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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



March, 1918 



SOON IT WILL BE 

 GARDEN TIME 



Yes, soon there will be a touch of 

 S prin tin the air and then — how about 

 the garden? This year, more than ever, 

 it must be a war garden. The crops 

 from the bijf farms must (ro to feed the 

 boys "over there" — the home frarden 

 must do its bit in a bifrsrer way than 

 ever before. It must be planted with 

 a certainty as to results. 



Trade 

 Mark 

 Reg. 



pm*M 



U.S. 

 Pat. 

 Office 



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For the South 



PMITS is the month when one puts into 

 ■*• effect the plan made on paper in January. 



It is the beginning of the outdoor season for 



our part of the country. 



Permanent Beds 



TT IS easy to raise asparagus from seed, 

 and to cut the shoots quite as soon as 

 from a bed made by transplanting roots. At 

 the end of March after getting the ground in 

 fine condition make trenches five feet apart, 

 two feet deep and two feet wide, (just as has 

 been advised for planting roots). Put in six 

 inches of well rotted cow manure, with four 

 inches of good garden soil on top of that, and 

 sow the asparagus seed thinly, pressing down 

 with the foot. Fill in the trenches gradually, 

 i. e. a little each spring. Do not cut to any 

 extent for three years. Fertilize each spring. 

 If white asparagus is desired make mounds 

 over the rows, but if the green shoots are pre- 

 ferred it is better to cultivate level. 



Strawberries should be worked and a well 

 balanced commercial fertilizer applied. Avoid 

 fertilizers which contain much nitrogen or the 

 plants will go to leaf. Strawberries need acid 

 phosphate and potash; for this reason wood 

 ashes are excellent to be raked around them 

 as it supplies the potash. Thin out the old 

 bed and plant over a new bed. Rows should 

 be three feet apart. Put pine tags under the 

 leaves to prevent fruit from getting sandy. 

 The St. Louis is a well flavored Strawberry 

 for the home garden, but not firm enough for 

 shipping. The Richmond is a good berry. 



Make the herb bed either by sowing seed in 

 hotbed or coldframe and transplanting later 

 into open ground, or buying plants outright 

 the end of March to plant in garden. Sage, 

 thyme, sweet marjoram, and savory are desir- 

 able for seasonings. Near the herb bed have 

 a short row of horse-radish and a row of chives; 

 the latter is a great addition to salads and 

 soups and the former to pickles, meat relishes 

 and sauces. 



First Early Vegetables 



TF IRISH potatoes were not planted the 

 -*■ last of February get them into the ground 

 as quickly as possible. They like a warm, 

 loamy, well drained soil with plenty of acid 

 phosphate and potash — hard wood ashes will 

 supply the latter, the necessary ashes will be 

 on hand if conserved throughout the winter 

 as was advised in December number of Gar- 

 den Magazine. Nothing could be better 

 than a compact heap made of leaves, trash, 

 soil and manure mixed with acid phosphate 

 and spread in the furrows before planting the 

 potatoes. Early White Rose, Eureka, and Irish 

 Cobbler are all good varieties. Continue to 

 plant smooth variety of peas (Alaska type), and 

 by the end of the month sow some of the tender 

 sorts; Champion of England has stood the 

 test of time. The latter part of month sow 

 in the open the hardy vegetables such as rad- 

 ishes, Hanson lettuce, round thick leaved 

 spinach, smooth spring kale; and the long 

 season vegetables, carrots, parsnips and salsify. 

 Set out cabbage plants, Jerusalem artichokes, 

 sets of yellow Danvers onions, and rhubarb. 



Working the Coldframes 



Seed sowed in February should now be 

 transplanted into the coldframes. Pick out 

 seedlings from hotbed when they have two 

 leaves and carefully plant three inches apart 

 in the well pulverized soil of the coldframes; 

 {Continued on page 102) 



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TV/fANY 1917 gardens failed for just one reason — 

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