties are the Yellow a Der
been and the Sweet German. the latter be-
ing SNede. For table use the Cowhorn
and Flat Dutch do very well when used
young. but they soon get pithy.
IL is getting rather late aow 60 secure the
best results With turnips, but still very good
crops eau be made. wed any time this
month. One should always take advantage
of the August rains to get up II crop of tur-
nips, as September weather is Usually dry
and the seeds may lie In the ground sever al
weeks before sproutiug or else be spoiled.
Strawberry Culture.
1t is never out Of place to have a email
plat of strawberries for home use. whether