The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-07-21
Notes from a n. c. Garden.

The Harhlnger peas have been 4 great
success. Though planted too late for the
best results. and therefore somewhat
struck with mlldeW. they gave q fire crop
OF large pods and big peas OF INC navor.
The little plants grew but six iuches I.igA
hut by planting them IN rows u inches
apart | believe we can get more peas
o. certainly as many a. from taller va
rleties planted wider apart ! have made
note to use more Harbnger5 next sea
sen.
The extra early Valentine brans nave
been and still are giving us an abundant
supply and We have some other sorts
coming on. the succession Cf whith we
VIII have more To say later eli. Most
of the stocks Of the Charleston Wake
field cabbage need improvements | find
that While most of the plants come the
typical shape. there are stll a great many
later round and fattish heads. Those of
the typical sugar loaf shape are larger
than the regular stocks of Wakefield, and
Il very little later, and if culled out pure
would make this a very valuable cabbagc
We have iHst SOWn our par>lpS Our
. Northern friends who put the parsnip
seed IN the ground among the earliest
things SoWn. may wonder at sowing parS-
nps ID June. But we have learned that i'll
the South II is not desirable 10 SOW rar&-
uips or salsify early. They are art then
! to run To seed in 1nid summer and make
rCor, woody roots. SoWn in early June
! they grow right on and keep growing. all
winter through. ! have soWn salty as
! late as August and made a good crop,
! for its besi growth Is made here durin .
November and December.
We are now giving the bush lima beans
a mulchmg OF fine stable manure. The
/ limas. unlike other legumcs, make no
! Eodules on the roots, and gather no nitro
gen from the air, and hence they agree
We'll with liberal rlanurIng The manure
Oh top Of the ground prevents crtleting to
a great extent and helps 20 retain mos
ture. In our sunny climate | find that
surface nanuring is decidedly better than
using all the manure under the crop. The
cultivation will, OF course, continued
but the manure Will be IN the upper SUI
face all the time and the crustnig Will be
far less.
Early >ummcr cabbageS, from seed sOWl
IL February, are now heading finely, anG
! succeed the Charleston Wakefield very
nicely. Succession Is Il Httle later, anl
Will make :; fine succession to the sum
ner. Later tnan this cabbage doe
we'll here until fall. In August we wi
sow seed OF Late Flat Dutch and othel
late varieties, and keep Il ein growing rar-
IDLY, setting the plants III September, anC
expect to head them In November an(
December, for we never have any Weathel
until after Christmas that viii stop
cabbage .r0E growing. Out IN our hlgi
mountain country they grow great tleld
1f cabbages that head N August and Sep
tcHiber and are shipped to Florida an'
the Southern coast cities IN irnmens
quantities, but IL this warmer part Q
the state no cabbage Will head al tia
time hence the general planting OF th
collard. ne survival OF the httcst. Col
Iard- If turned d0<vn and the larger par
OF the head buried IN She soil so as t
bleach IN winter are not Il poOl vegeta
BILE. and their resistance TO chmah" II
fuencc@ mas made them about the onl
late cabbage grown IN she warmer sec
| tiGns Of the South. Careful breeding
&. might develop colard that woul
make a hard head, but as yet they q
not do 50.