Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-01-17

Rules governing the growth and mar
keting of fruit and vegetables for the
John Andersen Cannery, continued from
issue of Jan. 3.
SWEET POTATOBS.
Varieties: Big Stem Jersey and South
ern Queens will be bought. grading l IL
inches in diameter and over. at the pre-
vailing prices at time of delivery. |
The Big Stem Jersey variety is form
of the yellow Jersey. which will rival
the Queen as commercial variety, hav-
ing been selected for its productiveness.
yellow Aesh and uniform growth of large
potatoes.
Planters growing this crop for the
cannery must secure their start OF seed
through the company, as only the pure,
we'll colored strains will be accepted.
The depth of blowing is essential III
the preparation of the land for this crop
On soils of too great depth before the
subsoil is reached, shallow blowing and
ridping should be practiced. leaving the
soil firm beneath, against which the
roots must force their way, causing
them to spread out, which produces large
spindle Shape potatoes; while too great
depth OF loose surface soil allows the
roots to extend downward i'll their nat
ural course, thus producing long irre2u-
lar potatoes that are undesirable.
Six inches of loose soil being about the
proper depth.
This crop needs but very little fertil-
izer. in fact, fairly good yielu can be
obtained from soils that are too poor for
the production of the majority of farm
crops, however, for best results tertil-
izer low in nitrogen and high i'll potash
should be used, the nitrogen to be i'll the
form of su,phate of ammonia which be-
comes available late in the season when
the potatoes are farming.
. Lime is also benifcal but should be
applied the previous season.
With the sweet potato. as with Other
crops, roation is the key note of success:
and it should be used with some
lepuminous crop for increasing the
7 humus in the soil.
Rotation will also control most al
diseases affecting the sweet pot'to.
BEANS.
Refugee, or 1000 to l.
! Time required for maturity of crol
About fifty days.
Plant during the months of March
Aerial. May, August and September.
Yield ~ ere IS to $50 bushel o
= 500 to 200 lbs at and AZ cent
s per pour,,l, approximate value per acr
& So. 90 to $1,000.
S Beans must be kept closely picked
y Weld heavily.
& Two crops a year can easily be grow
& upon the same land.
8 BETS. (Eclipse)
b Time required for maturity of croI
y About so days.
g Plant during the months of February
= March, April, August and September.
g Yield per acre: 200 to 400 bushei or
IS to 10 tons at Sl2 90 and $500 per ton
Is Approximate value per acre, SS5.
rs Sl1O. Two crops year or one followe
4, BY sweet potatoes etc.
Il TOMATOES
a Stone and Red Rock.
IS Time required for maturity of crol
g about 100 days.
e Plant in early spring for main GRO
y, though tomatoes will be accepted al
rs time.
81 Yield per acre, 200 to 400 bushel
e s to IL tons at 81 so per ton.
o. Yields of fifteen tons are very cornmt
s& in the south.
IS Approximate value per acre $50.
RI to 5000.
81 CABBAGE.
IL Charleston, Wakefield, Succession al
IS Copenhagen Market.
~ Time required for maturity of Gro
II about 120 days.
SIS Plant in early spring for cannery cro
(s Second early, and late, being the Gro
81 wanted
as Yield per acre, about 1000 hea
& from 10000 plants averaging at LEI
81 4 IL pounds per head or IS to 20 ton
as 1915 per ton.
~ Approximate value per acre, $50
~ to $500
rs The above estimates are indeed c.
e servative as planters growing vegetab
S. for canneries in other parts of the St
rs are even more successful. Seed will
% ready for distribution after the 20
81 planters should call early.
80 W. L. RUPE
81 Process