The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1914-04-09
GARCIA TELLS HOW
TO CROW GOOD
NATIVE CHILL
Director of State Experiment
Station Gives Interesting
Facts About Popular Crop.

oeto Abebt ANPhAoA NANHs
State College, n. NJ. Aprn o.-The
chile plant is well suited 10 Now
Mexico conditions. II has been
grown In some Of the older agticul-
tural districts FOR many years. and
has been, and is. q very important
crop To a large per rent OF the New
Mexico population In former years
considerable chile was shipped out OF
the state, but during the last four
ur five years q has been shipped into
the state, due to 70 disease which has
attacked the plants and reduced the
crop very materially While this
plant has been grown In the state for
"a long time. there had not. until re-
Gently been any effort made 20 Inn
prove the varieties. Six years ago
the experiment station undertook an
experiment with this crop, to Inn
prove the varieties. Some Of the
ideas in mind In the improvement Of
the chile ave been to produce a
larger. smoother and more fleshy
pod. In his investigation fifteen
strains were selected from the old
native varieties Last years results
show distinct characteristics in these
strains. rs a result OF five years Sc
lection. GU of the fifteen strains
there appear TO boz our with well
marked characteristics worthy OF
perpetuation Aside from the good
qualities In size. s-moothness and
freshness of pod. they Indicate O.
certain degree OF resistance 10 the
chile blight. The percentage Of
biightcd plants last year varied from
nothing in II strain to We per
cent,
Under good care. on good soil and
a good stand an acre may produce as
high as $4,000 pounds Of green chile.
while last season some of the strains
in the test produced at thc rate OF
5000 pounds OF fresh ripe chile per
acre. Upon drying this was re-
duccd TO aloe pounds, or about %
per cent. In other words. there was
about threo-fourths of the weight Of
the fresh red chile water Two thou
sand pounds OF dried red chile may
Doe considered a good yield particu-
larry So " the price Of this product
remains as 10 has during the last fcw
years az ten to fifteen cents a pound
wholesale.
In growing this crop two methods
are in common practice. II can be
either started from seed planted in
the field. or from plants transplant
ed to the field which have been
started in cold frames or hotbeds.
Everything considered. and wherever
Il Is possible, the transporting meth
cd s. the better. II this method ID
TO be followed, h seed mas bo
started In a cold frame an hotbcd
about the last Of January or the first
of February. By about Aprl / the
little plants are usually large enough
for trtnsplanting. IN transplnnting
To- the field. two or three plants are
set To- every hill. The hills are two
feet In the row.. by ga 20 ( feet bee
tween h rows.
Preparation OF the land for trans
planting: After the land has beer
thoroughly prepared. the rows mag
be marked off, usually boy pluWinl
cut "a small furrow with "A small
pillow. which Is used for ~irriga.lng
the plants, the transplanting beinE
Done on the side of this small fur
row. As the plants grow and tn
mlddlcs are cultivated, the dirt u
pushed over toward them 80 that bs
the time they begin to bear they are
practically In the middle of the ridge
u Is considered a good plan to cul.
tiyate in such "A way AK To throw ths
dirt toward the plants AS they gorw
The later i|Trigations are then given
through the burrows or between tbs
ridges. The chile plant wll produc.
ns long as Il Is kept growing vigor.
ousiy. II Il lacks water IL viii stoI
growth and quit bearing.
Tho more common method of
growing the crop Is by p~lanaing IN,
seed in the field. The same distances
between the plants and between m
rows az have beer giyen for m,
transplanting method may be use
when the seed g. planted IN the field
About a dozen seeds should b'
enough al each hill They shout,
not be planted any deeper than TO-
mato seed is planted. When the croI
o. growing from seed In the field i
is planted on ridges al the edge oI
the water-mark. Sometimes - vii
require one or two %irrigations q
complete germination. Frequently
the winds are very severe on th'
,lttle plants which are just cominf
up. Sometimes field M will dii
out the little seeds. so that IN orde'
20 have "a fairly good stand. in man.
cases u is necessary To rcseed. !
, an seeds germinate the hills should
bc thinncd out 10 two or three plants
Better ana larger pods may be haf
fro mtwo 10 three plants TO the hi
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