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The Garden Magazine, June, 1920 
SET TOMATO STAKES WHEN YOU SET OUT THE PLANTS 
Trained thus Tomatoes yield the greatest number of fruits of 
high quality per plant, require less space, and are easily picked 
Cover two to three inches deep — and do not go into the patch 
while the plants are wet. 
bush limas that yield record crops are Quarter Century or 
Wonder Bush. Fordhook, and Burpee Improved. Plant all Limas 
edge down and eye down, placing seeds of Bush Limas six inches 
apart in row, with two and a half to three feet between the rows, 
while Pole Limas should be given three feet between the hills, 
with four and five beans per hill. Leviathan and Carpenteria 
Pole Limas both yield a high quality product. 
Among pole beans grown for snapshorts, Dreer’s Golden 
Cluster Wax and Lazy Wife Green Podded will measure up 
to the highest quality expectations. 
This is the logical month to make your principal sowing of 
sweet corn. By sowing Mammoth White Cory, Early Aris- 
tocrat, Howling Mob, and White Evergreen, among the white 
grained varieties, and Golden Bantam, Golden Cream, and De 
Lue’s Golden Giant among the yellow grained sorts, you are in- 
suring yourself a constant supply of delicious sweet corn for ta- 
ble use and canning. (See page 243forexplicitculturaldirections). 
While it is too early to sow peas for a late fall crop, it is ad- 
visable to secure seeds at once, since the crop of select varieties 
was exceedingly short last year. Among the best kinds to sow 
during July are Laxtonian, Peter Pan, and Blue Bantam. 
Little Marvel is not included because it is doubtful if seeds can 
be had at this late date. 
For the tomato crop secure well rooted (pot grown if possible) 
plants of Globe, Bonny Best, Chalk’s Early Jewel, and Stone or 
Matchless Tomatoes, setting them two and a half feet apart 
each way in well enriched soil. These will not only give you an 
abundance of fruit for immediate use, but the last three varieties 
will continue in bearing until frost kills the vines and so supply 
an abundance of large tomatoes for canning. For greatest 
efficiency, each plant should be provided with a wooden stake 
five to six feet tall, and each plant reduced to three strong 
branches. Throughout the growing season mercilessly remove 
with a knife all side shoots and suckers that develop along the 
base and branches. 
For Storage Against Winter Wants 
T HE earliest beets are Crosby’s Egyptian, Eclipse, and 
Detroit Dark Red. Any of these will reach the desirable 
two-inch diameter size in from fifty to sixty days, depending on 
soil and season. However, sorts like Bastian’s Blood Turnip, 
Early Model, and Black Red Ball, while requiring longer in 
which to reach good size for canning and storing, will be found 
the better keepers. And bear in mind that no beet roots will 
keep well in sand or soil if they have been caught by frost. 
Sow Beet very thinly, since each ball (in reality a fruit) con- 
tains several seeds. Walk over the row after covering with one- 
half an inch of soil to press that soil in firm contact with the 
seeds. Thin out the seedlings to stand four inches apart in the 
row; and any that are pulled up may be transplanted very read- 
ily. 
The earliest carrots such as Amsterdam Forcing and Ox- 
heart do not keep well, hence should be used first. Chantenay, 
Danvers’ Half Long, and Half Long Luc are better keepers but 
require longer to reach good size. The best keeping qualities 
however, are found in the long kinds like Long Red Surrey, 
Long Orange, and Saint Vallery. To be successful with these, 
however, your soil must be a deep rich loam, free from stones 
and devoid of a hard sub-soil. In common with Beets and the 
other root crops described subsequently, Carrots should be 
thinned out to stand four inches apart in the row, allowing two 
feet of space between the individual rows. 
Every connoisseur will tell you that kohlrabi is far superior 
in quality to Turnips or Rutabagas. Early White Vienna and 
its purple-skinned companion will form two-inch roots in from 
fifty to sixty days, with the added advantage that they never 
become tough or bitter, no matter how hot the weather gets. 
Make repeated sowings of Kohlrabi throughout the summer, 
the only requirement being that crops maturing during July 
and August be used promptly. 
CROPS FOR PRESENT PLANTING 
The classes of vegetables that will mature before frost 
from seeds sown now are here arranged (as far as practic- 
able), in order of their relative importance (i) for fall 
crops and canning, (2) for winter use and storing, and (3) 
for immediate use to afford variety in the menu. Those 
for immediate use are of least importance, because it is 
to the necessity of providing for the future that attention is 
most needed. 
VEGETABLE TO BE PLANTED 
NUMBER 
OF DAYS 
TO YIELD 
THE CROP 
AVERAGE YIELD FOR 
EVERY I5 f OF ROW 
SEEDS MAY 
BE SOWN 
UP T# 
For Fall and Canning 
Beans, Bush .... 
55-7? 
15-30 qts. 
July 1 5th 
Beans, Bush Limas 
100 
8-10 qts. 
June 15th 
Beans, Pole .... 
IOO 
20 qts. for 10 poles 
June 1 5 th 
Corn, Sweet .... 
75-100 
25-30 ears 
July 15 th 
Peas (sow in luly) 
55 _ 75 
10-15 qts. 
July 15th 
tomatoes (get plants) 
60 days 
j bu. per plant. 
June 15th 
For Storage against IVinter 
Beets 
50-75 
J bushel 
July 25th 
Carrots 
45-60 
j bushel 
August 1st 
Kohlrabi 
50-65 
\ bushel 
July 25th 
Potatoes (early) . 
IOO 
j bushel 
June 1 5th 
Radishes (winter) 
85-100 
1 bushel 
July 10th 
Turnips and Rutabages . 
60-100 
j bushel 
July 1 5th 
For Immediate Use 
Cabbage (get plants) 
IOO 
60-75 lbs. 
July 15th 
Celery (get plants) . 
120 
3 doz. stalks 
June 15th 
Endive (sow in July) 
60 
1 doz. heads 
July 15th 
Kale (sow in luly) 
60-80 
10 plants 
July 15th 
Lettuce (sow in July) 
60-75 
1 doz. heads 
Aug. 1st 
Mustard (sow in July) 
30-45 
1 doz. plants 
Aug. 15th 
Cucumbers .... 
60-75 
3 doz. fruits 
July 1 5th 
Squashes 
60-100 
2 doz. fruits 
June 1 5th 
