The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-03-06
Gnrden Notes.

More than usual farm and garden work
must be crowded into March this year.
It was hardly possible 70 do much work
in January or February. owing TO inees-
SAINT rain, and If there was any done it is
more than likely that much Of it Will have
to be done over. The early planting of
peas beets, cabbage and the like were
nearly all destroyed by the cold wave of
Feb. s-1s. There was very little gardening
done in North Georgia before the first
week in March. The soil was still cold
and wet at-fhat period, and this condition
implies slow termination. If we should
have second cod wave in March, as
many are inclined to expect, 1t would
cause very bad outlook for garden veg
etables this season, at least for any crops
of an early kind
OF course, there need never be an abso-
lutte failure or anything like it of the gar
den crops, If one will only persist in max
ing an effort to have them. If one plant
ing is destroyed by cold make another
sowing of seeds promptly, and the differ
ence In outcome viii not be very great
In our very uncertain climate it often hap
pens that third sowing must he made of
one crop or another before success is at
tanned.
So far as trucking" is concerned, it is
only persons of marked patience and per-
sistency who are likely to make a success
of growing vegetables for market. To be
sure, these qualities are necessary to sue
cess In nearly every line of work but in
none more than that of vegetable grow
ing, and 1t may be set down as a fact
that there is far more genius displayed in
successful trucking than there Is in mer-
chandzing.
The Irish potato crop has now become
very important crop in the South COM
pared to what It was twenty years ago. A
perfect "Irish" potato is only second 10
a perfect sweet potato, and it should be
the aim of those who grow it, whether for
home or market use, to grow as fine
specimen as possible. Success in this di-
rection is not TO be judged, however, by
size, but by quality.
A smooth medium sized ''mealy" pota-
toes is what the critical consumer wants,
and to secure such a potato 1t must be
borne in mind that rank, unfermented ma
nure is not a suitable fertilizer for the
crop.
For the growth of a smooth, mealy po-
tato mineral fertilizers must be used and
if there is any need for nitrogen it should
be used in the form of ammonia salts-ni-
trate of soda or sulphate of ammonia. That
is if the fertilizer is to be applied at or
naturally rich soil will produce potatoes
of first-class edible qualities usually, but
an excess of ammonia (nitrogen) is not
favorable to quality.
1t appears that the potato crop of '9S
was more generally affected with scab
than before IN many years, and it has been
more difficult this season to procure
smooth, healthy seed potatoes for planting.
When it is necessary to use potatoes af-
fected more or less with scab it is really
important TO wash the potatoes before
planting in a. weak solution of corrosive
sublimate. Usually this has been found
effective In preventing scab Rolling the
cuts in sulphur is also helpful in this re-
spect but not so sure as the first.
Two ounces of finely pulverized corrosive
sublimate Is dissolved in two gallons of
hot water. After 1t Is thoroughly dis
solved fifteen gallons more oe water is
added, and in this weak solution the seed
potatoes, cut or whole, are washed thor
oughly before planting