The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-11-21
LATEPEA CROP
IS PROFITABLE
Twelve Dollars a Basket Max
ing Farmers Talk Of Plant
ing Heavy Next Season

Perhaps the most profitable
truck shipment ever to go out
Of Elizabeth City was 4 car
load of truck peas or May
peas, which sold this morning
in New York ior $l2 4 basket.
This is the greatest price ev-
cr received for May peas in
this section, the highest price
received last Spring being
about $3.50.
These pcaSc were shipped by Z. D.
Robinson of Elizabeth City. The
large baskets sold for $i2 each and
the smaller ones for $10,5O Needless
to say, Mr.. Robinson is pleased with
results and is stronger advocat" of
diversifcation of crops. Don't put
all your eggs III one basket IS his
advice to farmers, and he practices
what he breaches.
Ten dollars basket was the rec
ord price received yesterday by
Preston Jennings OF this county for
seven baskets Of May peas shipped
10 New York City thru the firm oi
Sprucc -Hollowrl Go. Of this city.
!, ID. Sykes aud Milton Cartwright
who shipped peas last week, got
$3.50 Il basket for theirs when they
were sold on the New York market
Saturday.
The carload shipped by G. q. Rob
insou contained about 225 baskets,
175 of which were grown on the
Robinson farm and the remainder
were shipped by other growers. Mr.
Robinson is pleased with the results
Of his crop and believes late peas ar"
uo more Improbable than any other
truck crops all Of which are more
or less Of u gamble. However, he
believes that the losses Of bad seas
ons will be more than Offset by the
results Of good seasons.
Frost has douc only slight damage
to the crop, for while it kills the
blooms and prevents more peas from
forming. it does not check the
growth Of the peas already under
way. These mature in spite Of cool
weather. and altho, the vines Of Mr..
Robinson have been picked closely,
about as many peas are expected at
the second picking.
The record prices for truck peas
prevailing this fall, has stirred up
interest il the late crops and farm
crs are seriously considering plant
ing them for another season. Many
farmers as well as local produce men
were somewhat discouraged with
prospects at the beginning Of the
season. chiefly because OF L poor
Weld. but those who got their crops
oil comparatively late have found
that the returns made UP for the
DOSAGE in the yield.
OF course, the late growing OF fail
peas is more or less Of 4 gamble,
lust as other truck crops are L gam
lie. but the farmers have learned
more about planting them and arc re-
ducins the risk of cultivation. Last
ycar was the first time fall crops
were planted in this section, altbo
farmers in tidcwater Virginia have
been growing them for several years
Fall paintings require Il better
Grade of fertilizer and more attcn'
! ron. Farmers have noticed that
considerable intention must be PAID
10 the quality Of land used. fcaS
mature quicker in light sandy SoIs'
and should be planted later IN this
kind Of soil. than in heavy wet soils
Speaking Of results obtained by
growers this fall DR.. Il. :. Blades oi
, Spence.Hollowcll Company, states
that farmers with whom he has
talked, arc very much entbused over
results. and expect to plant another
year. While being a promoter 0t
tbc first experiments in fall plant
ipgs in this county, DR.. Blades is not
advocating a continuance OF iau
crops. but is going to leave 1t up 10
the farmers. Having encouraged the
idea, he is going to let results sho"
farmers whether the crop IS profit
able. \ good part Of the success OF
peas in this county is due to the eX'
rerimcnts Of DR.. Blades and the
Spcnce-uollowcll Co., who are al
WAYS anxious to start the farmers on
into something profitable