Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1893-09-14

what kind OF soil is requlredP" For
peanuts light soil is the best one in
which sand largely predominates;
mulatto clays likewise suit them very
we'll. The object in planting them on
light-colored lands is not because they
will not make profitable crop on
darker lands, but because the nuts be-
come stained by the coloring matter of
the soil sometimes red, at others
blach), which Injuries, not the nut, but
the sale At the same time that they
require a soil light in color, they also,
from their peculiar habit of growth,
require a soil that is also light in
texture; it must also be warm free
growing soil, and we'll drained. The
peanut is n luminous plant and resem-
bles clover in its composition and its
feeding habit. A field of peanuts just
making their appearance above the
ground is very pretty sight. The
growth is upright until the plant has
attained height otcight or ten inches,
then the peashaped yellow blossoms
appear, and the plant falls over and
makes its subsequent growth in pro-
curubent position; right here is where
the peculiar habit of growth asserts it.
self.
As the yellow blossoms make their
appearance on the upper side of the
item, the ovary or pod IN miniature,
makes its appearance on the under side
OF the stem, curving downward toward
the ground which it eventually reaches
and enters, and there the ovary en-
larges till it FORMS perfect, well-de
veloped peanut
Should rock or other hard sub.
stance as a baked soil Intervene, so
that the ovary can not thrust its point
into the ground, the point or ovary
withers, shrivels up, and c6fhcs to
naught; it must perfect itself in the
ground or not at all. 1t is this singu-
lar process that makes an open, porous
soil an absolute necessity in success
flli peanut culture. If the soil is not
absolutely loose, it must be made to
approximate this condition by fire.
quent cultivation.
We come now to varieties" The
matter of varieties is an important
one iusomuch that the cultivation diff
fers with the different growths, or
habits of growth of the different
varieties. We have here the large
white" good, productive nut on
strong soils and with favorable sea.
sons; but this variety usually has more
pops" or 'puffs" Il. g., defective
fruits, the pod being full size but full
of-emptness,) than has either of the
other varieties. The small white" n
very prolific pea with comparatively
few puffs, is almost the only pea that
can be found on the market; it is more
generally known ms the "Vr-
| ginia" pea nut. 1t is the almost uni.
versal absence of puffs almost every
nut being well filed that makes them
popular with both dealers and con-
sumers. Both the above varieties liz
nat on the ground, the ovaries Ii. c.,
nut in embryo) striking down into the
yielding soil from one end of the stems
to the other. The red" is earlier than
the white; it has very few puffs, bears
a smaller number of pods than any of
the others, but what it does have are
larger, fine, and well filed Unlike
the white, it is of an upright growth
and makes its nuts from the roots ex-
clusively, instead of from she top of
the stems, as is in the case with the
white. On account of its upright
groth, it is much easier cultivated than
is the white, making it the goober par
excellence for the-lazy man. The
Spanish is much smaller than either
of the others, but what it lacks in size
it more than makes up numbers Cor
respondent of journal of Agriculture.