NORFOLK TRUCKING 



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bers are marketed in May and June. They continue to pro- 

 duce until the field-grown crop comes on the market. The 

 vines are then cleared away and the ground given a heavy 

 coat of stable manure which is plowed under immediately. 



Cold frames are erected over the parsley beds in October. 

 The glass remains on the beds during the winter, and as soon 

 as spring opens, eggplants are transplanted to the cold frames 

 between the parsley plants. Thus the eggplants and the par- 

 sley grow together for some w^eeks. As soon as the parsley 

 season is over, the plants are removed and the eggplants are 

 then given entire use of the frames. When danger of late 

 frost is over, the frames are removed and the eggplants given 

 the regular field cultivation. The fruit from these eggplants 

 is usually marketed during the latter part of May, June and 

 July. As soon as the eggplant season is over, this portion of 

 the field is also given a liberal application of stable manure. 

 The following year the parsley and lettuce change places, by 

 this method one portion of the plantation producing lettuce, 

 spinach, beets and cucumbers, and the other portion, parsley 

 and eggplants within the twelve months period. 



With this method of trucking, very careful attention must 

 be given to the proper physical condition of the soil.- 



I realize that it is impossible to give a thorough discussion 

 of this problem in the time allotted me, but I hope I have been 

 able to throw some light on the methods practiced by your 

 competitors in the middle South ; I also realize that there are 

 many practices followed by the New York vegetable growers 

 that would be profitable for the Virginia growers to follow, 

 and I am of the opinion that some of the Virginia methods 

 may be applied with modifications to New York conditions 

 with profit. The trading of experiences is certainly worth 

 while, even if the methods followed in one section of the 

 country do not apply directly to those in another. 



Question: What are the distances for cabbage? 



Professor Johnson: Cabbage plants are set from six- 

 teen to eighteen inches apart in rows from three to three and 

 one-half feet apart. Some growers follow their cabbage 

 with corn by planting the corn between the rows of cabbage 

 before the latter is harvested. 



