CHAPTER XIX 

 THE CULTURE OF VEGETABLES 



Well may we labor, still to dress 

 This garden, still to tend plant, herb and flower. 

 MILTON Paradise Lost. 



THE following grouping of garden vegetables is borrowed from 

 "Productive Vegetable Growing," by J. W. Lloyd. It will aid 

 the student in grasping the details regarding the many vegetable 

 crops to have them grouped according to heat endurance, culture 

 and uses. 



LLOYD'S SEASONAL CLASSIFICATION OF VEGETABLES 

 I. COOL SEASON CROPS: 



1. Cool season crops that quickly reach edible maturity: 



(a) Spring salads 



Leaf lettuce, Lactuca saliva. 

 Garden cress, Lepidium sativum. 

 Corn salad, Valerianella olitoria. 



(b) Spring greens 



Spinach, Spinacea oleracea. 



Mustard, Brassica nigra, B. alba, B. juncea, and B. Japonica. 



(c) Short season root crops 



Radishes, Raphanus sativus. 



Turnips, Brassica rapa. 



Kohlrabi, Brassica oleracea, var. caulo-rapa. 



Rutabagas, Brassica campeslri. 



(d) Peas, Pisum sativum. 



2. Cool season crops that usually are transplanted: 



(a) Spring crops that mature before the heat of summer; 



Head lettuce, Lactuca, saliva, var. capitata. 

 Cos lettuce or romaine, Lactuca saliva, var. Romana. 

 Early cabbage, Brassica oleracea, var. capitata. 

 Early cauliflower, Brassica oleracea, var. botrytis. 



(b) Crops that make their principal growth in the cool weather of 

 autumn 



Late cabbage, Brassica oleracea, var. capitata and var. bullata. 

 Late cauliflower, Brassica oleracea, var. botrytis. 

 Broccoli, Brassica oleracea, var. botrytis. 

 Brussels sprouts, Brassica oleracea, var. gemmifera. 

 Celery, Apium graveolens. 



Celeriac or turnip-rooted celery, Apium graveolens, var. rapa- 

 ceum. 



3. Cool season crops that will endure summer heat : 



(a) Root crops that endure summer heat but not winter freezipg 

 Beets, Beta vulgaris. 

 Carrots, Daucus Carota. 



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