The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-11-29

ihc hnrkct tubtnrr.
notice t!iat Sou mention the Co
Denhagcn Market cabbage. aud ma,
YOU have tried it. DO YOU consider il
as early and prOductiv. as the Wake
field for fall planting? We have :,
nico lot of the plants and also OF Tho
WakehcId. but having never grown the
Copenhagen, would like for more inCor
nation"
1t Is never safe 10 judge u plant
from a single seasons trial The Co
pcnhagcn Market cabbage in m.- test
was about rs carly as the Charleston
Wakefield. but hardly az carly as the
small early Jersey Wakc0cla Tbcn
II seemed to me to be more inclined
to run TO seed in the spring from FAN
planting than the Wakefield is This
I may nave b~en tho result Of the ab-
normally warm winter last winter.
when the plants got TO growing and
got checked. and Il check is about mo
surest thing TO cause tho plants TO rim
TO seed. But II makes a larger head
than the Wakefield and VIII max. :,
heavier crop an acre. think well Of
1t. and Will plant it again. but If
was in the market gardening business.
I / think that would give the main area
to tho Wakefield Till the Copcnhar.n
is moro completely tested
Growing Strawberries.
am thinking OF raising strawbcr-
ries for homo market another season
and will appreciate any information
YOU can give me In regard to tho pre-
p"ration OF IN" sole. when to plant
and how they should bo protected j.,
winter am n young farmer. ana
know practically nothing abou. tho
growing of strawberries. Is there ANY
money 70 be made With them at 10
cents a quart: Have only been reading
your notes 2 short time ana YOU may
have told these things"
~ -rH
moisture has a great deal to do with
tho productiVcness % ptravberrtns
You are In the Piedmont section. and
have found that on high land tho
strawberry plants arc never so pro-
ductive as on tho level and moist lands
OF the Tdewatcr section or course
you can grow fair crops on upland IL
u IS made fertile ana tho plants are
veil cared for: but the crop IS alwavs
heavier on land where the water tabl.
I'm the soil IS not too far down.
have grown very heavy crops on the
bottom lands in your section TIC
only difficulty there IL The liability t.
the plants hciug caught by sprini.
frosts The soil for Strawberries. either
upland or lowlaud must lie fertile and
well manured. Stable manure is good.
but * apt TO bring In weeds and grass.
and hone. the market growers gen
orally use commercial fertilizer. The
SOIL should be decply plowcd and put
la huc order Ii YOU had the plants
HOW, and the land ready YOU could
plant them this fan But IL you sim
have tho plants TO got and the soil 10
prepare, YOU had better defer the plant
ing till March or April.
Work into tho SOIL in preparing Il
n dressing of about 800 pounds OF "A
high-grade fertilizer strong In nitro
zen and potash DO not plant on land
mat has been recently liined. FOR straw
rt..u 81
SOL somewhat acid Run the burrows
four feet apart ANA put the fertilizer
In til" furrOw ana bed on u. Then
hatt"u the beds slightly and set tn"
plants nf,cen inches apart setting ia
tho spring. YOU should keep the bios
SONS on the first season and got n
good strong growth OF plants TrRin
tho runners In along the rows to make
q matted row. ana Keep tho soil be
tween the rows we'll cultivated. Ia
the carly summer apply another 500
pounds OF the fertilizer in order TO en-
courage strong Development Of
crowns for the next springs fruiting
Then plant - new bed every year and
have one with its first crop and one
with the second crop. and pillow this ono
under after thu f!uiting. for il is AL
waSs better 10 plant new bed than
to try TO keep an old one clean. II
you can depend on getting an aver
AZ. OF ten cents n quart tho season
through. YOU can make tho strawber-
rics very prontablc. on low, moist
AMI very rich land have made 10000
quarts an acre. but on upland YOU VIII
he fortunate 10 get half that many
You viii need no winter protection
Ginseng, Once More.
\ lady in the Underwater section asks:
"Wher" can | get ginseng to plant,
ana where can find a market for
dried hcrbs?' II knew where would
not tell YOU where TO get ginseng. for
II would he q pure waste of money and
Labor for YOU 10 plant the stun In your