October, 1913 



THE CAIiDEN AND FIELD. 



207 



Vegetable Notes. 



— Sweet C(^rn. — 



A row or two of this should he 

 mxiwinsf in ever\- garden, and no 

 better time for plantiiijj will oc- 

 eiir than the present. Vou ean- 

 plant these rows of sweet maize 

 as mnch as five feet or more apart, 

 and <jrow melons, encumbers, 

 squa.shes, etc., between them. The 

 prowinjj corn will in a meastvre 

 protect these from- the wind, and 

 as the vines travel over the sur- 

 face thev will shade the root of 

 the maize from extremes of solar 

 heat. It will be a canital associa- 

 tion, beneficial to both. In work- 

 insT the soil near g-rowint; crolVs of 

 table maize, be careful not to stir 

 it deeplv or vou will undoubtedlv 

 injure all the be.st roots which are 

 invariablv found close to the sur- 

 face. One other important point, 

 never permit the plants to want 

 for water n't anv time, or the strain 

 will be ' irre}i;ularlv placed on the 

 cob. 



— Sweet Potatoes. — 



This fine vejyetable is. ea.silv 

 srrowTi in anv deen weH-draitied 

 lifi^ht or sandv loam. T,ots of 



rotted manim- is necessarv to 

 hrini; tile tubers I'lp t'o " concert 

 pitch." Instead of plantiu};" i>ieces 

 as is eu.st'omarv with the ordinary 

 potato, .small rotted cuttinif.s are 

 .set out in .shallow drills (trenches) 

 three feet ajJart, each idant from 

 1 8 to 24 inches from one another. 

 To fjet the \-ouniT ]^lants, procure 

 a tuber or two of either the red 

 or white .skinned kinds, and take 

 and plant them in a shallow, rich 

 seed bed. The sp'routs will soon 

 come throi'ipb the ground. When 

 thev are four inches lii(di, scrape 

 the earth from aroimd the stems 

 and j:^entlv tear them from the 

 tuber. ■ Thev will carrv roots of 

 their own. Plant straiijht out in 

 the drills, watering each one after 

 it has been placed in posntion, 

 vSome growers prefer to cut the 

 shoots off .just above the ground, 

 and "strike" them in another 

 bed, or pots. The.se shoots are no 

 trouble to root. A tITt. ttiber will 

 five all xon want. Potash is verv 

 helpful in growing a .good crop. 

 I>ig in a good supplv of wood 

 ashes. Yon can buy rooted cut- 

 tings. 



— Lima Beans. — 



There are two tvpes, dwg/rfs and 

 pole varieties. The latter are 



climbers and mav be grown on 

 sticks, mesh wire, fences, or anv 

 trellis. The labour and expense of 

 snpplviug supports goes against 

 the growing of manv jiole vari- 

 eties. Whe're one has a ?*uiitable 

 fence the expense is, of course, not 

 .ereat. Friable, sandv .soils are 

 the best for growing anv of the 

 bean familv. The fertilizers ' should 

 be of a quick acting kind, as the 

 bean is a quick cropner, and com- 

 parativeb' a short-lived ptant. 

 avoid usiwp- raw, coar.se manure. 

 Commercial fertilisers that are 

 rich in potash and phosphoric acid 

 are necessarv, but it is a mistake 

 to thiink that thev do not respond 

 to nitrogen. Sow the .seed in 

 .shallow trenches, after watering 

 the trench, from t8 to to inches 

 apart at about four inches" be- 

 tween the .seeds. Cover them with 

 about an inch of soil. On the toP 

 of the soil throw a scatterino- of 

 manure to nrevent the surface 

 hardeninrr. The climbino^ Mma 

 beans are best sown in holes, 4 or 

 ri to the hoTo,, four feet f'om one 

 another. Supports of some sort 

 are necessarv for these climbers. 

 .All the Limas recniire hot wea- 

 ther and plentv of it. Plant all 

 Lima beans with the eve down. 



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