Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-10-06

A large number of crops, can be
soWn IN q fall garden in your section
OF the state. The time for planting
IS from this date forward, up to as
late as December. The crops to plant
immediately would be second crop
1flsh potatoes, sweet or sugar cane,
snap beans, squash, cabbage, collards,
onions. tomatoes, English peas, pars-
ley. kale, rutabaga turnips, beets and
carrots. Lettuce is best grown in a
cold frame. All the other crops may
be planted in the open.
The soil should be made as rich
and fr1able as possible. 1t would be
excellent practice to use several loads
OF well-rotted yard manure on your
garden. Work this into the top soil
fairly good depth, then apply at
ne time of planting or soon there
ter q high grade garden fertilizer.
ms should contain from to As
sr cent nitrogen. 9 to 10 per cent
hosphoric acid and to per cent
'otash. 1t should be applied at the
ate Of 500 pounds and upward per
ere. Our practice is to put small
mount under the drill row at the
ime of planting most of these crops.
he. fertilizer does not come in con-
act with the seed. This is done to
lvold any injury to the young plants
Immediately after the seed terminate
We use SIDE applications of fertilizer
rather frequently for garden and
truck crops. We. put most of the
plant food down between the rows.
All Of these crops should be in
tens1vely cultivated. Most of them
can be planted in rather narrow rows,
say fifteen to eighteen inches apart.
Inc large growing crops, like corn
and potatoes, should be planted in
rows to 3.5 apart. Planting should
be done at a Favorable season when
there Is plenty of moisture in the
ground. If you can get most Of these
crops to good stand you can main
tain them successfully during the
dry spell which is likely to occur in
September. It is good practice tc
den either by overhead spraying or
by means of a hose. In the latter
event burrows should be made be-
tween the rows and the water turned
in. Occasional flooding during the
dry spell is about all that would be
necessary. If you can arrange to do
this there is no reason why you
should not have a very satisfactory
garden this fall.
Cultivation of Prunes In Georgia
c. NJ. c.. Shellman, Ga, writes:
Do you think prunes would be.
profitable in this section? Where
could l send some of my soil to
nave II analyZed?
There. are no authentic records rel
itive to the cultivation of prunes
in Georgia. Doubtless prunes have
been tried in many home orchards,
but there is nothing to indicate that
their cultivation proved to be very
satisfactory: No doubt the trees will
grow all right in your section of
the. state, but Just what they will
Go In the way of fruit yields is prob
lernatica1.
1t seems to me that there are va
,rious other fruits which you could
vantage than prunes. We certain
ly know that peaches do admirably
and on that account we would sug-
eest that you emphasize the cultiva-
tion of this crop.
There is no place in Georgia where
you can have your soil analysed
without paying fee for the same.
There are some funds appropriated
by the state which have been used
for our soil survey work. This mon
ey is provided for making examina-
tons Of definite areas of land We
generally take a county or two coun-