The Van Buren press., 1898-08-13
FARMER PLANTER.
VEGETABLES FOR The FALL.
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Il predicting COMMON vegetables
Many are Indifferent because they
have 2 LoDg while besn az teuztoned 10
le,ok upo1 fall gardens IS Of but little
value costing more than they come To-
Il the face q this tne fact remains
st5ll that falI garden NAP be made .
ugzt profitable feature Of eTerF farm:
provided the farmer viii give some Of
hls valuable time 70 preparation. plant
ing and cultivation What 70 plant 5
an important question. which we shall
lot attempt 20 answer from the mar
ket gardeners point o. view, but VIII
give few items as 70 what farmer
may plant for his home table With
great majority the turnips are the one
leading garden crop. and It deserves 70
receive much consideration on account
Of its large yield and value both for
table and a. food ration for stock.
Previous preparation IS very imPor-
tant. Land should be IN good tiIth.
AID liberal application Of manure
shonld be made some time before SOW
ing. Manure from the barnyard and
hennerr viii be found 20 supply the
needed plant food. As to varieties, we
think that for early fall use the old
standard Sorts. Purple Top. Plat Dutch
and White Egg are equal TO anything
sOwu. For the later maturing crop,
Landredth's Snow White Globe. Am
Der Globe and Purple Top Globe viii
be equal 70 any. 50 far as our personal
experience goes.
Cabbage is a fall crop easily grown.
The greatest difficulty IS in producing
crop OF plants. II plant bed is
made convenient 70 water and then
shaded partially from the scorching
rays Of the August sun. plants may be
had ready to plant b. the early part of
September. and if early maturing sorts
ike Jersey Wakefield. Burpee's All.
head Early, or Early Flat Dutch. they
viii mature before severe weather next
winter. Snap-beans are easily grown.
Planted from the 18th to the 20th Of
August. they will give an excellent
supply of delicious beans from tie
middle Of October TO the middle of Mo-
vember. and frequently till December
We have had them that late more than
once.
English peas may be planted in Sep
tember as soon as cool nights enable
them to 60 through the day without
whiting, though the early sorts may be
planted as late as the middle OF Octo-
Der, and if there is sufficient rain, will
give supply of fresh peas to go with
the Christmas turkey. We have had
them as late as New Years day We
need scarcely remind our readers that
radishes are as easily grown as fall
garden crop as turnips, and no garden
is complete without supply of crisp,
toothsome turnip radishes for early
use. For later winter supply either
the Black Spanish or Chinese Rose
radish should be sown; both are
hardy and will stand sharp freezing
weather and be sweeter after the
frosts fall on them. In sowing turnip
seed or radishes it is well to scatter a
little oats among them; the oats spring
ing up, serve as protection against
insects that prey upon the young
plants, thus at times saving the turnip
crop. OF course the oats should be
used very sparingly, or they may choke
out the young turnip plants.
In conclusion. it is just as well to
say that no success may be expected
without an abundant supply of manure.
Haul out everything you can scrape up
and scatter it upon your garden. Tur-
nips, radishes and cabbages need plen-
ty of it and will repay you in large
measure for every load they get. Now,
brother farmer, don't take our word
for the statements we have made. Try
it and see if what we say is true or