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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



July, 1900 



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a well-drained location, having the barrels 

 stand at least a clear foot apart. The earth 

 taken out in sinking the barrel is banked up 

 around the upper portion so as to be level 

 with the top of the barrel. The roots, cab- 

 bage, etc. are gathered just before there is 

 danger of freezing in the fall and carefully 

 placed in these barrels, covered with boards 

 and when hard frosts come the barrels should 

 be covered with six inches or more of straw, 

 hay or other material. Stored in this way 

 the freshness of the vegetable is retained to 

 the greatest degree and the mulch or cover- 

 ing at the top of the barrels can easily be 

 removed at any time to give access to the 

 contents. One of our neighbors has a stor- 

 age house of this character under the shelter 

 of a growth of evergreens in which he has 

 been very successful in keeping apples in the 

 finest condition until quite late in the spring 

 as the sun seldom penetrates to the location 

 where this storage house is arranged. This 

 plan of barrel storage in the open ground also 

 is strongly advocated by Mr. Charles Allen, 

 Floral Park, New York. 



We advise plantings of snap beans, such 

 as the Early Valentine, at least once every 

 two weeks from early spring until the last of 

 July, planting only a short row at a time, say 

 twenty to thirty feet, which will give pickings 

 for two weeks for a family of eight. Thus 

 you are sure of tender young pods at all 

 times, while if a large planting is made at 

 one time the pods soon become too old. 

 There is little use for the ripened dry seed of 

 the dark colored varieties. 



It pays to plant sweet corn every two weeks 

 from the time that the weather becomes 

 warm in the spring (about May 5 near Phila- 

 delphia) until the last of July in this section, 

 using two varieties of slightly different season 

 at each planting and a dwarf extra early 

 variety for the last two plantings in July. 



HOT WEATHER AND AUTUMN LETTUCE 



If you sow lettuce June 20th the heads are 

 due in August, but this is the most difficult 

 month in the whole year to head lettuce 

 satisfactorily. In fact, it can only be accom- 

 plished by using some of the crisp head 

 varieties such as the Iceburg, New York and 

 Brittle Ice, and to do so will require an ex- 

 ceptionally rich, light soil which can be 

 kept easily worked during the growth of 

 the plants. 



It is better to concentrate on lettuce for 

 fall use. First class head lettuce can be had 

 in the garden more readily during October 

 and early November than at any other month 

 in the year. For this purpose the seed should 

 be planted about August 1st, August 15 

 and September 1st and if three or four kinds 

 which will come on in succession are planted 

 at the same time, a supply can be had from 

 the first of October until the middle of 

 November without difficulty. 



It is all right to sow spinach in July using 

 a summer variety like the Victoria but an 

 earlier as well as a later planting are desirable 

 and our main plantings for spring use are 

 made the latter part of October and the 

 early part of November as fast as the land 

 can be cleared and prepared for seeding. 



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