24 GARDEN PROFITS 



Kinds to plant for crops. "The ever useful Hen- 

 derson bush Lima bean yielded a very good crop. 

 The sowing of July 6 gave full-sized beans the third 

 week in September, and picking continued until 

 the end of October, at which time the plants were 

 destroyed by frost. These beans are not as choice 

 as the pole Limas, but I reserve a space for them in 

 the garden each year, because they are so much 

 earlier and hardier and less trouble to care for, 

 besides being very prolific. 



"After the pole Limas are in bearing, the bush 

 Limas are used for either succotash, or, dried, for 

 winter use. 



"Cucumbers take kindly to midsummer planting, 

 and make a good growth during the cool weather 

 of early fall. The sowing of Japanese climbing 

 cucumber made July 5 began bearing the last week 

 in August, and gave us a continuous supply until 

 the second week in October, when the frosty nights 

 killed them. They would have borne still longer 

 if frost had held off, as they were in good growing 

 condition at that date. 



"A planting made July 5, of crookneck squash, 

 bore during late summer and early fall, and more 

 than justified so tardy a start. 



"A safe crop to sow at any time during July is 

 carrots. The roots do not need time to mature 

 before cold weather as they are excellent for the 

 table when young and tender — the younger the 

 better, indeed — before they reach full growth. 

 Ours were sowed July 6, and we began to pull them 

 the latter part of September. The second week in 



