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potatoes raised in the fall are the very best seed that can be 
planted the following spring. They are earlier, more produc¬ 
tive and are superior in every respect. 
The potato and cabbage, like most all vegetable crops, re¬ 
quire the very best culture, and the soil can hardly be made 
too rich. The late Peter Henderson said to grow any kind of 
vegetable crops successfully, “you must use the right kind of 
fertilizer, and to put on the land just twice as much as you 
thought it needed, then put on as much more and you would 
have just about half enough,” if this applied to New York 
soil, I will leave the growers of Florida to be their own 
judges. 
Discussion on Vegetables. 
'K H. Gaitskill— I think Mr. Moore is correct in saying 
that beans pay handsomely at times; for instance, one of my 
neighbors had a nice crop last year ready to pick when the 
frost took them all off. I live in a section of the country 
where we grow lots of vegetables, and I think I can say that 
they are profitable one year with another, as much so as any 
crops grown in Florida except pineapples; we cannot quite 
equal Captain Richards’ 300 per cent, a year. (See Pine¬ 
apples, page 35.) Last year we made some money out of 
cabbage. This year we sell them at 40 cents a box, and that 
does not pay us much. We ship seven or eight carloads a 
day. We have some little trouble with cabbage this year 
that is new to us. I think it is a little like the red spider on 
the pineapples. This trouble seems to be between the leaves 
and the ground; the stalk seems to rot. So far we do not 
know what it is. No great damage has resulted, though.’ I 
cannot say anything particularly about vegetables unless 
some man wants to know something of the country and what 
we do there. I can give more satisfaction by answering ques¬ 
tions. It is an everyday business with us, and we do noi see 
many points to talk on. We grow all kinds of vegetables, 
and ship plenty of them. We make lots of tomatoes. We 
get good money for these. We have one drawback. One of 
my neighbors had twenty acres in cabbage last year. He 
shipped 4,000 crates, and the railroads got out of those 4,000 
