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. tiT0 riS ,bn lfi2i is? is-o Consolidated, 1904, with The Cotton Plant, Greenville, S. C. PROGRESSIVE FARMER VOL. XXI. NO. 4. THE COTTON PLANT VOL. XXIII. NO. 8. RALEIGH, N. C, MARCH 8, 1906. Weekly $1 a Year. LOOK NOW TO YOUR VEGETABLE GARDEN. A List of the Best Varieties of Each Vegetable Suggested by Prof. Hume and Some Directions for Testing the Seed How Much Seei Per Acre. Messrs. Eeditors: Seeds may be secured at the corner grocers or from the town druggist, and if particularly- fresh, this source of supply is all right ; but quite frequently you get the km of seeds that do not grow. Some seedsmen sell their seeds to these dealers sealed in original pack ages with the year stamped upon them. Such seeds must be consider ed more reliable, and, -at any rate, the buyer should satisfy himself that the. seeds are new, good and relia ble. Don't Buy Many Novelties. In the matter of choosing the va rieties to plant either for the mar ket or for home consumption every vegetable grower must be more or less a law unto himself. Experience in a certain locality, on a certain given piece of ground counts for more than all the outside advice that can be put together. It is so largely a local matter that the question must always be approached with the feel ing "Well, ra rather not" Some good general advice, may, however be given. Do not plant novelties in large quantities test them first try only a little. Every year new varieties are brought out by the seedsmen and after a few years we wonder where they have gone. ':. Simply disappear ed proved to be" inferior to other more stable and time tried varieties and they have dropped out of sight. On the other hand many of the new things are really genuinely good. Every variety that we esteem highly was new one time, but we must be positive before planting the new things extensively. Then get a lit tle seed of the new thing and see what they will do. Every year a small plot should be devoted to this test work and the new things which prove to be good can be planted more largely another year and may often help the planter to get ahead of his neighbor. - Stick Mainly to the Old Varieties. But buy the old varieties, the things with which, you are acquaint ed. The very fact that they are old, that they have stood the test of many seasons, is proof that they have mer it, that they are the safe ones to plant. Now for a little specific advice which may prove helpful. In choos ing varieties for the home garden some attention shold be given to this point. Because quality counts in the price received, tut with a long distance to ship, carrying quality is often quite as important. But what is quality? What is at the bottom of it? The variety? Yes, partly, but more than that, vastly more. It is the variety plus climate and soil and sum and plant food ana J vigorous growth and theilhan back variety, if it is not well fed and well cared for, grown in congenial sur roundings, it will not have tfte desired quality. Starve it, let it grow by fits and starts, and what is the re sult? Strong undesirable iavor and something unfit to eat. The ques tion of light and shade has much to dp with it. Shade reduces the fiber in the plant, reduces the green color ing matter in the leaves, lessens the strength of flavor. That is why let tuce grown under cloth is so far, su perior to that produced in the open. Some of the Best Varieties of Each Com ' mon Vegetable. Asparagus -Conover's Colossal and Palmetto are both good stocky varie ties. The first is perhaps the stand ard variety to-day. Beans. jood string beans can now be had with the strings left out. This was not possible a few years ago. Valentine, Longfellow and Golden Wax are good. DreeVs Pole Lima and Jackson Wonder are good limas. Beets Early Egyptian" and Eclipse are good. Cabbage. Jersey Wakefield and Charleston Wakefield are hard to sur pass for early crop. Nearly all very early cabbages have pointed heads. Danish Ball head for the mountain sections is the best late variety. Cauliflower. Early Dwarf Erfurt or Dry Weather. Celery. Golden Self-Blanqhing and White Plume are the only ones worthy of attention in the South. Corn. Stowell's Evergreen, Coun try Gentleman and Cosmopolitan. Cucumber. White Spine, Arling ton White Spine, Boston Spines. All Spines are the same with variations. Egg Plant. New York Improved and Black Beauty. Lettuce. Big Boston and Cali fornia Cream Butter for market. Tennis Ball and Mignonette are good for home use. Iceberg, a loose va riety, will grow in hotter weather than almost any other variety.' Cantaloupe. Rocky Ford is un surpassed. It is the standard market sort, but Jenny Lind, also known as Jersey Button, is a close second in quality. Carrot. Dan vers and Oxheart. Irish Potatoes. Red and White Bliss and Early Rose. Onion. Yellow Danvers, Prizetak er and Bermuda. , Okra. White Velvet. Peas. -Alaska Gradus, Nott's Ex celsior and American Wonder. Radishes. The long varieties can be kept in the ground longer without becoming pithy than the round ones, but for very early, choose round va rieties. They can be matured in three weeks. French Breakfast and Scarlet Turnip and Long Cardinal. l! - y' .... V -V - ' 1 ' From "Agriculture for Beginners." HOW SPRAYING SAVES THE CROP: SPRAYED POTATOES ON LEFT; UNSPRAYED ON RIGHT. i From "Agriculture for Beginners." ", YIELD OF TWO POTATO FIELDS SAME SIZE. A The pile at the top is from the field that was sprayed ; the pile at the bot tom is from the unsprayed field. Turnips.- White Egg is one of the best. Early Milan and White Strap leaved are also good. Tomato. Spark's Earliana, Beauty earliest variety. Always choose solid and Ponderosa. The first is the earliest variety. Always choose solid meaty varieties. Squash: Escalloped, White Bush and Fordhook. Every grower should try a few of the last variety. It is unsurpassed as a summer squash. It can be used before the rind hardens and keeps well and is good long after it does so. How Much Seed Per Acre. No definite rule can be given.' The following are approximations. When seeds are sown in a seed-bed, more plants should be grown than are ac tually needed to allow for selection. Beans (drill), one to' one and one half bushels; (pole), one-half bushel; beets, five , or six pounds; cabbage, four or five ounces ; cauliflower, four or five ounces ; elery four or five ounces ; cucumber, one and one-fourth to two ounces; egg plant, four ounces; lettuce, three pounds; canta loupe, .one and three-fourths pounds; watermelon, one and one-half pounds ; onion (transplanted), one and one half pounds; peas, one and one-half bushels ; potatoes, ab&ut three bar rels; radish, eight to ten pounds; okra, ten paunds; corn, eight or ten quarts; squash, two pounds; carrot, two and one-half pounds. H. HAROLD HUME, Horticulturist North Carolina De partment of Agriculture. North Carolina Cotton Association -Meetings. March 5th, Elizabeth City. March 6th, Gatesville. March 7th, Winton. March 8th, Jackson. March 9th, Halifax. March lOtlvNashville. March 12th, Wilson. Renew your subscription, but don't renew alone. New subscriber ana re newal both one year now for $L50.
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