The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-30

compare with the cowpeas and SOY
| beans in the upper South.
l<udzu Vine
This is another legume plant that has
been lately doomed as a forage plant
Botanically it is Puoraria Sieboldiana
II belongs To tho general class called
beans. but is a perfectly hardy perennial
nave grown II as a porch climber, and
have noted the wonderful rapidity of
its growth. Now it is claimed that let
iun on the ground it will make a great
crop of forage cut several times dur
ing the season. Its value in this re-
spect is yet to he proven, and ii is to
hc hoped that the experiment stations
" i'll test it. Once in the ground il is
thare for good. and any one wanting to
get rid of il will probably find it worse
than honeysuckles.
HcSgnr Weed.
| That is species OF Desmodium, and
! II is a true lcgume. 1t has proved of
! value i'll Florida. but in every expert
| ment ] made with il in North Carolina
| il proved to be of no value that far
| North There are other lcCume plants
that have from time to time been
| doomed as of value. but they have not
come into use because of some lack
either as stock food or yield The
! Flat pea. Lathyrus sylvestris. was
1 highly praised, but, while IL is a pc
/ rennal like the Kudzu. il has no value
as feed. because of its bitter character.
/ and, in fact, ii has been reported to
} be to some extent poisonous. Then
/ lately ! have had several specimens
/ sent me of whnt call Jack Bean,
| This is a Chinese plant, Cannvalia en-
7 siformis. IT is a bush growing bean
| with seed as large as Lima beans in
/ pods over a foot long. Ii would seem
| that such plant should have some
! value. but il has been shown by Rnaly-
! sis that ii is far below any other
| legume in protein, and compa rat lively
! worthless. There is a rank climbing
| variety with Pink seed that makes a
very ornamental porch vine. l had 1t
| two years ago sent me from the far
South. But while it made an enormous
growth, ii failed to mature seed here.
have now made general review
of the various leEume plants grown
/ for forage and soil Improvement. and
as reply to numerous letters in re-
gard to the different species.
Potato Onions.
lis there any difference between the
! potato onion and the Multiplier? How
are they grown and when planted"
There are two varieties OF onions
which increase by offsets at the root
and never make seed. These are the
yellow and the white potato onions.
Both are sometimes called Multiplicrs
| from tnclT MAJ Oh CROWN, put the
name is more generally applied to tho
white one. The yellow potato onion
is grown from the offsets planted in
September. These Offsets are of va
rious sizes. The medium and smaller
ones will usually produce q fair sized
onion, while the larger sets Will make
a good onion and n number Of sets
around il. To get a good supply of
the sets plant the large onions in
the spring and they will burst into
! fifteen or twenty sets each. These
/ ripen the last OF June and are cured
and ready for planting in September.
The yellow potato onion ripens early
and is a profitable onion. as II comes
on the market before the great seed
/ grown crop OF the North. I have sold
/ them readily for $3.50 barrel. But
they are poor keepers and must he
disposed of early.
The white potato onion has the same
multiplying habit, but never makes a
I large onion. II is of value as an early
green punching onion. and for picking
when ripe While the yellow potato
/ onion Is = poor keeper. the white one
is the best Keeper OF any onion | have
ever grown. Because OF its greater size.
the yellow potato onion will make far
more bushels an acre than the white.
/ I}ut AT times the little white ones com
mand good price at the pickle fac
/ tories. Either can bc used for green
/ onions in spring. as the offsets OF the
1 yellow potato onion clean up perfectly
white when green. To-day CJuly l6)
! the yellow potato onions are ripe and
cured and they are among the largest
onions sold on the markets Half a
pound and over is not an unusual size.
and they are now about the only ripe
onions on the market since the Texas
/ Bermudas We're finished.
Vegetables Tor Fall and Winter.
In IN
North Carolina, who reads The Times
! Dispatch, and like some others. sends
her letter TO Richmond, asks me 10 tell
her what vegetables 10 plant from this
b time on for late fall and winter use. 1t
seems to me that have already done
something in the way of explaining
this But. as there seems 10 be an in
creasing interest in the ll-thc- wear
garden | will simply state what am
doing and expect TO do in my large
garden | viii state here that use hot
bed sashcS with two layers OF glass,
making dead air space between them,
that keeps out frost entirely. no matter
how cold ii gets. II the frame on which
tn" SuShcS are used Is we'll banked
around with earth TO keep frost from
creeping under. | use thirty or forty
OF these. some on three sash frames for
seed beds and others on larger frames
for growing lettuce. radishcs and beets
tn winter, ana hardening of the to-
mato and other plants in spring \
garden without frames and sashes is
not fully equipped for the all-thc- year
garden work, though, Of course. there
are many hardy things wc leave out
side all winter
VIII make my last planting OF sweet
corn of the Country Gentleman variety
The third week in july viii plant a
row or two az snap beans till the end
Of the second week in August plant