The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-07-08

toes large enough for seed? co How late
can Irish potatoes be planted with the
prospect of making profitable crop?
II. NJ. c.
% 1t depends upon the nature of the
weather at and about setting out time.
and also whether the season is made long
or short by the occurance of frost in the
fall
If the soil has been put in good condition
and is a fertile. sandy soil and August is
nominally showery and no frost occurs
before the middle of November Cor the
lasO, and cultivation is prompt and fire.
duent, then it will be quite possible to
make a very fair crop of seed potatoes
from vine cuttings put out the last week
in July. perhaps a week or two later
If any of our readers have made good
crops from late paintings we should be
glad to have them report
There are some varieties, doubtless, that
would make a very good yield set out as
late as Aug. 10. AS stated, however, it
depends upon the weather. If, as some
times occurs. there is little or no rain in
September and October, the chances would
be slim for making much, even when set
out the last of July. AS soon as the plants
get well rooted. the cultivation should be
frequent but very shallow.
90 The same conditions apply also TO
Irish potatoes. If the seed potatoes have
been greened in the sun and then sprouts
have been started after the manner fire.
quently described in these columns, plant
ings can be made as late as the first of
August, but we should much prefer to
plant several weeks earlier than that In
planting the second crop it is well worth
all the extra care of greening and sprout-
ing the seeds before planting, for it insures
a stand when otherwise it might, will, be
Very doubtful At this writing July y we
have two bushels of small potatoes greened
and nearly ready to show their eyes.
These we plant at about the Sth or 10th.
The variety is Goodrich, a potato we have
planted with satisfaction for twenty-seven
years. The Early Ohio is a good kind for
late planting. We do not expect to plant
Early Rose again, having discarded il
several years ago. Neither will we plant
any more peerless" This piece of ad-
vice we would press upon every one who
plants as much as a barrel of potatoes.
If you do not raise your own seeds, or
der them direct from some reputable po-
tato grower in New York, Vermont or
Maine, or you can get your local seeds
man to do this for you. 1t Is very inn
portant to get good seed potatoes, and just
as It is with cabbage or corn 1t is better
in the end to pay double for frst-class
seed than not to have them. After sew
eral years practical experience, a grower
ought to know exactly the one or two
kinds that suits his soil best II is ad-
visable always to plant a short row of six
or eight kinds every year, so as TO keep
up with whatever improvements may be
wrought in the matter of prOductiveness
in varieties of recent introduction. This
fact will be generally brought out where
one plants several kinds of potatoes. side
by side, and with the same treatment, is
that if the crop had been planted with one
kind only the yield would aot have been
forty bushels to the acre, whereas with
another, the best. the yield would have
been 200 or 300 bushels We have had this
experience with various plants, especially
cabbage, onions. tomatoes. 1t only shows
the great need for constant comparative
tests, if a man would grow a crop in the
most satisfactory and intelligent manner.
We are glad to note the steadily increas-
Ing interest in growing food crops of all
kinds, not only for market, but for home
use. Surely these hard times good gar
Den is great blessing and everybody
ought to make the best efforts to have 1T.
fall garden is especially desirable, and
now is the time to consider the matter.