The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1915-04-16
Peas, Peppers and Potatoes


in double rows six inches apart with
tue ordinary space OF three to four
feet between these pairs of rows. This
is a good practice with varieties re-
curing support, as the supports can
be placed In the narrow space be-
tween the rows.
Varieties recommended: Alaska.
First and Best, Gradus, Telephone.
Champion of England, and Prize Takk
er.
Peppers.
Seeds of peppers should be sown
In hotbed or in a box in the house
about eight weeks before time !, for
setting the plants in the garden. The
plants are tender. and should not be
transplanted until the ground is warm
and all danger of frost is past. Set
the plants Is to 1S inches apart in
rows 2 1-2 to three feet apart. The
cultivation and treatment of peppers
should be the same as that of toma-
toes and eggplants. There is a large
number OF varieties of peppers. in
Guiding the sweet kinds and the hot
peppers.
Varieties recommended: Ruby King,
Chinese Giant, Sweet Spanish. and
Bell or Bull Nose, of the sweet pep
pers; Long Red Cayenne, Tabasco,
and Red Cluster, OF the hot types.
Potatoes.
Irish OF white potatoes: A small
area of early potatoes should be
grown in the garden, but the main
crop should be grown elsewhere.
Early potatoes ahould be planted as
a lan dR \
TO good advantage. In Florida, pota-
toes are usually planted IN December,
while in other sections OF the lower
South they are planted in january.
In the upper South early potatoes are
usually planted in February but in
the extreme northern portion OF the
South they are not planted until
March. AS 1t is difficult to keep po-
tatoes through the summer, fall
crop should be grown. A common
practice in some parts of the South
Is to plant potatoes from Che first
crop as soon as they are dug. In the
lower South this method can be fol-
lowed to advantage. Another method
Is to bed the potatoes on a little loose
soil In cool, shady place, covering
the bed with litter or soil and mois-
tening 1t thoroughly. AS soon as the
tubers sprout they are planted In the
field for the late crop.
Potatoes are planted II to Ia inches
apart in rows two and one half to
three feet apart and covered to the
depth OF about four inches. Potatoes
planted during hot weather should be
covered six inches deep unless they
have been sprouted before planting.
The burrows are usually opened with
a one horse t9rnplow, or lister. and
the potatoes dropped, one piece in a
place. In the bottom of the furrow.
AS 1t requires two or three weeks
for potatoes to come up, it is import
ant that they be cultivated as soon as
the row can be followed.i If crust
forms before the potatoes come up. q
spike tooth harrow or weeder should
be run over the ground to loosen the
surface of the soil. Harrow toothed
cuitiyators should be used for the
main cultivation; but at the last cni-
tiyation the soil may be worked up
around the plants to hold them erect
and to protect the tubers from the
sun.
After digging the early potatoes
shye should be kept In cool. dry
place during the hot weather S2 sum-
mer. In the lower South 1t IS better
TO grow a fall crop rather than to- try
to keep the spring crop through the
summer and winter. Fall grown po-
tatoes Can be kept IN q dry cellar iiig
pit. or in any bniIding where tile
temperature can be controlled. Irish
potatoes keep best IN cool tempers-
ttE1.e. het should be not be allowed to
reach the ffeezing point. n IS best