The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-06
Garden Notes.

While the Florida gardener or trucker
Is in the full enjoyment of a score of
perfected vegetables, the gardener not
higher up than Middle Georgia can con-
template, but very few that are verging
on to maturity. The first of April finds
the latter just culling from the open
ground his early radishes, lettuce and
spinach, and it is not every one that is
doing that.
In this section of Middle Georgia there
are few or no truckers. 1t is not possible
for the gardener in this section to COM
pete with Florida or South Georgia
growers, and then the Tong the coast
growers, from Florida to Norfolk. Mel
ons are about the only thing that the
Middle Georgian may grow with the
view OF shipping to northern markets
Grow as fine a crop as he may of Irish
potatoes he is at a disadvantage, and
usually is without the pale of a reason
able competition.
weather has been such as to preclude
the attempt to have early cabbage and
the like from fall paintings.
This winter has been comparatively
mild, and if he had only known how it
was going to be, the said Middle Georgia
gardener might have come TO the front
with an early crop of cabbage, lettuce,
peas, and a few other vegetables and
thereby pushed his Florida competitors
pretty closely in the northern markets.
The rainfall was exceedingly favorable
and the cold waves came in such a way
as to cause the minimum OF injury to
the hardy and half hardy crops that
are usually attempted In the winter.
Comparatively little work is done in
the home gardens in this section before
the first of February, so far as open
ground paintings are concerned OF course
those who grow for supplying the local
market make their cold frame sowings
in January. Here April L is as early as
pect of immunity from frost Three
years out of four frost is likely to do
more or less damage to such tender
plants put out this early.
Taking a view of the early garden of
this latitude, we find the only vegeta-
bes ready for use at this date are those
Peas are just we'll in bloom. Irish po-
tatoes are just we'll up from planting of
Feb. Ills. Beets, carrots, parsnips, are
Just beginning to grow off after their
first cultivation. Onions started from
sets put out in January or February,
are about the size of a lead pencil
The great bulk of onions in this sec
ton are raised from the sets. But if gar
deners only knew how much better and
cheaper this crop can be grown from the
seeds there would be a constantly dinin-
ishing demand for sets. 1t is almost
wonderful how readily the smallest onion
plants take root and grow off when prop
erly tranSplanted. For a late crop and for
large onions to weight pound or there
abouts we are now making our last
setting out Plants that are not larger
than the smallest knitting needle take
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larger than that, the size ranging from
the aforesaid needle up to that Of lead
pencil. There is no plant so easy to
transplant and the operation is not near
so tedious as some are inclined to sus-
pect. Such as have not adopted the prac-
tice. Those who grow onions should
adopt the plan without further delay.
1t is the way to grow fine onions, and
onions that viii keep.
Our corn is just up. 1t was planted ten
days ago. For roasting ears we have
narrowed down to two kinds, Adams
Early and B1ount's Prolific For use,
green, these are two unsurpassed Varie-
ties, and are bound TO give full satisfac-
ton.