WHITE PORTUGAL ONION 



Southport White Globe — Best of the 

 whites. Medium-sized, round, solid 

 white bulbs, fine thin skin. Waxy white 

 flesh, mild and fine grained. Keeps well 

 in fall. 110 to 112 days. 



White Sweet Spanish — Pearl-white col- 

 or, mild flavor. Solid and crisp. Largest 

 of the white onions. 110 days. 



White Bunching — A good Spring ap- 

 petizer. Crisp and mild. A fine white 

 onion for cooking when grown larger. 

 60 days. 



White Portugal or Silverskin — Excel- 

 lent flat variety. Dependable cropper, 

 excellent for sets, for green bunching, 

 or as a pickler. 100 to 102 days. 



Southport Red Globe — Finest of all red 

 onions. Perfectly round, good sized 

 bulbs with thick, small necks. Skin is 

 deep purplish-red. Strong flavored flesh, 

 white tinged with pink. Good keeper, 

 productive. 112-114 days. 



ONION PLANTS 



Sturdy, hardy plants that come to you 

 all ready to set out. Ask for prices. 



ONION SETS 



YELLOW EBENEZER. 1 lb. 35c; 2 lb. 

 65c; 5 lb. S1.50. 



WHITE GLOBE. 1 lb. 40c; 2 lb. 75c; 

 5 lb. S1.75. 



SWEET SPANISH ONION 



ONION SETS 



Onion sets used instead of seeds will 

 produce earlier crops of green onions 

 or large bulbs. Plant sets right side 

 up and cover with garden rake; then 

 firm the soil well over the sets. 



The quickest way to get onions early. 

 We offer choice, select, dry sets, of the 

 highest quality. (Prices on application.) 



RED 



WHITE 



YELLOW 



Practical answers to every-day 

 questions about home gardening 



HOW? WHEN? WHERE? WHY? 



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SWEET CORN 



For the home gardener, the simplest 

 way to plant sweet corn is in rows 

 or drills, not in hills. Space the rows 

 36" apart, and plant a seed about 

 every 3". Thin stalks to stand 12" 

 apart in row. The drill should be 3" 

 to 4" deep, but don't cover seed with 

 more than 1" of soil. The drill or 

 furrow can be filled in as the plants 

 grow to anchor them against wind. 

 Removing suckers has been standard 

 practice with practically all growers. 

 Now, experiments prove that remov- 

 ing suckers merely takes away extra 

 food-producing leaves and so hurts 

 rather than helps growth. Also, 

 suckering often disturbs roots enough 

 to injure plant. 



Always plant corn in several short 

 rows side by side rather than one 

 long row. Corn is pollinated by wind 

 and rows side-by-side mean that all 

 the stalks can be reached by the 

 pollen. Many home gardeners, on 

 reading newspaper accounts of corn 

 de-tasseling assume that this is nec- 

 essary to set ears. On the contrary 

 removing tassels may cut the crop 

 seriously. Detasseling is only done 

 where hybrid corn is raised for seed 

 purposes. The more pollen that flies, 

 the better the set of kernels. So don't 

 detassel sweet corn in the home 

 garden. 



If weeds are under control, stop cul- 

 tivating. If weeds are bad late in the 

 season, work the soil as shallow as 

 possible to avoid injuring surface 

 feeder roots. 



CUCUMBERS 



Sandy soils with plenty of compost are 

 best. Roots have difficulty on heavy 

 soils. Plant 8 to 10 seeds in a hill 

 (see Page 11— A HILL IS A HOLE). 

 Whe*n vine is 6" long, thin to three 

 strongest plants. Keep fruits picked 

 to promote continuous fruiting. If 

 compost isn't available, feed with 

 commercial fertilizers. Use plenty of 

 moisture: cucumbers are 907 o water. 



EGGPLANT 



Start seed indoors 8 weeks before 

 plants are needed. Set out after apple 

 blossoms have fallen and weather is 

 warm and settled. Feed and water 

 liberally as Eggplant needs to be kept 

 growing rapidly to produce well. 

 D.D.T. will control pests that until 

 now made this a tricky crop to grow. 



ENDIVE 



Strictly a cool-weather crop: gets 

 bitter at temperatures much above 

 80°. Plant very early and again in 

 mid-July. Use last planting as late fall 

 salad crop, and store surplus in cold 

 frame or cellar by digging each plant 

 with ball of soil. Space 12" apart in 

 rows 18" apart. Feed liberally for 

 bigger, crisper heads. 



KALE 



Grow like Brussels Sprouts. 



KOHLRABI 



Wants rich soil. Plant early in spring 

 4" apart in row. Must be used when 

 young: woody when old. Make second 

 planting 3 weeks later, and again after 

 mid-July. 



MUSKMELON 



Plant 8 to 10 seeds to a hill (see above 

 —A HILL IS A HOLE) after weather 

 is warm. If grown in cool weather 

 will not bear well and melons will 

 have poor flavor. Melons love plenty of 

 compost or well-rotted manure. When 

 vines begin to run, thin to 3 plants to 

 a hill. On heavy soil, Bender's Sur- 

 prise or Hearts of Gold do better than 

 others. In damp soil mulch with clean 

 straw or raise each fruit on a shingle 

 to keep from rotting. 



OKRA 



Plant on rich soil when weather is hot 

 and settled, spaced 12" x 24". Pods 

 mature rapidly and must be picked or 

 they will be inedible. 



ONIONS 



Sets produce sooner than seeds. Set 

 1" apart and pull every other set for 



use as green onions. Again pull every 

 other oniom leaving balance of sets to 

 mature as dry onions. 

 From seed, onions have better flavor. 

 Green onions can be grown in about 

 60 days from seed. Use thinnings for 

 green onions, leaving 4" apart for 

 globe types and 6" for the big Spanish 

 types to mature for dry onions. Latter 

 can also be started indoors for largest 

 bulbs and can be set out 6" apart after 

 frost danger has passed. All onions 

 need liberal feeding and watering. 



PARSLEY 



Seed germinates slowly; soak over 

 night. Sow early as seed germinates 

 poorly in hot weather. Space plants 

 8" apart. Plain parsley has best true 

 parsley flavor: curly sorts better for 

 garnishing. If leaves are cut off when 

 plant is 4" tall, curly sorts will have 

 better curl. 



PARSNIPS 



Must be planted as early as ground 

 can be worked. Soil must be loose to 

 a depth of 12" and cannot be heavy. 

 Space 5" apart. Frost turns starches 

 into sugar and improves flavor. Roots 

 are hardy: leave in ground over win- 

 ter if desired. 



PEAS 



Plant variety Alaska as soon as 

 ground can be dug. Plant wrinkled 

 varieties (which have better flavor) 

 when narcissus buds show color or 

 when crocuses are in bloom. Peas are 

 not satisfactory when weather turns 

 hot. Tall varieties must be staked. 

 Most home gardeners prefer dwarf 

 varieties like Little Marvel. Peas want 

 well-limed soil. Don't forget, inocu- 

 lation improves production. 



PEPPERS 



Need long growing season: start 

 indoors 8 weeks before plants are 

 wanted. Set out after petals on apple 

 blossoms have fallen. Set plants 15" 

 x 24" and feed liberally for bigger 

 fruits. 



PUMPKINS 



Follow muskmelon culture, or plant 

 in corn after last cultivation. 



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