Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-09-16

We make our first sowing of lettuce
the last of August, and then another
late in September and a third sowing
is made in one of The frames after the
first crop of lettuce has been cut in
| January. The August sowing can usu-
ally be headed in November without
the help of the frames, The second
| sowing is set in the frames the last
of October, and is cut during the win
ter. when plants from the anne SOW
ing that have been left in the open
ground are used for replanting, and a
part of one frame, as we have said, is
used for sowing seed. The plants
from this SOWING are for setting in tha
open ground the first of March for the
last spring crop. We formerly used
the Big Boston lettuce almost eXclu-
sively. But while this is good for the
winter crop, it has the bad fault of
boiling to seed at the first breath OF
warm weather in the spring; then, too,
we have found that for the winter crop
the California Cream Butter lettuce Is
as good as the Big Boston, is less sub
ject TO rot, and having a smaller out
side spread of leaves can be planted
closed in the frames.
Last Spring we tried the Giant Crys-
tai Head, and the New Unrivaled, and
will use these two for the winter crop
this winter. For the spring crop or for
wintering outside for replanting the
frames there is no lettuce that can
surpass the Wonderful. 1t makes a
very large and solid head, and is pc
culiarly crisp, and being one Of the
hardest of lettuces, it is easy to winter
over outside even for the outside spring
planting. Those who are growing let
tuce for winter should always have an
abundant water supply, for 1t is often
essential to i~rrigate the beds in our
dry fall weather to get the seed to
terminate, and when glass is used it
is equally important to have a supply
for watering the frames so as not to
De u|epeUueHL OH lHe TdlHldll'
Another winter crop in which we
take a lively interest is the winter
radish crop. For this crop we use the
Rose Colored and the White Chinese,
This is heavily fortified with the
aforementioned mixture of 81, and
four parts of acid phosphate, cotton
seed meal and potash at rate of 1000
pounds per acre, and the seed is sown
In rows one foot apart, In September,
on very mellow and warm soil. AS
soon as large enough to handle, they
are thinned to two inches in the rows,
and as the weather gets cold the rows
are well mulched with fresh strawy
manure We thus are able to pull good,
solid radishes all winter through till
the early radishes sown in the frames
are ready for use.
In part Of our frames We take but
the one crop Of midwinter lettuce. We
then again fertilize the frame and SOW
seed Of radishes and beets late in Jan
uary in rows and cross-wise. the frames
just wide enough apart to work with
q hoe three inches wide. For his
crop we use of radishes the French
Breakfast and the White Just So"
one of the prettiest of turnip radishes,
OF beets We find for the frames moth
ing better than the Egyptian. These
are sown rather thickly in the rows,
so that the Trimmings can be set in the
open ground in March, or late February
as a succession crop, and these will
come on in advance of the seed sown
in the open ground,
Lastly, we SOW a crop of fiat turnips
later in September, so as to have them
just forming roots the size of a walnut
when the cold weather comes. We
then throw a furrow to each side of the
rows, and they winter much better than
the early-sown ones, and give us a
plentiful supply of greens in the spring,
We find the winter garden the most
profitable and enjoyable of all the year,
as It is never too hot to work, and
the products all bring higher prices
than those OF the summer garden
W. i. Massey, North Carolina Agricul-
lural Experiment Station, Raleigh.
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