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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



Three Crops of Vegetables from 

 the Same Ground 



THE garden will work overtime if you 

 keep up a quick succession of crops. 

 The early maturing kinds must be kept 

 apart from those requiring the whole season 

 in which to mature, and the ground re- 

 planted as the crops come off. If parsnips 

 or salsify are planted with lettuce or beets 

 the plot is badly broken up when the latter 

 are harvested, so that it never has a neat 

 appearance through the year. 



Lettuce can be planted successionally in 

 the same ground, and the last crop will be 

 just as good as the first so long as the ground 

 is kept fertile. It would be foolish to plant 

 turnips where radishes had been harvested. 

 The same maggot affects both, and, although 

 the first crop was but slightly touched, the 

 second one might be rendered practically 

 useless, as the insects increase very rapidly. 

 Potatoes and beets are attacked by the same 

 scab, so the one should not follow the other. 

 None of the brassica family should be used 

 to succeed one another, as the same insect 

 affects them all. The succession arrange- 

 ments for my garden are told in the following 

 planting scheme by plots in the actual record 

 of last season. 



Plot No. i. — Planted with parsnips and 

 salsify April 15th. No succession crop, as 

 these take the whole season to mature. 



Plot No. 2. — Lettuce and radish. The 

 former set out from greenhouse on April 

 15th, radish sown on April 6th. Both har- 

 vested May 28th. Egg plant and peppers 

 planted June 1st occupy the ground the 

 rest of the season. 



Plot No. 3. — Spinach harvested June 10th. 

 String beans planted June 12th will be har- 

 vested August 14th. Sow Yellow Stone tur- 

 nips August 1 6th for winter use. 



Plot No. 4. — String beans planted April 

 18th are harvested June 28th. Sow to winter 

 carrots July 1st. 



Plot No. 5. — Early corn planted April 

 17th; harvested July 23d. Planted to 

 winter celery July 25th. 



Plot No. 6. — Early peas sown April 6th, 

 harvested June 18th. Sow late corn June 

 20th. 



Plot No. 7. — Early beets sown April Sth; 

 harvested June 16th. Lettuce transplanted 

 June 18th; harvested August 1st. Sow 

 string beans August 3d. 



Plot No. 8.— Lettuce sown April 8th; 

 harvested June 10th. Beets sown June 13th; 

 harvested August 10th. Last sowing of 

 corn July 13 th. 



Plot No. 9. — Early carrots sown April Sth; 

 harvested June 25th. Planted in cabbage 

 June 27th. 



Plot No. 10. — Early cabbage planted 

 April 14th; harvested June 15th. Purple-top 

 turnips planted June 17th; harvested August 

 18th. Sown in winter beets August 20th. 



Plot No. 1 1 . — Early turnips sown April 6th ; 

 harvested June 15th. Lettuce sown June 

 1 8th; harvested August 20th. Sow spinach 

 August 2 2d. 



Plot No. 12. — Peas sown April 20th; har- 

 vested June 30th. Endive sown July 2d. 



Plot No. 13. — Corn sown May 10th; har- 

 vested August 15th. Sow lettuce August 

 17th. 



The succession kept the ground busy, there 

 being allowed only enough time between 

 plantings to properly till the ground. It is 

 dug over, trenched and fertilized for each new 

 crop. We did not secure a really continuous 

 supply of all the different vegetables enume- 

 rated, but the interims were very short, and 

 we had about three crops of each throughout 

 the season. The usual thing for the amateur 

 is to have only one crop, and if he succeeds 

 in getting a second he feels quite proud. 



New York. William Scott. 



San Jose Scale on the Move 



"V7"OUNG San Jose scales begin to appear 

 *■ during the latter part of June, and in 

 early July are abundant upon badly infested 

 trees. The purplish discoloration they make 

 upon green twigs, leaves and young fruit is 

 very characteristic. This pest can be checked 

 by repeated spraying at intervals of a week 

 or ten days, with either whale - oil soap 

 solution or kerosene emulsion, prepared as 

 follows : 



Kerosene Emulsion. — Hard soap, one-half 

 pound; boiling water, one gallon; kerosene, 

 two gallons. Dissolve the soap in the water, 

 add the kerosene, and churn with a pump 

 for five to ten minutes. Dilute four to 

 twency-five times before applying. Use 

 strong emulsion for all scale insects ; for such 

 as plant lice, mealy bugs, red spider and 

 thrips weaker preparations are effective. 

 Make the emulsion shortly before using. 

 In sections where lime or hard water is the. 

 rule, better results will probably be obtained 

 bv using the sour-milk emulsion, which is 

 simply two gallons of kerosene and one 

 gallon of milk emulsified by passing through 

 a pump and diluted as above. 



Whale-oil Soap Solution. — This compound 

 may be used in the same manner as kerosene 



emulsion. For scale insects, as a summer 

 application, the extreme strength is given 

 by Dr. Smith as one pound to four 

 gallons of water. 



Although these means are possible, and 

 for the amateur who has only a few trees 

 or shrubs to care for quite reasonable, still 

 they are too costly where a large area is to 

 be sprayed. A thorough application of 

 a winter wash in the early spring is then the 

 proper thing. 



ALL KINDS OF BEETLES ABOUND 



Asparagus beetles continue their depre- 

 dations throughout the season, and it will 

 pay to spray the old beds thoroughly with 

 poison wherever the insects are abundant. 

 Blister beetles of various species are likely 

 to appear in numbers, and, as a rule, should 

 not be destroyed, since the young of several 

 species feed upon grasshopper eggs and are 

 therefore beneficial. There is no better 

 way of checking squash borers than by 

 slitting the infested portion of the stem 

 lengthwise, destroying the borer and then 

 lightly covering the wounded portion of the 

 vine. If this be done as soon as a runner 

 begins to wilt very little injury will result. 



Another insidious insect enemy is the stalk 

 borer, a brown, white-marked caterpillar 

 which delights to tunnel in thick stalks of 

 various plants. It is sometimes abundant 

 enough to cause considerable injury to 

 potatoes, corn and various thick-stalked 

 flowering plants. There is nothing better 

 than cutting the infested stems and destroy- 

 ing the borers. E. P. Felt. 



New York State Entomologist. 



Good Ways to Eat Strawberries 



HOW to eat strawberries ? Every one 

 knows that! Yes, we in America 

 know how to eat them with a spoon, and 

 some of us know how to chop or mash 

 them into a mess, and then make it messier 

 with cream and sugar. Other countries 

 have their methods. The English method 

 of assorting the berries to a uniform size 

 and placing them upon the table with the 

 hulls on is very attractive, particularly for 

 breakfast or as a fruit course at dinner. 

 Each berry is taken by the hull between 

 thumb and finger, dipped in sugar, and per- 

 haps in cream also, and then eaten singly, 

 the teeth cutting between the hull and 

 fruit. When properly tried this method 

 is sure to be continued. In France claret 

 wine is used as a dressing for straw- 

 berries. To those fond of claret this gives 

 a pleasing combination that brings out 

 the flavor very richly. 



The Spaniards have a custom that is 

 delightful: after the berries are sugared the 

 juice of an orange is squeezed over them; the 

 harmony of the fruit acids is most agreeable. 

 It is strongly recommended for the breakfast 

 service. However eaten, let every berry be 

 thoroughly ripe ; no imperfectly ripened berry 

 should ever be placed upon the table unless 

 cooked. Too much care in sorting berries 

 cannot readily be expended. 



New York. James Wood. 



