106 PRIZE GARDENING 



ground. August 4, pulled out the row of bush beans, 

 which had ceased bearing, to give the bush limas more 

 room. August 16, cut up the first planting of corn, 

 using the fodder for the cows. August 19, stuck some 

 of the pea brush used earlier in the season along 

 the rows of Extra Early peas on the potato ground. 

 Used the cultivator between the rows of peas, beans 

 and turnips. September 25, cut up the last planting 

 of sweet corn. Had a very large barrow load of fodder 

 for the cows. 



Spinach was sown with the radish seed be- 

 tween the rows of potatoes on the unlimed portion 

 of the garden as a sort of vegetable test for acidity in 

 the soil, and its utter failure to grow corroborated the 

 litmus paper test previously made. It was the inten- 

 tion to sow spinach for fall use on the limed portion of 

 the garden, but again the crowded condition of the 

 crops gave no opportunity for such sowing. Upon 

 that portion of the garden it would, without doubt, 

 have given a good crop. 



In this locality of early fall frosts, that most deli- 

 cious of all green beans, the lima, is rarely grown. It 

 gave very moderate results in our garden, because 

 somewhat crowded and shaded by the rows of Potter's 

 Excelsior corn. The Dwarf lima is worthy of trial and 

 care in every garden. Planted as other beans are ordi- 

 narily planted, the lima has difficulty in getting its huge 

 bulk out of the soil in the process of germination. Care 

 in planting is therefore necessary. Fertilize well. 

 Ridge the drill a little above the level of the soil to 

 throw off surplus water and plant edgewise, eye down, 

 not too deep in the soil. The garden culture of this 

 bean should be encouraged. 



Another vegetable quite unknown is the kohl-rabi, 

 a plant of the earliest culture, without enemies or dis- 

 eases, quick growing and as palatable as the turnip; 



