The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-01-16

the old sort wherever potato onions are
grown, writes W. f. Massey in american
AgricuturiSt
The Freeman potato promises to take tie
lead of early potatoes. Its remarkably
smooth aud handsome appearance is in its
favor as a market potato. and il is prod uct-
i've. early and Of good quality.
The Chelsea pea we have grown two sea-
sons, and hereafter will grow il in place of
Premium Gem, which has heretofore been a
fsvorite with U.S. Tho Chelsea is the most
productive dwarf pea OF an early season
that we have ever grown
OF the dwarf Lima beans, Henderson's is
still the best in this latitude Its persistent
bearing is wonderful. As l write Nov. 81 =,
with frost imminent daily. my bush Limas
are still loaded with young pods and white
with bloom, and, but for the intense drought
would have matured many more than they
have. Dreer's bush Lima We have strong
hopes OF, but owing to the weather it has
not had a fair chance with US yet.
Yosemite mammoth wax bush bean il .
frst-class wax bean, but the pods this year
with US were not at all remarkable for size
In fact they were not as large as golden
wax. Pc haps the season may have had
something to do with this.
We had a promising lot OF celery plants
OF all tbs newest sorts, but alas they are
no more There will be no celery in Raleigh
this winter, unless brought from the north.
The great heat and droughtswept tue whole
crop off even on irrigated and.
Ponderosa tomato, while very far from
being perfect fruit, has done better than
most sorts here this season. Ii is a good
sort for amateur use and for experiments
toward improving 1t, but Its great size and
uneainly appearance shut 10 out from the
market gardeners consideration. All Of 1t
that ripens is II hne quality, but when the
big green end, and the big white core, are
rejected the monste. is not so very large
after all But it is 90 fine favored we must
grow 1t and try 20 make it more slightly.
or new early beets there is no end, and
very little difference between them. Years
ago, when the Egyptian came, Its little top
and compact shape made il q very valuable
sort for market gardening. Amateurs fol-
lowed their example ard grew tina Egyptian
in place of the Id Bassano, which vas an
infinitely better beet for table use. 1t took
them q long time 70 find out how worthless
for eating purposes the Egyptian is. So in
| tent were all upon a dark red beet that they
| dropped the sweet, light colored Bassano for
the hard and tasteless Egyptian, simply be.
cause it was dark red. More recently the
| Eclipse has come in and now almost re-
places the Egyptian. 1t is better than the
| Egyptian, but still confess to fondu ess
for the old Bassano for the earliest beet, for
the family garden. notwithstanding its big
top ard light color.
There is little very new In cabbages
| Wakefield is still earliest within the sou b
--Winnigstadt but little behind and much
larger. For summer succession we still
prefer Fottler's Brunswick. We grew it
| here to twenty pounds weight the past
summer, which is very heavy cabbage
for this climate.
White velvet okra, which las been grown
here for many years, is still a new sort to
most gardens. It ought to entirely super
sede the old forms of okra, because OF its
great productiveness, good quality, and
also because ones hands are not irrltated in
| gathering it. In musk melons the En-
erald Gem and Delmonico lead in quality.
Early Hackensack is good and productive.
and is probably best for market growers
Banquet disappointed me. 1t was not only
very small, but of very inferior flavor.
Perhaps it may do better in different
| season.
In watermelons the needs OF sout bern
shippers have led to the growing OF sorts OF
poor quality, simply because they will bear
handling. Kolb's Gem, which is now
grown in immense qusntitie, in the south
for the northern market, Is really a melon
Of very poor quality, but its shape and
tough skin make 1t the market melon. If
| quality for home use is what is wanted let
| kolb's Gem alone, and grow either Georgia
Rattlesnake or Florida Favorite.