Thursday, February 14, 1907.
PROGRESSIVE FARMER AND COTTON PLANT.
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SOME GARDENING HINTS.
Mrs. Reade Notes Several Points That
are Sometimes Overlooked. -"-
Messrs. Editors: That a common
garden is an open book to most of
us, we will concede; so we will? only
, speak of some points that are over
looked. Our good man does most of the
work; but we may still claim it as
an index to our general house-wifery;
for if he has. not left off his first love
he will talk the matter over with us,
and we are his right arm of help to
see that nothing is overlooked and
that the garden is planted in time,
even if we have to do it ourselves.
For an Early Garden Have Land
Plowed in Winter. -
This is a matter of prime import
ance, as by this means the seed-bed
is firm, the Warm soil on top, where
the continued freezing has left it
light with no clods to interfere with
the growth of the young plants. And
too, while the good man is away sup
erintending things of mpre import
ance the good wife may do this plant
ing of the first seeds before the land
is hardly dry enough for the plow,
and be along with the best gardener
(pleasant rivalry!,) with the earliest
vegetables. But all the good culture
and the fertilizer cannot overcome
the loss of a week or two in early
planting. '
The planting of the full garden
comes in a few weeks later, and prac-
i tically everything grown, in the gar
den may be planted then. Tklake no
I discriminations, although you disobey
I all of the seedsmen, for we would.
I rather lose one little planting than
I to be always behind.
V What a glorious affair is the first
full vegetable dinner, when the balmy
breezes of June are wafting in at
every open window and the whole
world is rejoicing!
What a wonderful thihg1 this gar
den may be! No forbidden fruit
now; all is so good for the health
of the whole family! How we would
like to date our letters from 'the
"Garden-of-Green-Leaves" or "Gar-den-of-Golden-Fruits!"
The fancy of
garden parties is now quite popular.
What could be nicer- in the sunny
days of June? They belong, too, to
the good form pf all ages, dating
back to the Garden of Eden.
Plowing the Garden.
The vegetable garden in the coun
try is not made a source of revenue
unless near to market. We sow lib
erally, but what are we to do with
the surplus vegetables? There are
many ways to save them all. We
give of the first fruits to the hire
ling, for he will leave his garden any
day to plant ours first and best; and
the giving is a source of bounty to us.
We would arrange our gardens so
that 7 the permanent plants are at one
side, and do not interfere with thor
ough plowing of the part which is'
planted annually. However, let U3
have the whole thing in long rows
and get- the hired man to run the
plow along down these rows both in
winter and summer. In some of these
rows we have the asparagus bed the
rhubarb, the horse-radish, the sage,
the thyme, the curled parsley; and
against this the rows that are plant
ed annually, but lie in ground all
winter, such as beets and parsnips,
the latter of which come in in U eb-
ruarv and March at a .very scarce
time and make an admirable side
dish. " "
Don't Omit Butter-Beans.
I consider butter-beans the best
all-round vegetable in the whole lot.
Thev may be planted in. early March.
These beans can lie in ground all win
ter, and if we do not look out we
could gather a. crop from the volun
teers before ours bloom. . We can
save the entire surplus for winter.
Cooked in five times their bulk of
water, with salt, for four hours,
strained through the colander and
hurried into. the covered dish with a
liberal lot of! butter and pepper, and
opened after ten minutesY they make
a dainty dish fit to set before a king.
The Matter of Fertilizers.
(Zabkage Plants for Sale
x u jive naa several years exDeriMice in errowmer pa objure rii
and all othrr kinds of vegetable plants for thet ade. A d n
lanta
or
taav ready for shipment Beet plants and Tabbage plants as fo -
mws: iuany jersey wasene as. I are Type wakefieids and
Henderson Successions, heae being the best nown reliable varie
ties to all experience i truck armers. Tuf se plants are rown out
In open air and will stand severe cold without Injurr. pi ice $150
per 1000. Ble lots at SI 00 per 1005. We have SDeclal low Express
rates on vegetable piiU from this point All p'antswll be ship
ped C O D. unless you pr- fer sending money iwlth ordtrs Your order will have my
prompt and pers nai attention, w Den in nee l pi vegetame plants give me a trial order.
I guarantee satisfaction. - ivaaress all orders to
Many gardens are. overdone in the I 13m DOnQldGOtlm
matter of 4 fertilizers. This invites
insect pests and disease, and causes
the garden which looked like an
emerald sea in the spring to be . in
the hot days of August a thing of the
past when we would like to be still
enjoying its fruits. -
A friend of mine told me With sor
rowing heart she could have no suc
cess-with roses. J looked to see if
the cause could be ascertained, and I
found stable manure among the
stalks. This is another proof of the
power of small things, and it is a
general rule, fertilizers are all right
in moderation on the roots, but
should not touch the stalk. i
If the land is inclined to be low
and sour, use some form of potash
and chip-yard manure. If on the
other hand it has been leached out
by the poor process culture, use .acid
phosphate and green stuffs. After
this, scrapings from the bath-lot are
best, and will out-last fertilizers.
Now, with faithful attention, you
may count on an ever-green spot and
a fountain of joy. - ; ,
MRS. PAMELA C. READE.
Person Co., N. C.
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Fortunes in Cabbage Raisin g.
Early Jersey
WAKEFIELD
The Earliest
Cabbage
'Grown.
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Charleston
Urge Tjpe
WAKEFIELD
f jSecond
j ' Earliest.
Succession
The Earliest
Flat
Head
Variety.
Any of the above varieties of Plants, C. O. D. or csh: less than 4000 at 81.50 per M.;
6000 to 9000 at 91.25 prM Kpcial pries on 1 its of 10.000 or more.
. we ave b-ea in the business eign year and row cur plants in the open air. so
tbat they will stand the early frosts and severe coldB. All shipments have our personal
attention, and satlsfa tlon 1 guaranteed br money efunded Address,
B. L. COX, Ethel P. O., S. C. isxp ess and Telegraphic Office: Meggetts, . u.
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CABBAGE
PLANTS,' CELERY PLANTS,
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and all kinds of garden- plants. Can now fur
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Is of cabbage plants, grown in the
open air and will stand great cold. Grown from
"seed of the most reliable seedsmen. We use the
same plants on our thousand acre truck farm.
-Plants carefully; counted and properly packed.
Celery ready last of December. , Lettuce, Onion
and Beet plants same time or earlier. Cabbage
reaay now. Reduced express rates promised.
which, when effective, will give us 6o perl cent, less than merchandise rates.
Prices: small lots $1.50 per thousand,, large lots $1.00 or $1.25 per thousand f o. b.
Meggetts, S. C. Special Garden! Fertilizer ? s 00 per sack of 200 pounds, f o. b.
Meggetts, S. C. The United States Agricultural Department has established an
Experimental Station on our. Farms to test all kinds of 'vegetables, especially
Cabbage. The results of these experimets we will be pleased to give you at any
time. Yours respectfully, ; ' N. H. BLITCH CO.. Messetts. S. C.
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I am now prepared ;to fill orders for my Celebrated
Cabbage Plants in any quantity desired:
days later than early Jerseys,
also a sure header of fine-size.
Succession Best known sure
heading variety of large flat
cabbage, later than Charleston
Wakefield.
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Early Jersey (Wake
field Earliest and
best sure header,
small type. - '
Charleston! Wake
field a b o li t ten
These plants are from the very best tested seeds and grown in the open
air and will stand severe cold without injury.1 All orders are filled from the
same beds that I am using fori my extensive cabbage farm. Satisfaction
guaranteed. Prices, f. o. b. here, packed in light boxes: oUU for fel, 1,000
to 4,000 at 81.50 per M.; 5,000 to;S,000 at $1.25 per M. Special prices on
larger quantities. All orders shipped C. O. D. when not accompanied by
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CUAS. M. GIBSON, Youngs Island, S. C.
remittance.
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WAKEFIELD
The Earliest
Cabbage Grown
CHARLESTON
LARGE TYPE
WAKEFIELD
Second Earliest
SUCCESSION
AUGUSTA SHORT STEMMED
! .TRIIRKFP FLAT DUTCH
The Earliest Flat A little later Largest and latest'
trno riot than SnnoAiiInn f!ahhftff
PRICE: inlots of 1 to 4 in. at $1.60 per m.t 6 to 9m. at $1.25 per m., 10 m. and over, at $1.00 per m.
F. O. B. YOUNG'S ISLAND. S. C MY special express wo rumw w i j -
. I guarantee Plants to elre purchaser satisfaction, or will refund the purchase
QjUarantee nflce to any customer who is dissatisfied at end pf season. These plants are
erown in the open fleld, on Seacoast of $outh Oarolina, in a climate that is just suited to
Irowine the hardiest plants that can be j?rown in the United States. Thesejlants can be
reset In the interior of the Southern States during the months or January, February, and
tri-.k mk. ..in .f.ni ma.-rra.r-a nnM withnnt. hAinff inmrAd. and will mature a head of Oao-
bage Two to Three weeks sooner than if ypu grew your own plants in hot beds and cold
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the South. T'heir profit depends upon them bavins Early Cabbage ; lor that reason iney pur-
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Tomato, Ek? Plant and Pepper Plants ; f Apple, Peach, Pear, Plum, Cherry and Apricot ; -Trees,
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