The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1911-12-15
TRUCK GROWING.
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give them, but when to shade from
the sun and how much air to give at
any certain times, are things which
every grower must learn for himself
by actual experience. AS a general rule
I'ants will require air whenever the
sun is shining, especially where grass
is used for covering; on the other
hand they will nearly always need
protection from the wind and sun
when freshly transplanted, a strong
wind blowing directly on freshly set
plants causes them to wilt worse than
hot sunshine. | always transplant
twice when possible, as plants that
have been moved twice are of much
stockier growth, and have better
root system and stand moving to the
field without so much o. setback
as is given those that have only
been transplanted one time.
The cultivation of these crops is
practically the same, but rows for the
crops, except tomatoes, need not be
over IL feet wide, and tomatoes
would yield we'll enough at this dis
lance, but the stakes make cultivation
in narrow rows troublesome.
For varieties of tomatoes we grow
Imperial, Beauty, Truckers Favorite
and Globe. These are all purple
sorts, which is the color most called
for in our markets. The Globe seems
to be less subject to Southern Blight
than the other varieties mentioned,
but is the least desirable shipper of
the lot.
We pack all tomatoes in four bas-
ket crates, and take especial care
to have them as nearly uniform In
size and color as possible.
Big Boston and Hanson are stand
ard head lettuce, and Ruby King and
Neopolitan are standard sweet pep
pers. Both of these crops are ship
ped in hamper-holding about one
bushel to the hamper
Charleston and Jersey Wakefield are
the early cabbages grown, and ship
ped in crates which hold about GO
pounds each.
The general principles which l men,
toned in the beginning as being ap-
plicable to all growers and all soils
alike, are thorough preparation and
cultivation of the crop, the selection
for planting of such varieties as do
best in your section and that your
market demands; unceasing care
given the plants both in the bed and
in the field, and the utmost pains TAX
en- to see that only sound, ripe, we'll
packed stuff is put on the market.
All these are essential to the success
of any grower, and the neglect OF
any one of them may lead to disaster.
Do not go into the business on too
large a scale to begin with, but rather
start in small way until you acquire
working knowledge of the growth
and disposal of these crops. Better
not engage in the business at all I'M
less you have a natural inclination for
gardening. 1t is not an easy job
nor a get-rich-quick scheme, but one
that requires a high order of intelli
gence and an unlimited push, if you
expect to succeed. Determine just
which crops suit you best to grow
and then stick to these crops regard
less of yield or prices, for any one
year the high-priced crop of this
year may the low-priced one of mex
year, and vice versa.
A final word and I am done, and
that is, no matter how late you are
in getting the crop off, even if it is
as late as the 18th of August, SOW the
land where you have grown YOU
truck in COW peas; these will gather
nitrogen from the air, and not only
keep up, but add to the fertility o.
your land.