AGRICULTURE ON THE TRUCKEE-CARSON PROJECT. 1 



VEGETABLES FOR THE HOME GARDEN. 



By F. B. Headley, Superintendent, and Vincent Fulkerson, Scientific Assistant, 



Western Irrigation Agriculture. 



INTRODUCTION. 



The notes on vegetables presented in this circular embody the 

 results of trials for three years on the Truckee-Carson Experiment 

 Farm. Cultural directions have been given only in part. Most 

 farmers have some knowledge of the growing of vegetables, and it is 

 therefore only the special or little-known methods that are suggested 

 here. 



Many of the common vegetables are so easily grown on the Truckee- 

 Carson Project that every farmer should set aside enough land for a 

 vegetable garden, where sufficient produce can be raised to supply 

 the family throughout the season. 



Among the most easily grown vegetables are asparagus, beans, 

 beets, carrots, cucumbers, eggplants, kohl-rabi, lettuce, muskmelons, 

 onions, peas, peppers, potatoes, pumpkins, radishes, squashes, 

 tomatoes, turnips, and watermelons. 



A well-kept vegetable garden on the farm is one means of lessening 

 the cost of living, and during the summer it provides a large variety 

 of foods that a farmer could not otherwise afford, and even during 

 the winter, if proper care be taken to preserve them. 



Asparagus, beans, cucumbers, peas, pumpkins, squashes, beets, 

 and tomatoes may be put up in glass jars and preserved satisfactorily. 2 

 Winter muskmelons, pumpkins, squashes, and many of the root 

 crops can be kept by storing them in pits or cellars. 



CULTURAL DIRECTIONS. 



Asparagus. — This is a perennial crop and should therefore be 

 planted in some portion of the garden where it will not interfere 

 with the easy cultivation and growing of other crops. The best 

 method of starting an asparagus bed is by planting 1-year-old roots, 



i Issued Jan. 18, 1913. 



2 See Farmers' Bulletin 359, entitled "Canning vegetables in the home." 



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