The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1907-07-11
A NORTHERN CITIZEN
SPEAKS OF MARIETTA
Adams Garden of Eden
Has the Luxury With
out the DisCOrd.

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Mr.. R. E. Adams, the writer, has a
small farm near the waterworks and is
delighted with his Southern home, hay
ing moved here from New York.
when I was small boy, not 80 long
ago, and went to the Old White Church
up in North Whitehall, some old fash
Toned ministers used to start with
Adam and Eve in the Garden OF Eden
and for two mortal hours never let up
till they struck the last chapter of Rev.
Citations.
I'm this epistle will start in the
Garden Of Eden and stay there to the
finish.
This garden is situated on Look Out
Knob, Marietta, Ga. The land, sandy
loan, slopes to the southeast, so that
"Old Sol'' can pour in his radium all
the year round. This garden embraces
not quite one half acre. What do you
find in this garden? Not Adam and
Eve roaming about dressed in fig
leaves; although the fig leaves are here
with leaves and fruit; no apples OF dis
cord, no snakes. What then? As you
pass through the gate to the right you
will gee hot bed where sweet potato
slips are raised. Below this are eight
rows of strawberries, sixty feet long,
Some of them were in bloom last Jan
uary and are still in bloom bearing pro
fusely We have been picking straw
berries since the first of April and are
still picking. Adams wife, not Eve
but Fannie, has just come in with two
overfowing baskets picked one of
OF the top and measured it with tape
line; around the middle it measured
four feet, Hold on Take off the feet
and make it inc hes. l don't care to be
known as great lawyer. Well thu
truth is | never saw larger and finer
berries in my life and every one whs
has seen them says the same. We have
strawberries in short cakes, long cakes
and round cakes; strawberries with
cream but more often without cream
since we sold the COW. We have solo
40 or so baskets for Is cents a basket
Some come to the house and gladly pay
the Is cents for such luscious berries
Now if your mouth don't water it is be
cause you have an ice plant in it. Tt
the right along the garden fence is {
row of raspberries Is or so strong, be-
ginning to ripen. They are delicious
some of the roots came from Whitehall
Whitehall is good place to starr
plants as we'll as men and women il
they only move to a better cline before
they become so deeply rooted that they
cant move To the left of the path go.
ing south are four rows of asparagus
From these, in January, we cut mess
for supper. During March, April and
May we have had all the asparagus we
could eat. To the left of this are peas,
no longer green, but elsewhere are two
paintings coming on, To the east are
three large beds Of onions-set out in
November, January and March. Last
winter we could 60 into our garden any
day and pull fresh parsnips, satisfy, on
ions, dock. dandellons, wild lettuce for
greens, also spinach. Along the east
fence are planted lima beans. Up near
one of my poultry yards I sowed some
alfalfa to feed the fowls. You can cut
it four or five times uring the year
Belmont Farm has 80 acres Of it. They
have already cut some of it twice.
"Watermelons, cantaloups, cucuma
bers, squash, SC, are growing finely.
Black Mexican sweet corn is booming.
We plant at different times so we can
have it till frost comes. have a row
OF early peaches along the east and
south side CT the garden. The name Of
this peach is Gov. Hogg, He was gov