The Garden Magazine, June, 1920 
237 
Any early variety of potatoes such as Irish Cobbler, Early 
Rose, Early Ohio, Carman No. i, etc., may be planted following 
such early crops as Lettuce or Onions or in any other space 
available at this time. By all means provide for additional 
crops of Potatoes. Every bushel harvested will stand for a 
substantial saving next winter. 
It is really almost too early to sow winter radishes, except- 
ing the variety called Giant Sakurajima, which requires a long 
season to perfect its roots, weighing from ten to fifteen pounds 
each. ! am told that this variety is quite palatable cooked in 
the same way as Turnips. The bulk of the winter Radishes 
should be sown any time after July ist. 
turnips and rutabagas are also to be sown any time after 
July i st, remembering again as with Beet and Carrots, that the 
later kinds are the better keepers. Thus, Purple Top White 
Globe, and Purple Top Strap Leaf should be used before 
Christmas, reserving the more solid kinds like White Egg, 
Golden Ball, and the Rutabagas for use later. The very much 
larger growing Rutabagas should be thinned out to stand six 
to eight inches apart in the row. Should bugs or green lice 
(Aphis) bother the tops, spray with bordeaux-lead. 
Vegetables for Immediate Use — Salads and Greens 
G ET the strongest rooted cabbage plants obtainable of such 
varieties as All Seasons, Premium Flat Dutch and Danish 
Ballhead. All these are good keepers. Copenhagen Market 
and Enkhuizen Glory are two splendid earlier sorts yielding ten 
pound heads within one hundred days after seeds are sown, but 
they have the common fault of all other early vegetables of not 
keeping well. Hence, crops of them should be used first. 
The celery most suitable for winter use is Giant Pascal. 
However, its lateness in reaching full size, and the fact that it 
makes exceedingly large stalks, cause it to be very difficult to 
handle under home garden conditions unless you can board it up. 
The commercial Celery bleachers made of paper board are not 
large enough for this variety. Dwarf Golden Heart, Winter 
Queen, and Evans Triumph are three excellent dwarfer varieties 
of splendid keeping qualities. The prime requisite in connection 
with Celery is, that it must have a constant and liberal supply of 
water throughout the growing season, while a rich soil is equally 
essential. 
The Salad Group 
I N COMMON with the three classes of Salads and Greens 
mentioned next, endive should not be sown until early next 
month. You can sow Endive, Kale, Lettuce, and Mustard this 
month, but the crops will not amount to much, because August 
heat is not to the liking of these cool-season crops. It is far 
better to wait until after July ist before sowing them, in sections 
where the average temperature exceeds eighty degrees during the 
day. Sowing them any time after July ist will bring their 
principal period of development into September, when cool 
nights help toward a splendid product. 
Green Curled Endive is the best for salads, while Broad-leaved 
Batavian is preferred for soups and stews. It is not commonly 
known that Endive may readily be lifted with the approach of 
A VEGETABLE GARDEN IN ILLINOIS WHERE EVERY FOOT OF SPACE IS WORKING 
Too often overlooked are the bush fruits that enclose and protect the Corn, Cabbages, Peppers, and 
Tomatoes of this space. Here the latter are supported by trellises in pairs set to brace each other 
