A Garden Planted after July Fourth— By i. m. Angell 



GOOD NEWS FOR THE BELATED MOVER— THREE MONTHS' CROPS OF GOOD, FRESH VEGE- 

 TABLES RAISED AFTER INDEPENDENCE DAY — ONE ESSENTIAL CULTURAL FACTOR 



New 

 York 



MANY would-be gardeners who change 

 their place of residence about the end 

 of June miss the delights of the garden 

 because they fear it is too late in the season 

 to make the effort. 



But I have had great success in the vege- 

 table patch when not a thing was planted 



Young Early Scarlet Short=horn carrots, sowed July 

 6th and pulled October 9th 



before the Fourth of July. The photographs 

 show actual results last year. 



These kinds of vegetables have more than 

 paid for the risk of late planting : cucumbers 

 squash, carrots, corn, lettuce, bush limas, 

 pole string beans, parsley, radishes, and 

 wax beans. 



Others that give fairly good results are, 



Bovee potatoes planted July 21st were dug October 

 30th. Always select an early variety for late planting 



pole limas, tomatoes, potatoes, beets and 

 kohlrabi. 



KINDS TO PLANT TOR CROPS 



The ever useful Henderson bush lima 

 bean yielded a very good crop. The sowing 

 of July 6th gave full sized beans the third 

 week in September, 

 and picking con- 

 tinued 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 har- 

 dier and less trouble 

 to care for, beside 

 being very prolific. 



After the pole limas are in bearing, the 

 bush limas are used for either succotash, or 

 to dry for winter. 



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 

 5th 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. 



Plantings made July 5th, 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 ex- 

 cellent for the table when young and tender — 

 the younger the better, indeed — before they 

 reach full growth. Ours were sowed July 

 6th, and we began to pull them the latter 

 part of September. The second week in 

 November found them apparently unharmed 

 by several sharp frosts that had killed the 

 tender vegetables. 



One of the best vegetables for July 

 planting is wax beans. The sowing of July 

 6th was in bearing by the third week in 

 August, and the beans were better and larger 

 than those from earlier sowings from the 

 same lot of seed. Pickings were made at 

 intervals, until the first week in October. 

 Two weeks later they began with a second 

 crop of blossoms and beans, but were cut 

 off by frost. 



Radishes, of course, can be planted in July 

 and later, even in September. Our July 

 6th planting was ready to eat in less than a 

 month. 



We had no more sweet or tender corn from 

 any of our eight sowings than that from an 

 extra early sort sowed July 5th. It is to be 

 highly recommended for July planting. A 

 twenty-five foot row gave us forty-five ears, 

 the bearing season lasting from the last week 

 in September to the first week in October. 



Pole string beans, Lazy Wife, planted 



July 7th had time to become even too large 

 before the end of the season. 



Good sized plants of parsley were had in 

 October from seeds sown July 6th. The 

 plants were in excellent shape to pot for 

 growing in the house during the winter. 



A most convenient plant for late sowing is 



CrooKneck squash, sowed July 5th, picKed Octo- 

 ber 9th 



lettuce, as it will bear twenty degrees of frost, 

 and not be killed. Last year I was still 

 using full sized heads from the open ground, 

 for more than two weeks after all the tender 

 vegetables had been killed by frost. 



At a venture I tried a July planting of po- 

 tatoes, an extra early variety being planted 

 the third week in July. The vine made a 



Late corn, from sowing Early Champion on July 1st. These ears were picked October 27th 



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Parsley from sowing made July 6th. Photographed on 

 November 8th. Good for wintering in the window 



growth of three feet, and late in October the 

 crop was dug, two potatoes that measured 

 two and one-half inches in length. This 

 was not a very profitable yield, but it was 

 interesting as an experiment. 



Near a stout, tall castor bean that served 

 as a bean pole, some pole lima beans were 

 planted on July 5th. 

 The vines attained a 

 length of eight feet, 

 and bore full sized 

 beans before frost 

 caught them, but as 

 a regular crop I 

 should not advise 

 planting them later 

 than the middle of 

 June, as they are very 

 sensitive to frost, and 

 do not have a chance 

 to give a bearing 

 season of any length, 

 if sowed too late. 



