The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-06-17
Farm and Garden Notes.

Farm and Garden Notes
IT, summer garden is now on the wane.
se various hardy vegetables that were
&arteI in February and March, or earlier,
ne attained their best growth, either
II home use or market. The plats that
1-ained them are now vacant, or will
II so in a short while. The spinach and
a glish pea plats have yielded their best
. me time ago in most gardens. The
Its carrots and parsnips have already
. ssed the stage of tenderness that adapt
. them to table use, and are only ht
I'm stock food now. When the paintings
a these were made very late in April, or
a rv in May, they are still sufficiently
#nier for cooking, but the demand for
a en- has become limited. If any Of
csc are not suitable for home use ana TO
II mand for them in market, they SHOULD
a De allowed to cumber the ground, but
E oud be removed so as to make way for
.h5r crops. The late potatoes may still
u occupying the soil, but the early crops
n We been dug long ago and a second crop
II perhaps already well under way OH the
they occupied. The early cabbages
a ave vacated their plats.
|Onons Of all paintings are probably ma
tirsd, and out of the way. Those grown
h om the seed and sown late may on
n bme soils and higher latitude be sin
f r7el and growing, but in the truck
8atches of the south generally the onions
n Ave all been matured. The demand for
EN- now has ceased nearly altogether,
. nd such as cannot be properly cured ana
bored in suitable place must be dis
+ osed of for what they viii bring or al
+ DWel TO decay. 1t is the April and May
K nons that pay the big profits. and are
+ lost valued for home use. AS other veg
3 tabes come on the onion is apt to be
3eglectcd, after the warm weather OF
ummer sets in.
. in cstablishing the garden it is desira>
D. that where plats are planted to mixed
getabes proper classification be made
BAD plant only those in the plat that
\ AZURE at or about the same time. 1t IS
h ot well to mix hardy early maturing
plants with tender kinds that are plante
y e and occupy the soil through the sum-
t.sr If n plat has to be divided group
D. plants according to time of maturity.
klinach lettuce. radish, early peas ana
tRrly onions, early potatoes, mustard, car
n bis and the like constitute one group.
fomatoes, peppers, egg plant, late corn,
B ira, celery, butter beans another; cucum-
rs, squashes, bush beans another. When
lus arranged, the soil is vacated by them
out the same time and allows Of the
4 Pat being again prepared by the plow
or other crops. This suggestion applies
Specially when the gardening is done on
4 small scale, when the area is less than
p acre or not greater than ten acres.
Nruc6ers On a large scale need not be
minded of the necessity of such an ar
4 angement. Vegetables in active growth
II the garden now are beans, tomatoes,
~ plants peppers, cucumbers, squashes,
tlra, corn, salsify,parsnips, late cabbage,
4 0lards. when regarded as a table Vegeta-
p, horse radish. These should be kept
flean by just enough shallow culture to
accomplish the purpose. Provision should
made even, l think, for the second
prop Of Irish potatoes. The best plan to
Follow with this crop was set forth in the
play number of the Farm. Every home
Garden should have it's plat of second crop
potatoes. 1t is really of more practical
Value than the early crop. few rows
planted Just right will give better salts
faclicn than five times the area carelessly
4 lanted. 1t should not require more than
4 ne or two seasons to convince any one
a the truth of this statement, for after
- has realized the satisfaction resulting
a IA nigh culture the results AFFORDED by
" low or diffusive method viii ever after
4 ards produce more or less discomfort.
allures occur now and then with some
"A the crops under the very best system
a culture, for the gardener cannot al
+dys provide against frost and insect and
Fought and flood, but the high culture
4 stem is the only one that is likely to
/ duce failure to its most infrequent oc-
lrence. A quarter of an acre, in most
4 by crop under the highest system of cul-
4 pre- is generally more remunerative than
4 acre under loose and slipshod cultiva-
0n. There is no question about it. An
re OF rich land can be made to supply
out everything in the way of food, II
2el marketed, to supply the necessary
4 eal lood for small family. There are
1inerous crops that can be grown on one
4 re When the product can be disposed
4 III good market that Will net any
mere from $1,000 to $1,000, according TO
II quality of soil and cultivation,
~ the earliness of maturity.
nose who understand what an acre can
made to produce i'll such crops as
4 apes Strawberries, onions, cabbage, to-
d'oes, asparagus, cauliflowers and early
as know what we mean when it is
a.ed that an acre may be made to sup
~ small family, when kept in con-
iuous and high state of culture. When
acre is cultivated in mixed crops, as
.ue nome garden, dozen or more
IeIent kinds of vegetables may be
0"h on the same land In twelve, or
most, fifteen months. For instance,
I zen the dwarf English peas are planted
december or January. bush beans can
vi the same plat in May. and turnips
follow the beans in July or August.
cabbages, set out in January. can be
IoWed by bush beans In May or June,
lne beans be followed by turnips,
or spinach. Tomatoes can follow
we lettuce plat, and onions taking the
OF the tomatoes, can follow the
S crop of potatoes. 1t is only ques-
OIL high manuring, how rapid and
-Dhuous these rotations may be made.
crop of radish can be made by mixing
seed with those of the beet or carrot,
1 own in the very same drill, the rad
s being drawn out before they.inter-
al all with the beets or carrots, as
4 H. adishes require nothing more than
!lIe hoe culture, they can be readily
u between the rows of other crops
tously established in three feet rows.
' are soon made and out of the way.
Crops in an Orchard.
W nich is the best thing to sow in an or
ara to get vegetable matter in the soil?
o0id rye do at all? r. F. NJ.