The Savannah morning news., 1904-09-19
Notes and Suggestions for Septem-
her,

The professional gardener and the
home gardener. who follows the art in
a spirit of love Snds great deal to
be done This month. In one way or
another a great deal can be done now
towards making a success of the spring
and early summer garden. Even the
farmer who regards the garden as a
side issue of comparatively little value,
will find it to his interest to give it
some little attention now, even If it
does take few days from the farm.
The average farmer does not take the
interest in his garden that he should.
At this season he finds himself more
concerned about gathering his cotton,
saving his hay and corn, and, to some
extent sowing his small grain than
''bothering" with a garden. A great
many farmers care very little about
a garden. and very frequently this
disregard of its value initiates con-
sideraby against their interests, for,
as we have remarked before, a we'll
managed garden may be made to do
a good deal in the way of supporting a
family.
Those who grow vegetables for mar
ket, whether they be "market-gar-
deners" or truckers, cannot afford to
neglect the work that is appropriate
TO this month, If the best results would
be secured next spring and summer.
Where there are no paintings or SOW
ings of seeds to be made, allowing
that what was not done in August can
be done in October, still there is much
to be done in the way of manuring
the soil for coming crops and clearing
II of the debris of crops that have al
ready matured. In a highly cultivated
and well-managed garden there are
a number of vegetables now almost, if
not fully in their prime. There should
be snap and butter beans. okra, toma-
toes, cabbage, corn, egg plants, pep
pers, satisfy and perhaps one or two
others.
IL a second crop of Irish potatoes
were planted in July or August it
should be started with thrifty growth
Give 1t shallow cultivation frequently
to hurry it along. This fall crop grows
very rapidly when it once gets well
started.
All the standing crops should re-
ceive enough cultivation to keep down
all weeds.
The turnip crop is probably well I'M
der way from sowings last month II
not, sowing should be made now as
early as possible. We have made
good crops Of turnips, sown as late
as Oct 10, but 1t will not do to de-
pend upon such late sowings. No
vember may be a very cold month, in
stead of the mild month that It occa-
sonallY is
Seeds of some of the small. early
cabbage, II sown early in the month,
and the crop tudiciously cultivated
Will frequently make very fine heads
before Christmas. Sow the seed right
where they are TO grow. and use the
sweep or harrow vigorously.
II is we'll TO take advantage of the
first seasonable weather to SOW spin.
ach for use In November and Deem
Der. Sowings for the spring crop may
be made during October and any time
in November, In fact, In this latitude
The late crop OF tomatoes should
now present a very pretty sight-those
planted out IN June. This late crop
as is often the case with the second
crop of tomatoes. does better than the
early crop. Save your own seed from
the choicest specimens you can find
For seed choose only those that are
smooth and round and that ripen fulis
Up 70 the stem. Save seed 81 pepper
eggplant. snap beans bush butter.
beans and corn. Let all seeds drs
good and put up in paper bags Sc,
that they are kept in q dry place and
our ~ The reach ~ RATS in sfOrlnr
bean Or pea seed observe this prar
ice Dry them thoroughly and thei