34 HINTS AND HELPS 



Pumpkins. Pumpkinsshouldnot be planted in the gar- 

 den, only around the edges or in the corn, or where they 

 may run over fences and piles of stones. They are treated 

 in every way for garden culture as cucumbers, which see. 



Radish. Hoe one-half pint of market garden fertilizer 

 or a mixture of nitrate of soda and super-phosphate into 

 the soil where the radishes are to be planted. Make a 

 trench one-half inch deep, sow the seeds one inch apart, 

 cover with fine soil and press down. All turnip shaped 

 varieties of radish will mature in three to five weeks, and 

 the longer varieties in five to ten weeks. The radish is 

 grown for its root, which is for table use. It belongs 

 to the same class as turnips, parsnips and beets, all of 

 which should be planted in rows at least one foot apart. 

 Radishes can be planted continuously and always insure a 

 crop. 



Salsify. Salsify or Oyster Plant should be planted 

 about May ioth, in the garden, in rows twelve inches apart 

 and should be treated in every way the same as parsnips. 



Spinach. Spinach is cultivated for the leaves and 

 should be planted about April 25th. It should be treated 

 the same as beets. 



Summer Squash. Summer Squash is treated in the 

 garden the same as cucumber, which see. 



Tomatoes. Tomatoes grow on bushes from eighteen 

 to sixty inches high, according to the kind and the manner 

 of training. The fruit is red or yellow and is for table 

 use, both raw and cooked. The plant yields heavily and 

 is generally one of the best plants for the garden. They 

 should not be planted closer than three feet apart in the 

 row and the rows should be at least three feet from any 

 other crop, except radishes which can be planted within 

 two or even one foot of them when the plants are first set 

 out. The seeds should be planted the last of February or 

 the first of March, in the window garden or hot-bed, the 

 same as egg plant. The plants are potted into three-inch 

 pots as soon as the third leaf is formed. They make nice 

 plants for setting out in the garden about May 15th. In 



