The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-08-27

The success of growing products Of
any kind depends as much, If not
more, upon the man, as it does on the
the absolute preparation of the soil
before planting.
The state of Florida, no doubt, is
one of the most remarkable OF all our
states when we consider what can be
done in each and every. month of the
year. Something can be planted.
matured and gathered each and every
month. OF course climatic conditions,
separate the state in two parts for the
successful growing of certain varieties
of products, unless at great expense
for protection.
Whether for home garden, or COM
mercial purposes, 1t is astonishing
what intensive culture will do. New
arrivals in the state are very much
surprised at the small amount of land
that is required under intensive cul-
ture tc support family. Even five
acres, thoroughly drained and irri-
gated, and carefully titled can be made
to support good size family and pro-
vide a surplus for the bank. Ten acres
are about all a man and his family
can properly attend TO il worked to
their full capacity
II Is claimed by a great many
that summer crops canot be grown
successfully. This may be true as to
crops for commercial purposes, but
such crops are not necessary. Let the
northern states utilize such time. The
great advantage claimed for Florida is
the climate that permits the growing
OF products for the northern markets
for fall, through the winter, till late in
the spring. 1t is this advantage that
is making the state the garden Of the
United States, and which is attracting
attention all over the world.
On account of the heat, and rainy
season during the summer, it is diff
cult to successfully grow many pro-
ducts that can be grown fall and win
ter. Still there is an exception to this,
If one can go to the expense Of using
artificial shade. and draining the land.
To supply the home, this would not
require much extra expense, and it
is possible to supply the table with
lettuce, radish, turnips. okra, sweet
careful attention to conditions there
is no reason why from four to six or
more fresh vegetables direct from the
garden cannot be supplied each day
in the year, and fresh fruit from the
tree. (.
In March we can plant eggplant,
okra, pepper plants. radisli, sweet
potatoes, roselle. collard seed, cow
peas, peanuts corn etc, velvet beans.
beggarweed, including the cowpeas for
forage plants
April-Repeat the same and add
rice and sorghum.
May-Sweet potatoes, okra, collard
plants, cowpeas, sorghum, velvet
beans and beggarweed.
June-Eggplant, pepper seed, sweet
potatoes, collard plants. sorghum and
| cowpeas
July-Sweet potatoes, eggplant seed
pepper seed, tomato seed, cowpeas
okra, sorghum.
September-Pepper plants, eggplant
plants strawberries, celery seed,
Irish potatoes.
October-Irish potatoes, cabbage
seed, Strawberries, radishes, onion
seed. beats, caulifiower, lettuce seed
spinach, turnips, snapbeans, carrots
dwarf Essex Rape, mustard
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., lettuce, spinach
| celery, tomato seed Tin beds), pepper
seed Tin beds)( eggplant seed lin
beds), cabbage plants, lettuce plants
| turnips, carrots, beets. mustard, rad
ish. etc.
December-Irish potatoes. onions
| spinach, celery plants. lettuce, cab
page, cauliiower turnips, beets, car
rots, English peas. Fruit, orange
4 trees
kumquat trees, lemon trees, peach
trees, fig trees. palm trees.
January-Irish potatoes, onion sets
lettuce plants, caulifiower plants, to-
nato plants, cabbage plants, spinach
celery sets, eggplants, pepper plants
okra seed, cucumbers, cantaloupes
watermelons, summer squash, snap
beans. radishes beets, carrots. corn
mustard, citrus trees, peach. and ifs
M
February-Onion sets, spinach. to.
mato plants, eggplant plants, pepper
plants, okra seed, snapbeans, radish.
4 The time OF maturity for the gath.
ering Of vegetables runs from 90 Il
100 days from time of planting Swee+
potatoes planted in March are gather.
ed in September Planted in Angus
are gathered in November. Tomatoes
PLANTED in February are gathered II
May. Planted in July and gathered IL
December.
Sugar cane planted in November &
gathered in November, takes on,
year. Cassava planted In Decembe
is gathered in December, takes on,
year.
have followed out the calenda
months as to what to plant, as fee
1t will give the information desiret
as to products that can be relied upol
for each month. For home garden ant
even to supply localities (if shade pro
lection is used and drainage condition
regulated), 1t is possible to grow a va
riety Of vegetables, and which shov
the best summer crop and earl.
staples for fall.
; 1t is not a wise plan to depend en-
tirely on what some one else grows
Take the matter in your own hand
and try what you can do. I speak nov
Of the hot months Of summer. If vol
: think you would like a certain vege
; table or small fruit, grow 1t with car
, and good judgment and see II you can
not accomplish what you are after
Very much can be accomplished 70
home use that would be Impossible
: for commercial purposes. Try It.
AS a general crop throughout tn
summer I would advise utilizing tn
legumes, particularly the velvet bear
: cowpeas and beggar weed. In thes
crops we get valuable commercial pro
ducts, the best for fodder and a re
plenisher of the soil that is beyon
value. Give more attention to swee
potatoes and peanuts, two Of the mos
valuable crops for Florida. I woul
advise also the growing of cassavs
From five to six tons of roots can b
produced to the acre. It is in grea
demand for the starch and tapioca va