The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1916-02-24

L make soup Will COlu, ohld, CoO
bage, onions, Irish potatoes, beans
and butter beans; boil with piece OF
bacon or soup bone two hours, then
seal in three-pound cans and boil two
hours longer This is delicious, and
is ready for the table, having only to
be heated to make a nice fresh vege-
table soup.
planted two rows of corn every
two weeks during the summer and
was never without roasting ears dur
ing the entire summer.
The secret of gardening is to keep
planting. Even before one thing is
removed 1 plant something by the
side of it, and in taking up old plant
work dirt to young plant.
Our tomatoes were the wonder of
the entire neighborhood, and many
came to see for themselves, as they
could not believe the seemingly un-
reasonable reports that they heard
from our tomatoes. 1 planted i'm
proved Ponderosa and Brimmer.
There is no question about the
Brimmer being the finest table toma-
to grown. 1 planted seed in Febru-
ary in boxes and kept in kitchen by
window, and when they were quite
small transplanted to three-pound
cans. 1 melted the ends out of cans,
then with a wire cutter cut cans open
and tied together with string, placed
on boards, filed cans with good rich
soil and set plant in each can. AS
soon as danger Of frost was over l
removed string, pulled can from ball
of earth and placed in ground.
The plant was then ready to grow
off rapidly. When the plants were
about one foot high removed earth
from plant and sprinkled one hand
full of cotton seed meal and table
spoonful of>lime; then placed a five
foot stake by each plant and kept all
trimmed to one stalk, tying about
every six inches.
From six rows I canned seventy
five cans of tomatoes, seventy-five
three-pound cans of okra and toma-
toes, put in vegetable soup above
mentioned, put up twelve bottles of
ripe tomato catsup, six bottles green
tomato catsup, besides six three
pound cans of mixed pickle that had
green tomatoes in, it and six cans OF
green tomato pickle, and ate toma-
toes three times a day from May un-
til frost, November /. Many OF the
plants died during the drouth, as
they were not watered at all, but a
few near the house that were shaded,
kept growing.
I heightened the sticks, making
them five feet higher, and the plants
grew to the top of them-ten feet
high and bearing to the top. The
tomatoes measured 14h inches and
borne In clusters of from four to
eight of that size. planted them
between rows that had turnips, and
pulled the earth to them until by
midsummer they looked as though
they were planted on beds.
My garden was only plowed one
time, and that before a seed was
planted, but had the ground spaded
deep between the rows.
planted two hundred early cab
bage plants February 1, and as soon
as the plants began to grow put two
tablespoonsful of cotton seed meal
by each plant, and the cabbage were
extra fine and lasted until late in
summer.
At the last working of cabbage I
set out collapds between cabbage
rows, and when cabbage had about
all USSu CUI, ploAI0u AASSiAAN' -
sweet watermelon seed where cab
bage was cut, and only fiat weeded
after that, and we had as many nice
melons as we could use.
The last of September I spaded
between the collard rows and
sprinkled cotton seed meal by each
plant, and we are now eating, nice
headed collards as white as cabbage.
I spaded nine hills very deep, put
in handful of cotton seed meal, let
stand two weeks, then planted Chi
cago picking cucumbers, and from
this I canned thirty-six two-pound
cans of cucumber pickles, besides US
ing them in mixed pickle.
You will notice speak of "cans o.
pickle" Possibly some of your read
ers have not tried putting pickle in
tin cans; if not, try it this year. Just
put in cans fresh, pour in vinegar
(slightly diluted) and season, seal
and cook five minutes. The pickle
will be crisp and fine. You must