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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



February 1907 



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" Buyers of plants for the flower garden 

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Niles, Ohio, Feb. 12, 1906. 



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thus be kept off the ground. The estimate 

 of the probable growth was entirely too low; 

 the tomatoes finally attained a height of 

 fully seven feet from the ground. The beans 

 attained a similar height and the pods were 

 always clean and easy to gather. 



The bush wax bean came to maturity at 

 least three weeks before the climbing kinds, 

 and from the twenty feet given of row, we 

 gathered five pecks. While the bush beans 

 were still in bearing, the climbers matured 

 their earliest pods, and in repeated "pick- 

 ings," the last of which was made about the 

 middle of September, the vines produced 

 two and one-half bushels of as fine "snap" 

 beans as anyone could desire. Two varieties 

 were planted — one called Kentucky Wonder, 

 and the other, a week to ten days later, called 

 Lazy Wife. The Kentucky Wonder is cer- 

 tainly true to its name, many of the pods 

 picked being more than eight inches in length, 

 and a number of the fully matured ones 

 measuring eleven to thirteen inches. 



Seventy-eight fully developed ears were 

 pulled from the early corn, over a period of 

 three weeks, the two later plantings furnish- 

 ing 126 roasting ears, through a season of 

 about seven weeks. 



The tomatoes planted were of the variety 

 Beefsteak, large and solid. The first ripe 

 fruits were picked on July 18th. At one 

 time the seven vines were set with over two 

 hundred fruits, and from their first bearing 

 until the end of the season, with the frost in 

 October, they furnished an ample supply 

 for the table, as well as an abundance for 

 making catsup, Chili sauce, etc. 



As for the cost of the garden, less than one 

 dollar covered the entire cash outlay for seeds, 

 etc. A single packet of nitro-culture sufficed 

 for treating all the seed beans, and this cost 

 twenty-five cents. The manure cost no- 

 thing; spade, mattock, hoe and rake were 

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 in "intensive farming" was only $1.15. 

 Close account was kept of all vegetables used, 

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 the city backyard, that had been considered 

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I made a comparison of treated and un- 

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 nitro-culture increased the yield. The soil 

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 the 7-foot row of Kentucky Wonder beside 

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 the untreated 9-foot row. The vines, too, 

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