The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-08-11
This Months Work in the Garden.

large growers nave all PROVIDED them
selves with curing houses in which
the potatoes are dried off in the fall
at high temperature. They then
keep easily. But in the South the
new crop will now be coming in,
though the varieties usually grown
there are not so early as those grown
for the Northern markets. Growers
on the eastern shore of Virginia are
always putting sweet potatoes on the
market before any are offered in
North Carolina bcause they grow An
earlier variety.
But it would pay we'll in the local
market all over the South to grow the
Hayman potato to be sold half-grOwn
in summer. This potato, like the
pink Peabody, is not liked in the
South when mature, but it is early
and q fine keeper, and people do not
expect the finest quality in early dig
ging. I have seen half-grown Pea
body's selling very we'll on the Ra-
leigh market. simply because there
were no others to get, while after the
crop has matured, no one wants a
Peabody. But the wise grower can
make money with these half grown.
In the home garden the last plant
ing OF sweet corn can be made the
first OF the month, and succession
crops of snap beans can be planted
till the last of the month. Do not let
any land in the garden lie idle and
grow up in weeds to raise cutworms
for next spring. If you have not
sown satisfy or parsnips, : some the
first of the month, ~" I two fine
vegetables to your w. = supply.
You can also. SOW the Half Long
Danvers carrot any time this month,
and can have these to pull all winter
for soups. etc. and If you plant a
quantity OF them, your horse will ap-
precfate mess now and then in
winter.
Burn seed bed down near water
and sow seed OF the Premium Late
Flat Dutch cabbage. and see that the
young plants never suffer for lack Of
water. Then, getting strong plants
by the first of September, you can
set them on rich and heavily manur-
ed soil and make fine heads by early
December. You cannot make land
too rich for cabbages.
Some are in the habit Of moving
on the tops Of asparagus, but this
should never be done till the tops
are mature and dead. In my garden
l have a corner where I stack all the
leaves from the lawn in the fall and
all the vegetable tops and refuse from
the garden with a little lime sprink-
led through the heap. The next sum-
mer this rotted stuff makes a fine
mulch to be put between the toma-
toes and squashes after cultivation
| ceases. and It retains the moisture
well. A good part of 1t is spread and
turned under in the spring to add hu-
mus to the soil.
Rutabaga turnips and the Long
White French should be sown earlv
In this month. Some Strap Leaf tur-
nips can also be sown for fall use, but
succession sowings should be made
till middle Of September for winter
use and spring green's. The Ruta-
bagas and Long White French
should always be s"wn in rows and
not broadcast In thinning these, the
young plants thinned out can be
transplanted to other rows and do
about as well as though left where
they started from seed.
Some of the Rose-C Colored Chinese
Winter radishes can be sown this
month for fall use. but the sowing
for winter should be deferred till
September.
1t Is better to get small celery
| plants from the Northern dealers
early in the month and plant them
In bed where they can be partly
shaded, setting them III close rows
six or eight inches apart and two or
three inches in the rows. See that
they do not suffer for water. and if
the tops grow tall, shear them off
| signify. Then you will have strong
| plants 10 set early in September, and
| | will then tell how l do it, The
small plants can be bought for about
$l.5O per thousand and it is better
10 get them than to try to grow them
| from seed in the hot weather in the
South The ground should be well
manured and prepared for the Sep