The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-07-26
TRUCK GROWERS, SECTION.

The first subject taken M at the morn
Ing session OF the South Texas Truck md
Fruit Growers association was cabbage
culture, n paper bearing that title being
read by n. y. rraylor Of Edna He said
that almost any soil VIII grow cabbage If
properly drained, and that the vegetable
needed no more cultivation than corn.
About six or seven thousand plants pr
acre shoul. behplantsd. Insects and rot
VIII have TO be commended with and every
plant can not be expected TO make a
mead. a conservative estimate would he
that 500 heads weighing two pounds each
would mature, making total of 100 0
pounds IL each weighed five pounds the
crop would be $3.50. The total cNpens.
of raising such crop would be abou! 80;
making net profit Of S2l3 per acre, based
ON price OF l cent per pound An re
of cabbage can be cultivated us easily as
an acre Of cotton
S. A. McIlcnry, director OK the expert
matter Of black rot In cabbage. lie Fad
seen black rot on now land, although me
COntendcd that IL was the result of animal
fertilizers lie was Of the opinion that
the trouble was in the seed, The disease
thriyes In damp, warm wenther. Early,
rot than the later and more hardy vari
ties
Speaking ON the subject T., varieties ,, Of
tried muny and had finally reduced INC
list 20 three or four. The largest vi Id
came from the Late Fiat Dutch, whith
stood up upder freezes better than any
other variety Tho variety named had
yielded as much as I5,l2l pounds per acre,
Last Year 1t yielded only 1860 pounds, as
q result of the fact that the ground was
bad. The average Yield TOR three years
waS &,06D pounds per acre. The. Autumn
Queen averaged 26,0oO pounds for thr,e
his section. Enrly Summer would yieiI
about 10000 pounds per acre and Is earlier
than the hepyler yledcrs. He did not
] weigh
| 10 i've pounds. lie planted his rows alb 5ut
/ three and half to four tect apart aEd
/ be farther apart, This fall he would plant
/ Tor twenty days bcglnnlng August 20
| uslng Late Fiat Dutch and then Early
summer lie plants one.quarter 20 one
/ thlrd pounds per acre, lrst drilling h s
seed In seed beds. lie has sowcd III the
[ Held, last year planting forty acres In that
/ way. His experience inclined him to Irc.
/ fer the seed bed. In the field he planted
I three-fourths TO one pound per acre, plant
ing uberaliy, then thin to one plant. For
LEGAL markets nc preferred the Early Sum
ON motion the thanks of the association
rising vote. for his donation Of $1OJ 10 as.
Fsist in defraying the expense Of $lUG of
tue association. The vote was unanimous
The subject of fertllizlng cabbage was
tnen disguised 10y Captain j, +, Johnson
OF Arcadia. lie was OF the aliulon n t
barn yard manure would ultimately tie
entirely dispensed with In consequence Of
Il caused black rot. He used cOWpeaS for
III, cabbage ond found them the best nitro
geneouS fertilizer, which cabbage so much
requires. He mentioned cases where ktlnit
had produced bad results. He believed that
Inc same fertilizers required hy straw
berries should be used ON cabbage In pre-
pairing the ground he made very lit;le
ridge. Both Strawberries and cabbage re-.
quire nitrogen and potash, lie used nitrate
of soda moro than any other commercial
fertilizer, This costs about 81 per hun.
dred pounds. He said he had confd nee
In bat guano, He though, that by ali
means the truck growers should mix tn If
At the evening meeting the FIRST number
on the program was an address nv Aaron
Coffee on The Tomato and Irish Potito.'
This was followed by comprehensive
R,@pSsHro mem, on The Ganial9upe; It's Care ana
Markeung, by Mr.. Smith OF Rgookshre.
Mr., McHenry Of Rccvile spoke on cir.
rigntion IN Truck Farming
A. ID. Rust of Rock Island wound IN tho
program with talk ON "Blackbcrry Cui,
ture" II was voted TO hold the next
meeting at Alvin on the first Tuesday il
November Mcssrs Rust, Fields and No,
Henry We're appointed a committee to mr..
range n program Tor the next meeting
The association then adjourned.