YOUNG HORTICULTURISTS \\J 



As was to be expected the grass and weeds grew 

 quickly, so the Planet Jr hoe was used on the i6th, 

 and again on the i8th, the whole garden being culti- 

 vated in less than an hour each time. Two rows of 

 radishes were planted at this time and a row of toma- 

 toes was set the 22d. The latter were about a foot high 

 and were taken from a hotbed. A trench was dug and 

 the plants laid down in this, only the tip being left out. 

 A row of Flat Dutch cabbage and two rows of salsify 

 were planted the 23d, and a row and a half each of 

 peppers and Early Jersey Wakefield cabbage were set 

 the 27th. The garden was now planted except the 

 celery, and all that remained to do was to cultivate it 

 well and harvest the crops. The Planet Jr hoe was 

 used frequently, but hand weeding had to be resorted 

 to with the onions, salsify and radishes. 



The lima beans finally came up May 14, and to 

 support them the young dead peach trees that were 

 quite branchy were set. The onion sets were used as 

 needed, tlie remainder being pulled on the 15th and 

 the ground planted to celery. A trench was dug one 

 foot deep and wide, and filled in five inches with good 

 rich soil. The plants were set up to the stems and a 

 little ridge n.ade along the center of the row so that 

 in hard, dashing rains the water would run ofif to the 

 sides of the trench, thus saving the soil near the plants 

 from settling dow^n hard and baking around them. The 

 plants were set six inches apart in the row. 



The first peas were picked July i, the early cab- 

 bage was ready by the 15th, and the lima beans by the 

 jnd of the month. The tomatoes were staked the 12th 

 by driving stakes on each side of the row, and on these 

 nailing poles abou* one foot from the ground. They 

 began ripening August 8, and by the 14th, fifteen 

 pounds had been picked and sold at three cents per 

 pound. The celery w^as watered frequently, the water 



