The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-05-14
IN THE FARM AND THE GARDEN.
MATTERS OF INTEREST TO AGRI-
CULTURIsT AND HOUSEWIFE.

May work I'm the Garden-Georgfa
CoIIards as a Garden Crop-Sweet
Potatoes-The Cultivation of Wa
termelons.
In Southern gardens there is not much
done in the way of planting during the
latter half of May. In the home garden
there may be some paintings of beans.
squashes and sweet corn as succession
crops to keep up supply of these vege-
tables. 1t is presumed that pretty much
everything else is under way, and only
needs the necessary cultivation 20 perfect
the crop.
Those who have not already set out pep
per and egg plants should set them out
as soon as possible now. 1t is almost
too late to sow the seeds of these vegeta-
bles, unless one is very favoraby situat-
ed for the purpose. Late sowings of veg
etables are so beset with insect enemies.
in most localities, 1t is labor thrown away
usually to attempt certain vegetables aft
er the first of May. This is the case with
English peas, Irish potatoes, turnips, sal
sify and other root crops, spinach, lettuce,
etc. Many of these cannot Withstand the
NV NiS weather VI JuHS ana July even
when insects are not an obstacle. Those
who raise vegetables for market are well
aware that 1t is only the very early. or
early vegetables that pay anything like
the profit that is necessary to success. and
1t is only those who grow for their own
use exclusively, who can afford to bother
Wltn late or even second early crops IT
Is only the very early and the very late
vegetables that pay satisfactory profit
70 the market gardener. Lettuce, radfsh
spinach, English peas and several others
are only profitable when they can be put
on the market early and before the aver
age nome gardens begin to furnish their
supply. Late in the season competition
and an overstocked market run prices
down to figure in which there is little
or no profit
1t Is too early to start what is termed
a late garden-one that furnishes yegeta-
Dies from October to Christmas. Such
work as is needed to establish a late
garden must be done from the last of
July to the last Of September. In s1lita-
Die locations 1t is desirable. however, now
to SOW the celery seed to
make plants to be set out IN A,5or,st ~ ~
september, but there are very few
VINO attempt this valuable crop in the
SCUM 1t is very few who have suitable
SOIL for 1t and 50 there are not many VIII,
need concern themselves with the crop. II
requires more than any other crop an en-
ersy ana painstaking that few of our nas
tive gardeners can bring 10 IT,
Collards.-The old fashioned Georgia co1
lard is crop not to be despised and no
FARMER should have less than an acre ~
IT, In the absence of cabbage the tender
frost-touched leaf of the colard is a most
excellent substitute, and the well-grown
leaves provides a very desirable sunT,f,, Of
EICCulent food for he
pigs. An acre OF colards grown 10 rer-
fecton Is worth a good deal on any farm
where there are cows, pigs and chickeus
seeds should be sown now and the plants
set out in June and July It may re-
quire good deal of care and watchfulness
10 Keep this crop protected from it's sever
al insect enemies, as we have found fer
the past two years. but this protection is
easily given If one keeps on the watch and
applies the proper remedies promptly. In
sects were never any worse than they are
this year and 1t requires unceaslng watch
fulness to keep the various plants freq
from them. The grower for market from
this time on will of necessity regard the
possession of implements for spraying and
certain poisons for insects and remedies
for plant disease as Of much importance as
any other materials of carrying on his
work.
Every man and woman who expects TO
follow farming. gardening or fruit-grow-
ing as business will have to read up on
this important subject of plant disease and
insects and know exactly what is TO be
done IN the way of preserving their crop
whatever 1t may be- from these evil infiu-
ences. II is imperative that they should
know how to do 1t whenever occasion
arises. Every year now we have some.
thing new to contend with and there is no
telling what the next few years will bring
to us and the tiller of the soil will need
all the intelligence that he can possibly
control in solving a very serious problem
sweet Potatoes as Garden Crop
Where one has a very large garden, one,
two or three acres, say, 1t will pay to
grow this splendid vegetable as gar
den crop" using the very choicest varie-
ties for the purpose-the true Georgia
yam" and the Spanish. There is a vast
difference in sweet potatoes, as much so
as in apples, and when one grows pota-
| toes in the garden only the incest kinds
should be grown. Under the intensive
| plan, such as should prevail in garden
| culture, one can easily produce several
hundred bushels of potatoes on an acre.
even of the true Georgia yam, of which
we see very few nowadays More's the
pity This pale, yellow, sugary potato
| is a table potato par excellence, and once
used most potatoes seem poor and taste
less. but there are many who prefer the
| Spanish variety-a long. pink-skin po-
tato.
The Bunch yam is now very extensively
grown, and II is of very easy culture
Compared 10 those referred to 1t is not a
good table potato really, but 1t satisfies
those who are not accustomed to the bet
ter kinds. We are inclined to think that
the Georgia yam is about extinct in some
localities, but ID is to be hoped ii will
not become generally so. Have any of
our readers this potato and the Spanish
free from admixture with other kinds?
II so, we should be pleased to hear from
them.
watermeIons.
We have, in watermelons. crop which
is assuming very great Importance at the