March, 1892. 
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The Vegetable Garden in March. 
The Approach of Spring. Eaily Peas. Plants in 
Cold Frames. Sow Beets Early. Parsnip and 
Salsify. S«w Radishes Often. Early Varieties 
of Corn. Bedding Sweet Potatoes and the Best 
Varieties. Tomato Plants. Forwarding Cu- 
cumbers and Melons. Starting Egg Plants. 
Fertilizers for Early Crops. Best Location for 
Tomatoes. Early Turnips. Fall Sown South- 
ern Potatoes. 
OOKING from my win- 
dow this beautiful Feb- 
ruary day on the tender 
green of the grass, and 
knowing that the violets 
are blooming there, and 
have been all winter. that 
the hyacinths are growing old and daffodils 
are in their prime it is hard to realize that 
my notes for March must take account of 
people who will find more of winter in 
March than we do in February, and al- 
though our early peas are growing and po- 
tatoes, radishes, etc-, in the ground these 
notes will be read in many places where 
March will still be too early to put these 
things in the ground. Still, Noith Carolina 
is really only a half-way house for the 
spring time which started some time ago 
away down in Florida, as we have had evi- 
dence of in the little half-ripe Key West to- 
matoes in our markets. So all our notes 
must be of a general nature, simply re- 
minders that time is passing and the spring 
is marching up the coast. 
Here in central North Carolina a succes- 
sion crop of peas for home use should now 
be planted early in the month. Much later 
than this, peas will be overtaken by hot 
weather and will not amount to much. In 
any location the early crop of peas should 
be gotten in the ground as early in the sea- 
son as the soil can be gotten into good con- 
dition. but it is better to be a little late than 
work the soil when wet, and get it into a 
hard and cloddy condition that will injure 
it for the whole season. 
Plants in cold frames need careful w atch- 
ing as the sun climbs higher, and plenty of 
air should be given at all times. Cabbage 
plants in frames should now be getting 
tough enough to stand full exposure in 
most localities south of New York, and if 
any are still in such quarters in Virginia 
and southward lose no time in getting them 
out. 
In North Carolina and southward, if the 
early beets have not already been sown they 
should be put in the ground at once, and 
by the middle or last of the month even in 
central New Jersey. It always pays to 
take a little risk to get beets early. If 
caught by a sharp frost just as they are 
coming through the ground they will be 
likely to be killed, but once fairly above 
the ground they will stand a pretty smart 
frost. 
In the north the parsnip and salsify crops 
should receive attention among the earliest 
hardy things. But here I think it is a mis- 
take to sow either of these before June or 
even as late as July. When sown early 
they get a check at midsummer from which 
they rarely recover, while if sown late they 
grow on usually without check until Christ- 
mas, and as they are only eaten in winter, 
they will be found much better than if 
sown early. 
Succession crops of radishes should be 
sown on warm borders and protected by a 
cover of straw in sudden freezes in locali- 
ties where the weather is still severe. 
The last week in this month, in this 
locality, and earlier in the southern part of 
this state the earlv planting of snap beans 
may be made on dry light soils. The Mo- 
haw k is the hardiest and I have had this 
variety endure safely a smart hoar frost. 
The wax beans are constantly increasing in 
popularity. In our experience the dwarf 
Flageolet seems less liable to rust than 
others and makes a large showy pod, but it 
is not so stringless as the Golden Wax. 
Henderson's Earliest Valentine is a fine 
strain of the green podded sorts. 
A planting of Adams Early corn can also 
be made here towards the middle of the 
month, or the flinty long-eared Canada 
corn. Planting early sugar corn in this 
latitude is simply a w aste of time. Towards 
the latter part of the month a planting of 
Stowell's Evergreen or Mammoth Sugar 
can be made with some hope of success. 
We are now at work on a sweet corn for 
this latitude and are strongly in hopes of 
being able to fix a variety we can grow 
with some hope of success. Our southern 
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