The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-16


blight in experiments at tho New York
station. that the spraying was pront-
aolo IN increasing the vlsor and pro
auctiNeness OF tho crop. The early
blight commonly destroys the foliage
and cuts short the crop. and spraying
IS essential If we wish to grow the
best crops of potatoes.
l have as usual this season had seed
sent me by people who claim that their
seed is extra good and has been In
their families for years. one friend
IN the South sends n selection OF the
50 .eliu5, sin weeks hean. which ne
says are far better than the same va
riety sold in the stores. l have these
growing. Then a lady at Harrison
burg. Va. sends mo string bean.
which she says has been for many
years in her neiShborhood under the
name OF the introducer as the Frank
Bean. l VIII try these 100, for beans
can bc improved by selection further
South. and viii be Interested I'm not
lns the difference between the first
named beans that came from South
Carolina. and the Frank beans from
tho Valley. am rathor inclined TO
favor tho Frank.
have qui; years ago planting snv
or tho extra carly Sugar corns that
az popular in the North. IIavo never
found any OF them worth growing
mere or soHAhward. For some years
! planted the Adams early a early
short-cared dent corn. but OF late
years there has been introduced tho
Early Norfolk corn. which is "A great
Improvement on the Adams, and makes
much longer ears and is fully as early.
Then follow this with tho Country
gentleman and iStowells Evergreen
sugar corn, as these later varieties do
wei! IN the South. Southern gardeners
can get these In greater perfection by
growing their own seed for nearly
all the seed OF sugar corn sold in the
StoreS Is grown in Nebraska and ia
not acclimated to our conditions To
get good seed OF sugar corn hero It
Is necessary 10 plant 1t RS lato as I.
VIII mature so that the corn forms
after tho corn ear or boil worn, has
quit lis ravages. for early IN the season
IL Is almost impossible to get a perfect
ear as the worms eat into every one.
But late in tho season we can mature
perfect cars.
nave been told that almost all the
phrshlp, carrots and satisfy sold In
fichmond In winter are brought from
'"e Nofth. This should not be the
case Tor these vegetables arc as east
~ produced here as in the North The
only difference Is that while in the
north the parsnips and satisfy are
among the earliest things planted they
should be planted later in our climate
I found in North Carolina that pars-
hlps and satisfy sown early in snrinr
were apt TO run to seed at midsummer
"iiu me roots would get woody and
spoiled There ! found that July was
carry enough to Cow these seed. and
mere in Southeastern Maryland / find
that late May or early June is tho hes,
'!'he- THESE hardy vegetables make
thelr pest growth in the fall. and In
i'ct Keep growing here TIL Christmas
ana during the past mild winter hard
~ stopped growing. My crop, sown
IN early Juno was very good one
heh rs TO carrots, l SOW these late
IN June. using for table use seed OF thc
tt"iI long Danvers. II I was growing
ior farm stock feeding / would uea
the Long Orange Carrot Carrots here
are pefioctly hardy. and leave them
IKE the parsnips md saleify I'm tho
rows where they grow, and pull then,
as needed all winter In fact early
IN May this year 1 had 10 dis, up and
thro" out carrots that wore left over
ana growing strongly. and even In ,he
hard winter OF l9rI-I2 they stood ou.
safely While IT is so eGsv ~ n w.
uuee these roots here Il IS etranrc
That the Richmond market should be
supplied with them from the North
100 many people make gurde, IN
spring and plant variety OF things
ana then later let the garden RIM m
weeds when ii is easy In this latina.
10 nave garden producing some
'h!hS Tor tho table every day in mo
year. ne summer crop. like beans ana
sweet corn should be planted In rcgu
lar succession In order to keep a SIM
season. plant but n single row ~
snap beans at once, and as soon as mar
70" is fairly up l plant another. ana
"hoh the first planted is done ! ret
some othcr crop Into the ground =,
"'ce' ana IN mis- way Keep the ca.den
cream all through the summer. for II
you let it grow weeds in the fall N .
cut worm eggs VIII be laid there ana
YOU VIII nave more cut worm In the
/ sP'4hg man If you had kept the gar
oen eleah Follow up every early cron
with q later one.
The common Black Ego pea !, ,,n.
orally considered field cron hn, q,
comes in handuy IN tho garden NJ
Tines After some early crop comes on.
plant some Black eyes for wintar
use ioE We are very fond of them ana
IN Tact prefer them TO white beans
ana all the vines OF any legune. such
- pas ana Deans returned to the soil
WI! be onri ching Il in humus
never burn any vegetable ma.rer
mat VII decay. All rough material
ION me manure have TO use is raIted
/ "ut ana piled In an out Of the way
| place Then the vegetable refuse from
/ tne Nltcnen Is put on the compost
mehp ana little lime sprinlled over
10 Keep Off the nies and 10 hasten
/ me decay. and by another spring !
nSVe heap of black rotten material
~ goes back on the garden profit
aDiy mover put any lime In mixture
WIN stabla manure. but only with the
siR!ks and corn cobs that are invari-
! "o!y IN the manure I have to buy
4 Then 90 not imagine that you have
/ done All that can be done in enr,cbs
"E The garden when you have spread
Ss'pie manure on H. hear often from
/ people VINO say that they manure
literally and yet cannot make irish
poi4toes, as they run to tops and make
"i''t'l potatoes. This rises from an
'Ecess or nitrogen IN tho manure
""lrh we should balance with tho min