The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1915-04-15


Is used largely for greens and can be
grown In early spring and late au-
tumn, according to the United States
department of agriculture's new
Farmers Bulletin No. 647. The seeds
for the spring crop should be sown
as soon as the soil can be put into
condition. For the fell crop. SOW the
seeds In late summer or early autumn
In drills about one foot aIaft. AS
the plants require bnt short time in
which to reach edible maturity, FREE
quent sowings should be, made.
Varieties recommended: Giant Os-
trlch Plume and Large-Leaved Curl
ed.
0kra, or Gumbe.
Sow seeds OF okra In the open after
danger of frost is over and the soil
becomes quite warm. The rows
should be three to four feet apart for
dwarf varieties and four to five feet
for the tall kinds. Sow the seed a
few inches apart in the row and thin
the plants to 18s!nches to two feet
apart. Give frequent shallow cul.iva-
ton until the plants are nearly
crown. @
The pods are the part of the plant
used for food and should be gathered
while still crisp and tender. II tn,
pods are removed 30 as TO allow none
to ripen. the plants will continue to
bear until killed by frost.
Varieties recommended: White Eel-
vet. Dwarf Green Prolific, Perkins
Mammoth, Long -Podded.. and Lady
Finger.
For further information on ekra,
It, n..lt
"Okra: Its Culture and pses." which
may be had free on application to
the United States department of ag.
riculture at Washington, DC.
Onions. -
For very early bunch onions II Is
the common practice to plant sets in
drills l2 to II inches apart and two
to three inches apart in the row The
sets may be put out In the autumn
or as early in the spring sa the Hand
can be prepared. In the cooler r.,
gions OF the South the sets will need
some protection II planted In the fall,
and hay or straw may be used to keep
them from freezing.
For dry onions, SOW the seed thick
ly in drills about - TO II inches apart
in the spring - soon as danger from
the sede may be planted In o hotbed
or cold frame and the young plants
transplanted to the open when contii-
five inches high are OF good size for
trnnsplanting.
Onions require frequent shallow
to resort to hand wedding. When tile
tops begin to die and the bulbs arc
full grown, the onions should be
pulled and left In the geld for few
days to dry. Then the tops should be
clipped OF and the bulbs placed In
crates or bags ana stored In q WELL
ventilated place to cure.
Early green onions may also be
produced from the Multipiier OF POI
tato varieties planted In the autumn.
The large bulbs OF these onions con /,
tetn number OF hearts," orr butis,
and II planted will produce nuns
ber OF small onions. The small on
lens have but one heart and viii
produce large buibs.I A few largo
bulbs should ba piantee each year to
produce sets fore fall planting.
The top. or tree, onion produces n
number OF buibets on top OF the stem.
These small bulbs can be planted in
the autumn and wilisproduce onions
the following spring,
Varieties recommended: Southport
White Globe. Southport Red Globe,
Southport yellow Globe. Danvers.
Red Wethersiield, Australian Brown.
and Prize Taker. In some sections
OF the South the Cre6. is grown and
the Louisiana, or Red Creole, 10 n
T. 4 rts = - i 80 t.