Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-12-14
BY DR.. ANDREW NJ. SOULE

size of a small lead pencil, a crop
planted and handled in this manner
would not mature for market until
the late spring. If you put out sets
between September and November,
however, the green onions should be
ready to market by Christmas time,
and you may handle them then in
the condition indicated, or else allow
them to grow on and mature. They
should be ready for shipment thirty
to sixty days earlier than onions
started from seed and handled in the
manner described above. 1t takes
onion sets ordinarily 90 to 120 days
to mature. This crop should be
planted in rows is inches to feet
apart. 1t will take a quart of sets
to the row, or eight bushels to the
acre.
This crop should be literally fer
tilted. Top dressing with we'll rot
ted yard manure is excellent prac-
tice. An application of 1000 pounds
per acre of a high grade fertilizer is
also desirable. The fertilizer may be
distributed between the drill rows
and covered into the soil. Put it on
at two or three applications. You
should use a formula carrying per
cent nitrogen, 8 per cent phosphoric
acid and 4 to . per cent potash.
The Costal Plants Area Defined
j. c., Macon, Ga, writes;
desire to know how much terri
tory is embraced in the term,
Costal Plain, which I understand
includes parts of Alabama. Geor-
gia and the CaroIinas.
The Costal Plains area in Georgia
applies to that section of the state
which lies south of the fall line
This line is irregular of course, but
runs approximately from Augusta to
Columbus. The Costal Plains extend
into Alabama, but do not embrace
nearly as much territory in that
state as in Georgia. The same for
nation is found in the Carolinas. 1t
is a section of the several states
mentioned, if you please, which lies
at the foot of the Piedmont Plateau
and extends from there to the sea.
The soils vary a good deal in char
acter and composition. For the most
part, they contain more sand than
those which lie north of them. The
characteristic soils of the Piedmont
Plateau, for instance, are composed
of the Cecil clay of the Cecil sandy
loan. These are essentially red
lands. In the greater part of the
Coastal Plains area. the soils are
lighter in color than those of the
Piedmont section. Gray lands pre-
dominate. A soil which occurs ex-
tensively in the Coastal Plains is the
Triton sandy loan. There are also
large areas of the Norfolk and Ports
mouth series. The Triton sandy
loan is one of the best soils of the
Coastal Plains area. 1t occurs ex-
tensively in Georgia, and is no doub:
found in the other states mentioned
as well
The Coastal Plain is undulating,
but for the most part relatively level.
The lands are easy to cultivate and
quite friable, and, under proper man
agement. large areas of this section
will yield good crops. These soils
respond readily to good treatment.
The Possibilities of Celery CuItiva-a
ton in the South
II. P. c., Savannah, Ga,
writes: I would like all the in
ACA llI1 CAOll SOu Cclll SLNS lLlG It.
garding the cultivation of celery
in this SETON.
Celery has never been extensive
ly cultivated in this section of the
south. 1t is a plant that makes it's
best development in a colder climate
than ours. Therefore, when it's cul-
tivation is undertaken the following
procedure should be followed:
Sow the seed Immediately. 1t
would have been better if you had
started your seedbed in June. The
seeded should be prepared as fol-
lows: Build a cold frame which can
be located in a partly shaded place.
Enrich the soil thoroughly and work
down to a fine filth. Scatter the
seed rather literally over the surface
and then cover about one-fourth
inch deep by sitting fine soil over
the top. The bed should be kept
we'll moistened, but should not be
made too wet. Soaking the bed may
cause the seed to rot. When the
plants have developed several small
leaves, transplant into another sec
ton of the cold frame, spacing them
about six inches apart in each di-
recIlOn. linen, apOut the 1lrSr OF
August in your section, we suggest
planting in open drills or rows,
drills should be at least four or five
feet apart, and should be made wide
and deep. Rich muck soil is the
best in which to plant celery, but
sandy lands artificially fortified and
literally top dressed with yard ma
nure or leaf mold may answer fairly
well. The furrow in which the
plants are placed should be eight or