The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-01-18
AND GARDEN BRsvlT1Es.


" - In the south enterprising gardeners
lll e. tbsir beginning in the fall, but in the
n l.'1s.n Gardens generally there is nothing
ki'--s iii after the New Year when a be-
uo ,-S;og is made by planting English pease,
sljT, and spinach. OF all vegetables
Uu''1, ora the hardest and permit OF earliest
.lsr ,ines-just as soon as the hardest
t 80, are over. After these-a little later
I'm .'retbe sowings of turnips. beets, satisfy.
...rj,,s carrots, celery, cabbages. potatoes.
tban later on after the severe frosts are
~. the tomatoes and peppers and egg
Y,.a.. and cucumbers and squashes. All of
! .,a successfully grown constitute garden
.s., is ot great value to the family. Those
' .-S csn have it should by all means have a
c.rien. Now is the time to put one under
way.
o,ions can be grown in the south as
..odiv from the seed as they are at the
.ortb and when the sets are high gardeners
asorld resort to the use Of the seed more
generally
r-asb seed of the several Italian or Span
;.b rarieties sown on carefully prepared and
rronerlv fortified soil during the last of
January and all through February, can be
made to make as fine onions as any one need
uant if the cultivation is prompt aud
cushing. The New Queen, the Tripoh and
liant Rocca are all excellent varieties of
the Italian sorts, and will always give salts
fecti n il the requirements of the crop are
fairly met. Onions grown from the seed
taon better than those raised from the sets.
If not done last month the work OF prun-
inc should be accomplished this month. A
pruning knife, a saw and IA step-ladder ere
the necessary requisite for the purpose. The
fruit trees, vines and shrubs should all re-
ceive proper attention, cutting out all dead
wood. ali unnecessary shoots or stems, and
shortening all stems or branches that are
too long. Pruning requires judgment and
eyrerieDce and we need not send an
ordinary hired hand to do the work and ex-
pect the work to be properly done. Unless
You can employ a expert you had better 60
ami do it yourself.
The most profitable use to put poor roll
ing land to is to set it in peach trees or turn
it out to grass. Set out the young seedlings
or grated trees on such land as carefully as
il it were good land, and with the aid of
some finely ground bone and ashes and pine
straw The latter for mulch) a very profita-
be orchard can be ultimately established.
Cue can afford to manure properly seventy
five or a hundred spots on an acre with the
above materials, and sufficiently to estab-
lsn peach trees where he could not afford to
apply fertilizers all over it to the amount
e2essary to make farm crops profltably. A
Il little bone meal worked in near the roots at
The time cf setting out, and the following
year making Gn application of the same on
4 The surface about the young tree, and five to
SIX feet IN every direction will soon make an
orchard that will pay for all the trouble.
6TaIes too, can be made to do we'll on such
iald' The mulch of pine straw must
n De Iegarled as an essential feature of the
Undertaking.
Some one has very wisely remarked that
aiool can cultivate rich land which needs
Out to stir the soil and cover the seed to
produce good crop" But to cultivate a
poor soil a man must exhibit intelligence Of
nigh order. He must understand the
V4AIacler and needs of the soil, the choice
~ crops the manner of manuring them,
N PREPARATION, use and making of manure,
VIC iaiue and use of concentrated fertilizer,
alu Ile oeSt means OF applying all these in
.ue most elective manner 1t is wise man,
"V,"lo knows when land has run down to
PIuI mat precludes the possibility of its
maAlg satisfactory returns for the labor
expended upon it.
Hgu culture, or intensive system" as
VIC "'nnon expression makes it, is the only
5'su 10 De followed In garden work where
'ls most profitable and pleasure-giving re-
.--A are sought after, and all desire this, of
s,t proper appreciation of the value of
fg sn ra1 a. SEEDS, a deep and thorough break
MI -a ~ uIlng OF tho soil, a copious applica-
frsor ~ suitable plant food. prompt and
rs MIR ctniIiVatlon Of the crops and rapid
cnlaa "a Vi VI tue same are the essential prin-
"ti,fS 20. constitute the system known as
ss,T - Vi intensive culture. II is quite
len 10 . make one acre yield under this sys-
diFn'tirna' ucn as three acres would under the
Hiph o,,I. VI extensive style of culture.
iss in lure ttu pays as we'll on the farm as it
mr. oo ,Ie garden. OF course, it requires
s1i8ca apt s1l. TO farm intensively, because
s,rer t.nI lertlhzing is an expensive business,
'''aly at its inception.
an, ''' one has gone to the trouble and
,e r,I ns VI Starting a young orchard it is
rr. .. al"'se to neglect any of the necessary
,poa ar''Oa' that tend to make a perfect
vs,..a the venture. Now while ali
rpc5 , ~ Is Dormant and the soil frozen
he ak. we Time there will be danger of
dopp tS. gnawing the young trees and
bot esr raola great damage, even if they do
au'e them to die.
fN sDnsau.. should be kept for the very
ssttor he arN OF the rabbits; better not to
lsorted IN a. % 70 appear, and proper means
9bsrs W. W. " protect the trees.
ON VI the ro 9oyerai ways of doing this, but
srBp oh most most safe and effective is to
gAt Of ai1rt papers about the stems to the
paper t t,t'h inches, and bind them on
os can ba J 'ue or cheap cord. It Is work
eAat II rx uone very rapidly when one
gfeasjnp,' .uperiy. Some follow the plan
tes psiTe, t u. stem with bacon rind. and
une to TIM 'ue stem with fresh blood from
pocgh to pso 4 some have been thoughtless
Cause n 1,V "a. ear Tor the purpose, but they
..adaaed negret 1t afterward. The first
tSatOry Ace IS altogether the most sat-
y answer b ;,. old paper or straw or rags
nOst banrSSuu ' OLD newspapers are about
lly' probably.
TQtasb srr must have suitable quantity
ps'sopnsrI.p piled to the soil for their best
E''pa ous r. Il it is not already there in
loAh to rb';y Merely putting it in the
s t6orgJb, the tree is set will not an
10y oS Tie t Ses 1t II must be put broadcast
'Fb sxtanS uu as far as the roots are
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