The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-18

Drought was sun interfering with the
progress of garden work the second week
of September. Very little had been done
In this section there will be no second
crop OF Irish potatoes; in fact. little or
nothing has been planted.
There is time yet, however. to make
turnip crop if rains occur in the course Of
two weeks.
Starting the Onion Crop-Most garden
ers and truckers use sets to grow their
crop OF onions. This does very well where
good sets can be had reasonably. The
onions raised from sets put out in the fall
do not keep, and are not grown to keep
really. These are grown to be sold in
punches in the early spring. Only few
gardeners use the black seed for making
a crop II is very easy to grow onions
from the seed, and October is good time
to sow. All that is necessary is TO have
good seeds. Sow them lightly in twenty
or twenty-four-inch drills. Cover and
roll Put the manure on top and as much
of It as can be afforded
The Bermuda varieties are unequalled.
and the Italian kind are sec
ond best. Some are much ear
lier than others. The New Queen
is early. 1t Is fiat and natures a very fine
onion by May. but they can be marketed
The Rocca kinds are Italian and do well.
They are later. Are globular in form and
grow TO be immense in rich soil. We have
grown them to weigh twenty pounds to the
dozen. If we only had an onion that,
planted in April OF May. would continue
its growth through July and August what
money crop could be made of it!
Unfortunately we have none that can sur
vive July.
Spinach-This Is very valuable plant
Prepared properly 1t is only second to as
paragus. 1t should be sown between now
and the middle of November, the earlier
the better II desirable for winter use. 1t Is
well to soak the seeds day before sowing
and SOW just after rain, having the soil
all ready for the purpose.
! Asparagus-It will soon be time to plant
| the roots. No person who owns his place
| should be without this valuable vegetable.
| Ii is very easy to have it. If you really
| us for particulars. We will tell you ex-
| actly how to make it cheaply. If you live
/ near a city or large town you will find
ready sale for this vegetable
Work in the Orchard--h you
have any fruit trees there is some
profitable work you can do about them
now. You need a trowel and mallet for
the purpose With the trowel dig away
the soil from about the stem TO the depth
of several inches, scrape the bark clean,
removing all gum made by the borer and
noting the spot carefully, tap 1t vigorously
with the mallet and in such way as not
TO break the bark. Most of the borers can
be killed in this way. Have a bucket OF
| fresh air-slaked lime with you Hup the
| stem thoroughly for a foot from the
| ground with the lime and fill up the hole
| made with the trowel with the lime, using
about quart to each tree.
Seeding Peach Trees-We have small
| - 10 a interest
ing experiment with US. Three years age
this March we planted one row of peach
seeds saved from various fine peaches
Nearly every seed came up. The hrst win
| ter this row was thinned to stand, using
| the trimmings to set three rows adjoining
| The trees were not pruned, consequently
they branch close to the ground and have
a cone shape. This spring they bloomeo
| Iuxuriantly, but the severe cold prevented
frulting Some of the trees bore few
peaches the year before Gwo years IRON
planting), and no doubt would nave borne
quantities this season che third) but iol
the frost These trees present magnih'
cent appearance, now being fifteen tC
twenty feet high, and as symmetrical a:
nature could have them. If the vitality o.
these trees were in any way impaired by
the freeze of March they do not SHOW Il
now If the sap was affected inJurlousl!
the future can only. determine. Some o.
these trees were free from the borer, bu
the majority were more or less infested
We have set apart alternate trees fol
making experiments in protecting IRON
insects. effects of pruning and comparative
effects of manuring. Several of them arr
set apart to show the effects, II any, o
nails driven into the roots, into the stem
and into separate branches Farmer John
practical old fogy farmer. hoids ina
iron is good for his blood and his peache'
san alike and insists on my making tria
of il. So let 1t be- Essace'