The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-12-10

w. r. MnS"' twenty years, and
used only commercial fertilizer on 1t.
When the corn was making. We had Il
bad drought. and al least one plant out
OF twcnt? had smut II does net ueen
reasonable that tn. spores could live
over twenty years in the soil. got
my seed from II man who has been
breeding IT FOR over Twenty-Five years.
ana he tells mo that he rarely has any
smut. The smut IN my corn doubtless
"amr from dry weather or ssln. ply
steal condition Cf thr soil intend
- plant forty or more acres oc ola
heid in corn III. coming spring, aud
want YOU 10 ton ne how 20 avoid the
smut do not intend to rs" amy or
my corn for seed. as there was So inucl.
smut IN it"
The old nelj doubtless had stock
running on i, Every year and II any
~ them had been feeding on smutty
c"rnstalks, their droDpin9s would IN
feet the soil Dry weather or physical
conditions OF The soil could not start
smut, or every plant must come from
seed, ana every particle OF the black
smut VIII answer as seed and ii
INC spores that answer as seed arc
not III tn" coil, YOU cannot have any
smut. ], 'ak.a tho whole season for
the smut plaut TO grow through the
corn till IT fruits ia what Is called
mutt, Tor thtat ,s simply the fruiting
-ro" inS iu the corn from the start
"nd got ~ there from tho soil.
j, is not carried Oh the seed. and uf.
ter tic corn starts II grow and gets
well above the ground YOU can nil tho
top OF tho plant with smut spores and
not one VIII grow into the plant Tho
smut got into your corn from spores
ia tho soil or was carried ther. by
wagons that have pocn hauling smUtty
FODDER, or from tho droppiugs 81 cattle
,hnt had beer eating sButty colder
lt tic same thing occurs now.
and cattle arc running on the cld hcld
II Is probable mat YOU VIII have smut
next year. no matter where the seed
zones from, ana your seed arc a. good
rs any. cannot. Of cour7c. S.y Juai
bow the spores got into the ground,
but 10 know they were thCrc OF there
would have been no smut.
Earl. cnhh"Re. aud Tomatoes.
Il want - grow some carly cab
bascs and tomatoes for market. and
want 70 make ure;aratious FOR start
with the ncw year. Please tell ne what
Kind Of cabbage ana tomatoes 10 plant.
ana how early should the seed DC sown.'
You 10 not seem 10 have been reading
these pages for have discussed thcs.
things several times. no grow early
cahbasss YOU Should have sown thu
seed in September ana bad the plants
ready 10 set in November ia open fur
rows. Tho carly Jersey Wakcueld IL
tho earliest market cabbage Tomato
sccd arc eowu in up,pci und.r
glass or in greenhouse u carly Feb
ruary or about len weeks in any Ia
calijy before IL VIII be safe IL set them
outdoors. The PLANTS are trauSplantcd
70 frames in March, setting them four
inches apart each way ia. order TO get
strong plants. The earliest tomato -
the langdon Earlana. Then Honny
Bcst follows close. and stone FOR tho
later supply 'abbagcS need rich soil
ana Heavy fertilization. y high grade
fertilizer miNturc, such as usually soils
Tor $40 or NOR" per ton, is used At rate
OF 900 pounds an acre Tomatoes need
less. and 900 pounds Viii answer for
them. You can SOW the cabbage seed
~ a frame under glass sashcs In Jan
uary ana get very good early plants.
hut not so ca!ly as those grown ana
planted In the fall. Vegetable growing
demands rich soil and heavy fcrtiliza
ton and skill on tho part OF the grow
or, AMI until YOU gain skill from cN
poricncc you viii hardly bc able 10
compete with those who know LON ana
who use glass plcntitullN.
Varieties Of Melons.
What do YOU consider the very best
varictis" % musk and Vaccinations; Do
YOU know anything about Fields
Duisy, or is there any better canta
ioupe than Nctteu Gem? Growing for
plc want the salmon colored cnnta-
loupes while most people want the
green. Is there any watermelon bet
ter than Kleckly sweet or Tom Wat
son? Did you over try growing The seed
with Il garden seed drill and thinning
out? DO you know a way to keep melons
till Christmas? Arc ashes good on to-
inatocs?" Melons, both cant0loupcs
and watcrinclons are grown very OK
tcnsively where J He The universal
market cGrtal.uro mere Is tile Eurroll
Eden Gem q variety bred from tie
Noted Gem Fields Daisy nave
grown. and it is a Good sort of the
orange or snimon- colorcG sorts. II
seems 10 have been bred from the
Usage klcckly Sweet and Tom Wat
son are both fine watcrmclons. The
sweetest watermelon Is tho MclVer
sugar. which I introduced TO the seeds
men ten or more years ago. Tom Wat
son is now about the most popular
,yntcrnclou. Here the cantaloupc seed
arc always drilled in rows i've feet
apart ANA thinncd cut when stand is
secured The soil is prepared any time
in the winter and stable manure put In
the burrows. Just before planting
GOOD ;,uplication of commercial fertil
,Icr is made on top the manure and
furrow is thrown over from each side.
The ridge thus made is slightly fat
tened and the seed drilled ] do not
know OF amy way Tor keeping water
melons ill Christmas, and if they could
ic kept hardly ony one would appre-
ciutc Il melon at that time.
Pcnchcs for the Piedmont.
A,bcmarlc County: will you kindly
publish: list of peaches. from the
earliest to the latest, suitable TO this
section? Also about six varieties cher
iies." About the earliest good peach is
the Greensboro. It has superseded the
Amsdcn. cf the same season. Mountain
Rose comes later and is good. and there
IL host of tho midseason ones, new
and old. There is none better than the
II1., LIZ, IL