The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-08-05

3sS& S1N HE farmer who is not preluu
sSs9sh8 5 against now crops and who desires
HIM ~ to develop his land Il TO Its htE hest
II nrol,ictcc capacity by Intelligent exper-s
inert viii be Interested In some recent
plant iinportations from abroad by u, the
Omitted States Department Of gric,ilture.
lSs a one or these plants. the y apailese jud o.
now successfully grown III America WI WI
K nrobnbly rival the celery md tic lettuce
sS ~ a ropular winter salad. Its edible
ss}3 duai flies hnve long been recognized s33ln
NJ Jnpan. where IL Us; served Il, u every en- \
Ss house. ana tin China, to which country
&Se IL is probably indigenous;i but III America
~ and to Americans, With the excel TONS OF
n 3ni few travellers and residents III Japan i1
II nnd d snail number of private Sperl-
.s4$ cnters, lt Is still @tinknowfi.t' these
s4{i nriyate growers. however, It's culture is
{5Gs already well understood, and Its arpa--
SSSDility8 to d variety Of climates fully
demonstrated. n $83Ii sfE84t "a 53 ii, ss "A
Sg AS d ,nnrket product. the udo Is vet to
E8s$l,c placed Oh trial bu t It's friends, who
are enthusiasts, Predict thnt $in the hands
$E Of progressive truck growers and hotel
managers 1t will soon become n favorite
with, tho American shousekepor. Every
III sort OF claim Is made for its table proper
1S5 ties. and Its crispness, the deicncy OF ts
flavor ana the grace with which 1t lends
Al Itself fsto a French dressing Of vinegar,
5} snlt. and olive OIL is a theme with It's
II admirers yyf8$ III a III .sa
4 II Thc root stocks which produce the edible
of the udo may be profitably cul-E
III tivated for ten Years They are grow'7n !,
" according to variety, either from seed.
as lin.s or root cuttings. and the method Of
culture closely follows that Of the asraril- s
"A gus. IFS believed that the udo may pc
" Grown IN open ground ias far mort = 3'as IS
;ss orfollt, IN g3 III !. u !, 1.
# agricultural eXperlnc on Il the i SUD q
BssSSiectS t,f the Malin horserndish and the
q methods practiced by the Ma lin peasants
n III It's culture. On Imported to America from
1.-THE little Austrian Village Of M ain th l
4 "a Ero wing Of this horseradlslls$is now g
NJ small but profitable Industry IN y eW I. 81,
N SEW s8 whlsS its superiority is evidenced
N ot@r,nly in Its flavor and crispness, but
n ~ the fact TINT it produces more ana
M larger roots, natures earlier 4. ana nets e. y
se tie farmer s100 more an acre than u "a 2
~ American variety. y 3955 Z, ,
3 Allied to the American and Auslr!u y, II
u varieties. in TINT 1t Is a. member Of tho
3 "a me family and II put {tlle Same com
# MAJ, s1,ses. Is the wasabi, the horscrad isllS
s66&& ~ n the n pnnese. II differs from ours
III n color, being lisu ally Sa ight SIS en-:
while in taste It IS said to possess a fresh
SE sharpness, which ting ishes from
f8 hoth the Malin and America Il scr ! r.
VI ~ 4 condment with the raw fish, 50 !
"a N iversally eaten In that country I'll ID g
s rnots "a re- also pickled and from tho leHSeH5
M ma de a. pepper sauce by POURING over
them hot water and flowing F& ~ them en- TO
for a few hours. BY a na az =,
St$ndaicted to the use Of rclishes n rs ne
u American, II the wasabi will sundoubt'easd ted ally
NJ we'll received It's culture here rs alrT3
s5s Var, = i1nder way and while IT. IS nov"
3S growing well lin New FORK State and IN
The vicinity Of Washington. City,lts SUI,
cessG as al product cannot Pc
FOR. several years y ct: n Y, Z y
8isYIsollowing tho cultural methods e a. as
8 sti,died In Japan, the wasabii VIII pc 81 p
tSs iect ted to careful experlmentiaton pelo 1.
sSsthef i'm is made that it is "a YaluapAe
import hut there seems little doupt tt,at
i5 III has come to stay, and Will rlcl'lv ell-
force our aready Ions list, OF euine l'late
INN gran is. * Ina Japan it is SAID 70 pro
Il q Iiice two tons Of roots to the acre. 81 II
U grows in running wa ter or In wet SOL,
fed by underground springs, ana natures lal'1 81
Y I'm two years. 55{}T ii ssi. VI
" q hillside shaded By persimmon trees,
and following the course q q
"a stream Is d fayorite location for us cui-
S tiya ito in Japan Its entomologlcal en-
Il en,y is a small caterpillar, which eats 4
holes In the leaves. The nlarketnble ROOFS
II are dug in June, and at this tl y 1.ns
youngs suckers are removed ana plall't'e w
Ing February or March, fertillzers lu sllf
v lv7liuuid manure OF rape-s seed cak 81 slro
used. and the plants hilled up 10 increase
the number and size Of the roots men
y dug the roots keep 4 orJ.a long TIME me-
g5 In the Nile Valley GOO 900 acres OF US
rich soil Is yearly devoted to the cult'va-
lion of what Is called tho horse bean. IL
is a, Il, ideal forag q plant, whose value has
88 been fully recognized by the Ens llp ".
fs large quantities Of these beans being
shipped to England md FED 70 inc o1 l1lii'
bus and cab fhtrses III London.
Ill with hers'iunfimlted resources Of soil
5isS and climate, America should readily md
n suitable regions for the cultivation &c OF
Nj Ibis desirable plant California, which IS
II 4 favorite State for plant experimenta-$
lion, is growing a few Of these beans ana
si Southwest Texas, with Its mild winter.
I'M ton for their speedy ana coHlplete tt.'oop-
lion. Il 95
~ and grow to a height OF four or five feet
Planting is done in the autumn, and 5the
crops mature at a sea son when the TAR
,ner has usually exhausted his store OF
summer forage crops This fact alone
would appear to Justify unusual effort %
3 establish it's use in this country. and Sup-S
y ply the Southern farmer with a valuable
" winter crop and those In the North With
s. d new food for their stock. 8
II XII Down on the low lands OF South caro-
(, lima, where rice culture was once m i'm
portant Industry. yearly yieMdns tho
planter n handsome profit on his labor,
# the fields have become practically vast g
4 land. This condition Is due to the OPEN
ing up of large plantations in Louisiana
a and Texas. where the rice Is more chenply
!, ind consequently more probably pro
43hsduced. TO discover what Will grow best
X on the abandoned fields OF South Caro-
e lima, and restore to Them their former
commercial value in the agricultural
III world. ls a question now interesting a
4 large number Of people. The planter
u whose income has been SO materially les
& 4 sened by the decay Of rice culture, is
naturally the ono most concerned In the
discovery of new crops for his old fields;
y but there is no class of people throughout
{ the State Of South Carolina that is not
affected, to a greater or less degree. by
\, the material wealth of the State as repre-
A 1santed by its Agricultural prOducts.