The news & observer., 1904-12-11
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Notes from Il Carolina Garden.

The following vegetables were tested
this season, and We give our notions
about them:
Peppers-New Red Hot. This is
all that the name implies. 1t is a
very long, slim pod, fully six inches
in length, and hot enough for a Mexi
can. Neapolitan. This is a Stuffing
pepper of very mild character. 1t is
not as large as Ruby King, but is of
better shape, and is about the sweetest
pepper we have grown. Instead of
hanging like the Ruby King the pods
point upwards and are borne in great
profusion Ruby King is still one of
the best for mangoes. Giant Chinese.
We saw this in magnificent shape at
Mr. Maule's Panmure Gardens, and
the pods there were as large as q
Rocky Ford melon, and packed as
closely as they could grow on the
plants. 1t has never done much here
and is DOOR grower andp not proli-
fic. The sandy soil at Panmure seems
to suit it better than ours But we
will give it another trial.
Peas.-Prolific Early Market is
good pea for the truckers, as 1T is
early and very productive and gives its
whole crop at once. Prodigious is
certainly q mammoth pea, and one OF
very fine table quality. While not SO
profuse as the extra earlies, it's size
Dwarf Champion promises to be a fine
substitute for the old tall growing
Champion Of England, and this is say
ing q great deal for ii. Early Non
pareil is about the best extra early
pea we have grown, and the stock is
evidently we'll dogued, as there was
hardly an inch of difference in the
height or profusion of any of the
plants Premium Gem is still our ia
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Cabbages.-First Early is small, but
really early, and will suit market gar
deners very well, as 1t can be planted
closely, and is of a size that the re-
tailers prefer. Charleston Wakefield
is the largest and most solid of the
Wakefield family. Not so early the
First Early, but a much more solid
head, and of fine quality. We prefer
it for family use. Danish Summer
Ballhead is about the hardest-headed
summer cabbage we have grown. Not
large, but very heavy for it's size and
stands we'll without bursting.
Cucumbers.-Cumb will make
fine variety to cut small for pickles.
AS a table cucumber it is not hand
some enough for market, but is we'll
liked at home. New Shamrock is one
of the finest new ones and its deep
green color will make it popular with
the market growers. Fordhook Fancy
still stands al the head of ali table GU
cumbers in our estimation. 1t Is hard
to imagine a finer cucumber than
this
Beans-Panmure Extra Early has
proved the best of the large climbing
Hmas here. where the large limas sell
dom do we'll We will plant it more
| largely another season. Woods Bush
| lima is the best and most prolific of
the bush limas. Rather larger than
| Henderson's and fully as\ early ana
| prolific.
Iettuce.-Giant Crystal Head We
| consider one of the most promising.
! It's light yellowish green color and
quick heading character combined
with great crispness and good quality
| will make it a favorite. Uririvalled
| did fairly we'll, and we think so much
| of it that we have planted frame OF
sixteen sashes in this variety for the
winter. immensely is really an i'm
mense head. Our plants of this were
started too late last spring and We're
| caught by the hot weather, but they
| did not run to seed so rapidly as the
| Big Boston, which bolts at the first
! touch of spring. AS a frame lettuce
| it's wide-spreading leaves are an OBJ
eiction, as they take too much room
| Silver Anniversary is very attractive,
from it's light green color. 1t, too,
was caught by hot weather and we
| will try it further this winter. Wond-
/ erful is the largest of lettuces and
makes heads as solid as a cabbage
| One of the best for late spring.
| Sweet Corn.-Giant is about the
| best for this climate and is of partlcu-
| larly fine quality. We have a cross of
| this with the Country Gentleman
which we hope to get fixed by perse-
vering selection. Golden Bantham is
really q bantam, and about the only
extra early sweet corn We have ever
| had to do anything here. But it is
| far better suited to more Northern
| climate. Voorhees, Red was sent us
| from the New Jersey Station. 1t is a
cross of Black Mexican on the Egyp-
| tian Some years of selection are yet
| needed to get it fixed to come true, as
| it now comes considerably mixed with
| the Black Mexican and the white
| parent. 1t is a very promising early
| corn, and when fixed in one type will
| be valuable, as it is very productive
! and gives ears of fair size for an early
corn It's fault is too shallow a grain.
New White Evergreen is a good corn
and little earlier than StoWells Ever
| green, ut We think that the Giant will
/ supersede both here.
| Spring Beans or Snaps.-Imperial
| White Seeded wax is the best wax
bean We have ever tried. At first it
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| to our surprise it shot out after the
| first pods were gathered and made
another crop larger than the first, and
this continuing the season is valua-
BILE characteristic for the family gar
| den. Then the seeds are as white as
| the navy bean and can be we'll used as
| a dry bean. New Profusion wax Is
also q fine and productive wax bean.
Our standby. however is still the ex-
| ira early Valentine and we have found
no green podded snap to equal 1t.
| Radishes.-Just So is one of the
prettiest white turnip-shaped radishes
we know and is always ust so in
shape and of fine quality. White De-
| licious and the urple Delicious are
good but did not strike our fancy as
| the first named variety. OF course
| everyone wants some of the extra ear
| ly turnip and olivea-shaped radisheS,
and there are a number OF them
equally good. For a winter radish We
have not yet seen any better than the
Rose Colored Chinese. We SOW these
in late September and when the
weather grows cold mulch the rows
with coarse manure and We gather
them all winter through as solid as a
ha growth SnOilS