The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-06-01
In the Garden-suggestions for June,

Where there is some little planting to J. e
done this month the principal work con-
sists in keeping the growing crops clean
and harvesting such as are matured.
Any vacant plats may be planted TO
beans or peas" By very careful prepar-
alton of the soil and planting a late crop
of beets may be successfully established,
but it requires nice management
Early or late in the month of May il.
may be in order to plant the second crop
of Irish potatoes. 1t depends upon the
variety you have planted for the first crop.
If you have used the early varieties, such
as the Early Ohio or ROsS or the like, for
the first crop they have become matured
some time before this, and it will be
proper to replant these earlier than some
other varieties
1t depends upon what plan is observed
whether this is the time to plant or not.
There are two plans which we have OBJ
served in relation to this crop.
In one instance all the small potatoes
the size OF a walnut are sorted out from
time to time, as the crop is dug and plac-
ed away in some COOL dark place until the
proper quantity for planting has accumu-
lated. These are bedded near a well or
other source of water, where they can be
kept steadily moist, 50 as to start the eyes
as soon as possible. The bedding is done
after this manner: The soil is scraped
away to the depth of three or four inches
to the width of three or four feet, and as
long IS is necessary to hold the seed po-
tatoes. A little pine straw is spread in the
potion ana the potatoes put IN to the
depth of two or three inches and sprnk-
led with water from a watering pot; three
or four inches Of straw is put on top of
the potatoes and also mOistened thorough
~. Dry straw to the depth of several
inches is put on this. These potatoes are
kept supplied with moisture from time to
time. In couple of weeks, or perhaps
three, they will begin to sprout. By that
time the soil is prepared for them ard the
burrows laid Off. After the first rain to
thoroughly wet the burrows the potatoes
1Pp fn 6rnYna1 in fha nd
covered by one or two scooter burrows on
each side. Then a roller is run over the
beds thus made. If the potatoes are slow
in making their appearance, as they US
ually are, harrow is run along the beds
soon after the first rain occurs so as to
keep down the growth of weeds. This may
have to be repeated before the pota toes
come up. In dropping the potatoes in the
furroW they are pressed into the soil with
the foot. This is the best plan we know
Of for securing stand at this season OF
the year
The other plan sometimes observed, and
with satisfaction, usually is to plant the
potatoes right back in the same burrows
without allowing them to dry at all, and
then bed on them with turn plow and
wet narrowing a. intervals as in the first
case. The seed are trOdden down into the
furroW before covering If dry weather
occurs the potatoes sometimes are six TO
seven weeks in terminating. In any case
the grass must be kept down by necessary
cultivation. Fine bone Ozone dusD is a
proper fertilizer to apply in the burrows
for this second crop especially. If the soil
needs nitrogen, hundred or hundred and
fifty pounds of nitrate soda can be very
profitably used in this second crop, broad
casting il along the burrows after one pillow
furrow has been thrown on the seed
Those who have soil suited to growing
this second crop and are willing to OBJ
serve the necessary care of the crop from
first to last. should find this a very salts
factory crop to grow. The potatoes can be
banked in the same manner that sweet no
tatoes are, and one need not be in a great
hurry to Dig the crop when the early No
vember frost kills the vines. Digging can
We do not know how it is in other To-
callties, but here it is almost impossible
to grow cucumbers or squashes or musk
melons planted here in June The melon
worm and the maggot and squash bug
nearly always destroy the crop, and it is
labor thrown away to plant them.