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crowded so as to relieve the weight on the 

 limbs to prevent breaking and also to have 

 finer and larger fruit. 



Early flowering shrubs should be pruned 

 now; these include Forsythias, Lilacs, Pyrus, 

 Spiraeas, etc. 



FOOD CROPS FOR WINTER STORAGE 



Plant this month succession of those crops 

 that have the highest food value both for man 

 and beast. Sweet potatoes are more nutritious 

 than Irish potatoes, are free from insects 

 and diseases, but need a sandy loam. They 

 can be stored in a cool cellar which has good 

 circulation of air. Beans and peas are rich 

 in protein and should be planted in large 

 quantities. They can be dried and stored in 

 attics in paper bags hung to the ceiling for 

 winter use. Continue to plant dwarf lima 

 beans, Burpee's Stringiest snap beans, and 

 navy beans, Eclipse beet for table use, mangel 

 wurzel (rutabaga) beets for stock, late cabbage 

 plants and winter cabbage seed in cold frames 

 to be transplanted later. Plant celery plants 

 in trenches (see July, 1915 number of The 

 v Garden Magazine). 



Sow in a row, and quite thinly, Witloof 

 chicory. Thin out later to five inches apart 

 in the row. In the fall cut ofF tops to within 

 two inches of the crown, dig up roots and 

 pack in sand in a cool cellar; or leave in ground, 

 to be taken up throughout the winter as 

 needed. Take up a few at a time, pack in a 

 box in rich soil and water them and place in a 

 warm dark cellar or turn box over them to 

 keep dark, to sprout and blanch. 



Sow thinly in rows Red-top turnips and sow 

 broadcast Large White Norfolk turnip for 

 salad. Sow latter part of month Norfolk 

 Savoy spinach. Sow broadcast cow peas 

 both for food and to turn under the vines for 

 green manure after peas are gathered. Sow 

 crimson clover on all garden plots that will 

 be unused during the winter. Sow rape for 

 hogs and sheep and mix Sunflower seed and 

 buckwheat and sow broadcast for chickens. 

 Sorghum is also valuable for stock sown broad- 

 cast, to be chopped up for feed or in rows 

 thinly, to develop into canes to crush out for 

 sugar and molasse sand the seed to mix with 

 feed for stock. 



Jerusalem artichoke tubers should have 

 been planted in April like potatoes. They 

 can be kept in the ground all winter and dug 

 as needed. They are excellent as feed for 

 hogs and chickens but are also good as a table 

 dish creamed and especially good if pickled. 



Plant late potatoes now; Green Mountain 

 is a good keeper. Plant if possible where the 

 early peas stood and if the vines were turned 

 under, the soil will be in fine condition for the 

 potatoes. Incorporate in the soil a good com- 

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Asparagus should be allowed to grow after 

 the first of June, a good layer of salt thrown 

 over the beds, which kills weeds and is other- 

 wise beneficial to asparagus. A good fertilizer 

 or well rotted cow manure should be scattered 

 over the beds and weeds kept down and the 

 tops cut off" and burned before the seeds fall. 



Plant cauliflower and brussels sprouts for 

 winter use. Transplant the Asters from the 

 cold frames to the flower border. Trim off 

 the weak shoots from Dahlias and pinch off 

 lateral branches of Chrysanthemums, making 

 one good strong plant. Feed constantly 

 with liquid manure. Keep aphis off by a 

 strong stream of water from the hose. Pinch 

 back Cosmos to make stocky, bushy plants. 

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