The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1907-03-08
PLANT TRUCK FOR
THE HOME MARKET.
Musk and WAtermelOns, Tomatoes,
Irish Potatoes, EgG Plants,
CucumbeFs, Etc.
friend writes for US as follows:

striking in the right direction with
your paper. Educate your readers If
you succeed in starting but few of
the most enterprsing Alright, soon 9TH
ers will follow, and yours will be the
satisfaction of a sense of having helped
| would hike TO offer, later some sug-
gestions as to Irish potatoes, egg
plants, and Cushshaws.
There are many farmers in this
county of Leon, white, and colored,
who for lack of means, cannot attempt
the costly and hazardous experiment Of
cigar tobacco culture.
But why may not any number of
them engage in experimental culture
of some special crop Of produce, adopt
ed to their soil and facilities, and on a
scale commensurate with their means;
and so, avoiding chances of debt, gain
knowledge and experience with some
ready money, every year, in the direc-
tion OF diversifying and Increasing the
opportunities of their industry?
Suppose any number of them direct
their attention and energies, during the
present spring and coming summer, to
the production of quarter acre crops
each OF tomatoes for instance.
In this and twelve other municipal
communities in north Florida and ad-
/ joining counties of southern Georgia,
there is an aggregate population Of
/ $4,000 town bred souls, or what ia more
/ to the point, mouths, all fond OF the
/ fruit of this wholesome vegetable, and
large per centage of that number,
able and willing 70 pay Doc. per dozen
/ for choice tomatoes from the beginning
of May to December, offering some
months of open marketing among 80
/ many buyers, all within Twelve hours
of your local depot. Tkat looks favor
able. The preparation, by breaking
with double plOw, six or more incnes
deep, the pulverizing and leveling
down, the fertillzlng, planting, stalking,
cultivating and marketing, prOceeda
I from one-quarter Of an acre, set in
/ tomatoes, where the operatives per-
! form their own labor, we estimate may
be accomplished at an OUTLAY not TO
exceed the sum of 5000
This space, preferably in the form of
parallelogram 257 itN5l fl, To obvi-
ate so frequent turning in ploughing,
will support, set five feet each way 524
plants. There pruned to three stems,
tied to single stack six feet high, and
the canes pinched back so as TO induce
only two bloom clusters 10 each stem,
and the number Of fruit in each cluster
reduced 10 the two most choice berries,
may be expected TO produce SPA dozen
fruit. saleable at % cents per uozen,
amounting to $lO6.0O for the product OF
the quarter acre plat in tomatoes, be-
sides Its being perfectly feasible TO yet.
during fall and winter, following the
tomatoes, TO set 1877 early Wakefield
cabbage plants, liable TO yield as many
saleable heads of cabbage at 25 cents
apiece or $40. so, or $i42.60 on d guam
tlty Of ground accustomed 20 yield with
much greater outlay,Of labor, about
sixteenth of a bale OF cotton worth pos
slbly SO l2h.
We all recognize the Importance, nay
necessity, of reforming our habits Of
agricultural industry. They are the
same we pursued forty or more years.
The radical change in our circumstan-
ces demands corresponding change IN
our actions None of Us know Hccu-
rately just what course 10 pursue
Suppose "a score or more OF our most
fUrehanded farm people try this NINA
,ure scheme OF producing something
we can command control OF and be not
longer at the mercy of experts and
spectators who grow easily rich at our
expense.
Varieties OF tomatoes best suited 10
conditions of soil and season here in
Leon county, ana also of generally uni
form SIZE, ound, smooth and OF APP
proved color, are Acme Golden Cushion
ana PonderOsa. Select y, ed OF eitheg
OF these varieties can bee procured by
mail from Peter Henderson Co, Seeds.
men, IS ans 81. Coui tland ST., New
YORK City. One ounce of seed viii pro-
duce from 1000 TO 2. 500 plants,
Seventy hve pounds OF nitrate of soda
per quarter acre applied broadcast, IN
two applications, one at time of plant
ing, the other two TO three weeks later,
is likely 70 increase yield over 100 per
cent
BrushwoOd saplings of water oak. OBJ
tainable from any thicket, trimmed 20
single sticks six feet long, are cheap
and sufficient staEes.
Do not permit fruit TO get too ripe be-
fore gathering the harvest is daily
/ prOcess Tor many weeks. -
Cook what you don't sell. Seal IN
! glass pint preserve jars, and supply
home want all through winter Of
wholesome, RutritiyS fobd eomWOdityst
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