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light cannot reach all the sides of the fruit it should 

 be turned once a week to another position to secure 

 an even color on the surface. Turn the speci- 

 men with care because if the vine is twisted it 

 is liable to cause a check in circulation in the same 

 manner as when a garden hose is doubled or kinked. 

 Connecticut. Garrett M. Stack. 



Leeks for the Home Garden 



LEEKS have been called the most aristocratic 

 member of the onion family. Those who dis- 

 like the onion will remark that that is not saying 

 much for them, but as a matter of fact leeks should 

 be compared more with asparagus and celery than 

 with the common onion. In fact, they are blanched 

 like celery, though only for a few inches in height, 

 and if well grown have a tenderness and delicacy 

 when cooked that remind one of creamed asparagus 

 tips. Being mild in flavor, also, they do not seem 

 to taint the breath like their more pungent ple- 

 beian relative, and for salads they surpass the best 

 Bermudas. Moreover, they are more easily 

 grown than the onion. In some seasons, when for 

 one reason or another onions have not done well 

 with me, the leeks have been a splendid success. 

 They can be grown, too, as a second crop, being 

 transplanted like celery after some early crop like 

 peas, lettuce, or early potatoes, and being one of the 

 hardiest of annuals they need not be harvested till 

 late — mine braved the weather till into December 

 one year. Their medicinal effect upon the system 

 is admirable, and they cannot be too highly recom- 

 mended for persons of sedentary habits. 



A five-cent packet of seed will produce more 

 plants than the average garden will have room for. 

 The seed should be fresh as it cannot be expected 

 to germinate if more than a year old. I sow them 

 rather thinly in shallow drills four to six inches 

 apart in a spare corner of the garden in May. They 

 should be carefully weeded, as from their slender 

 upright habit of growth they cannot themselves 

 crowd down the weeds. If the seed comes up 

 "as thick as the hairs on a dog's back," the weakest 

 seedlings should be thinned out, leaving three or 

 four to an inch of row. These seedlings will be 

 more stocky if nearly half their length is sheared off 

 once or twice in the course of their growth. 



As summer comes on and some mellow.. rich soil is 

 left vacant by the maturing of an early crop, spade 

 in some well-rotted manure or commercial fertilizer. 

 Mark out rows a foot or more apart, and on the 

 morning of a lowery day or the evening of a bright 

 one transplant the seedlings to the fresh soil, set- 

 ting them down to the joint of the first leaf and 

 two inches apart in the row. If they can be 

 watered afterward, that will insure their living. A 

 little nitrate of soda, scattered sparingly along the 

 rows, will start them up in a few days. Cultivate 

 like any similar crop, never letting the weeds be- 

 come established. As the stem begins to develop, 

 draw the soil up around it as high as is convenient 

 without intruding on the heart of the plant. 



Leeks can be used at any time in the fall, and for 

 winter use can be taken up, with the soil clinging to 

 the roots, and packed upright in large boxes with a 

 layer of earth at the bottom, and placed in the cel- 

 lar. After a cold night, however, do not handle the 

 plants in the garden till the sun has thawed all frost 

 from the leaves. In mild climates they keep per- 

 fectly in a shallow pit made in a well-drained part 

 of the garden. One winter, when the thermometer 

 went to twenty below zero in this locality, my leeks 

 were fresh and delicious when taken out of such a 

 pit in February, and they were covered only with a 

 thick layer of straw. In this latitude they stand 

 out all winter, in an ordinary season, where they 

 grow, and with the opening of spring will start 

 growing again, soon running up to seed, however, if 

 not used. 



Although the tops cannot be used in cooking, as 

 is the case with spring onions, yet if the stalks are 

 blanched as high as possible there will be six inches 

 of the stem, often an inch thick, which can be uti- 

 lized. A vegetable that may be had in a fresh, 

 succulent condition during fall, winter and spring 

 is not to be despised, and it is believed that many 

 who contemptuously class leeks with onions will 

 find them, if they have the well-grown article fresh 

 from their own garden or cellar, a delicious and 

 wholesome addition to the diet. 



Washington, D. C. J. M. Long. 



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