The National tribune., 1910-10-06

Several Crops in the Same Year
AS fast as Z tropI.say lettuce or celery,
is cleared un another crop is planted.
Following the harvest of lettuce-and
II Is fine erop-eomeS tomatoes, egg
plant, melops or something of the sort.
Then comes crop of wild grass, usual
! ~ sclf-sown. for hay, or of cowpeas
or velvet beans for stock feed. The
Summer is 1.-The off season, as rule,
and the people go visiting or fishing.
Winter FarmiDg.-Ths can be car
ried on at St Andrews Bay by those
whose interests in the North cannot be
disposed of at their value. One crop
can be grown and, disposed of in Flor
Ida during the season lost in the North;
besides one can escape the cold and en-
joy half year in the South and the
other half in the North, and be benefit
| ed financially and physically by so do
| ing.
Corn and Cane.-These two great
crops are members of the same fam
| lily of plants. and both are profitably
grown in Florida. Several varieties of
sugarcane are produced, from which
sirup is made, yielding from $3.50 to
5000 to the acre. Sirup making can
be carried on in small mills on the
farm. Corn can be raised on ground
cultivated during the Winter in vege-
tables.
Figs.-This fruit, known from Bib
| lical times, does well in northern Flor
ida. 1t is a hardy and long-lived tree.
1t is good for table use and makes de-
| licious preserves Every family can
have them with little effort
Grasses and Forage Plants.-The
pod-bearing plants, peas and beans, are
already profitably cultivated for stock
fpe6ipp EInrida haQQar
weed makes fine hay, two crops year.
These crops are noted as valuable fer
tiliZers. Cassaya is the most remark
able root for stock feeding purposes
known to agriculture. 1t is produced
in Florida six to 10 tons to the acre.
1t produces more starch than potatoes.
The peanut and the chufa nut, left in
the ground for hogs to root up and
eat, are profitable crops. Oats yield
abundantly, the crop being planted in
the Fall and carried over similar to
Winter wheat in the North. There are
hundreds of grasses indigenous to Flor
ida. many of which have been domesti-
Gated, and numerous wild forms of
grass and plants remain for further
experiment.
The Vineyard.-There are fine possi-
bilities in the cultivation of grapes.
Many Northern varieties of grapes, as
well as that prince of grapes, the
Scuppernong, will grow. in the northern
part of the State, and can be put to
many uses
Potitocs.-White or Irish potatoes
and sweet potatoes are among the pay
ing crops of Florida. A crop of both
kinds can be grown in the same year,
the sweet following the white.
Strawberrics.-This berry is perhaps
the most standard of all the small fruit
crops. The Florida varieties are the
first in the market and always bring
top prices. A wel1-cared-for acre pro-
duces from 5000 to 5000 quarts.
Cassava.-This remarkable plant is
rich in starch and valuable as a stock
food, hogs in particular being very
fond of it. 1t makes good flow of
milk and does not taint, as is usual
with turnips ensilage and cottonseed
meal. 1t yields from six to 10 tons an
acre. 1t also has much value for table
use in the household, and can be made
up in many ways. -
Oranges and Grapefruit the
freeze of 1856 less attention has been
given to citrus fruits in the northern
part of the State, and work has been
directed along the lines of trucking and
the growing of apples, grapes, figs,
peaches, .pluins, nuts, etc. The whole
Gulf Coast from Florida to Texas will
grow oranges, but of late they are
grown mainly for home use.
Vcgctables.-Everythin grows. To
enumerate the list would be to repro
duce the seedman's catalog, from the
aristocratic asparagus to the iordly
watermelon.
Planting SeasOn.-The planting and
marketing of the different vegetable
crops for the northern Gulf section
are approximate, as shown below. The
dates naturally overlap: