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The Garden Magazine, March, 1 
Beets 
1 oz. Crosby’s Egyptian 
2 oz. Detroit Dark Red 
i oz. Early Model 
Kohlrabi 
\ oz. Early White Vienna 
Beans 
i lb. Bountiful* 
1 lb. Giant Stringless 
2 lbs. Sure Crop Wax* 
1 lb. Brittle Wax 
2 lbs. Fordhook Bush Lima* 
2 lbs. Early Giant Bush Lima 
1 lb. Green Skinned Pole Lima 
Corn 
2 lbs. Golden Bantam 
i lb. White Aristocrat 
i lb. Howling Mob 
i lb. Country Gentleman 
Lettuce 
^ oz. Black Seeded Simpson 
£ oz. Allheart Butterhead* 
£ oz. California Cream Butter 
\ oz. Iceberg 
\ oz. Crisp-as-Ice* 
§oz. Kingsholm Cos Lettuce 
Use for repeat work. 
Mature 
in 
succession 
*Use these three 
for succession 
sowing 
Mature 
in 
succession 
Use for 
succession sowings 
Mature in succession 
from 
early in June till 
early August 
*Use 
again 
in fall 
Radishes 
h oz. Sparkler ) , . 
. oz. Scarlet Globe \ for s P nn § use on ’y 
i oz. Icicle — good throughout June 
i oz. White Strasburg — Sow until May 15th 
1 pkt. Rd. Black Spanish Winter. Sow after July 1st 
Summer Squash,-. 
2 oz. Cocozel’ good all summer 
Cabbage 
1 pkt each: Market, Allhead E/jrly, for early: Danish 
Roundhead', 
Brussels Sprouts *- 
1 pkt. Danish Prize, fin te 
Cauliflower 
1 pkt. Early Snowball, for early and late 
Kale 
1 oz. Dwarf Siberian f or early and late , 
Onions u 
h oz. White Port for early. 1 oz. Yellow Globe Danvers, fox 
midseason. \ Red Wethersfield, for late. \ oz. Australian 
Browm for ver 
Tomatoes 
1 pkt. each 
Bonny Best, Globe, one, Matchless. Perfect succession 
Carrots 
1 oz. Chantenay ) Mature in 
1 oz. Danvers Hall • $ succession 
BERRIES ACCORDING TO YOUR NEEDS 
L. R. HARTILL 
Head, Dept, of Horticulture, N. Y. State Institute of Applied Agriculture 
Planting the Mixed Patch to Take Advantage of Soil Conditions as They Are 
PARTICULAR type of soil is essential for the success- 
ful growing of small fruits. In fact, the fruit or vege- 
Jgjnj '%| table plant that does demand a particular type of 
111 I, |i|! I; soil is the exception rather than the rule, and small 
fruits can be grown successfully in any of the various types of 
garden soils so long as they are sufficiently deep and are put in 
proper shape. The important thing is to handle each type 
of soil in accordance with its requirements. 
Small fruits are very intolerant of a wet soil, and yet quickly 
suffer from drought, especially at the time of ripening; so that a 
soil well drained and yet retentive of moisture is the ideal. A 
deep sandy loam, or a clay loam that is deep and not too heavy, 
with plenty of organic matter in its makeup, best fills these 
conditions. Avoid heavy clays or poorly drained soils, and 
avoid equally soils that are excessively drained. A dry or hot 
exposure, such as the side of a hill sloping toward the south, is 
hardly desirable, even though the soil be good. And always 
remember that the cooler the spot where the small fruits are 
growing the larger and finer the fruit. 
It pays to be thorough in the preparation of the soil previous 
to setting out the fruit on the principle of a “stitch in time 
saves nine.” A suitable preparation under average conditions 
would be as follows: spread the land with stable manure at 
the rate of at least 1 5 tons to the acre which is, roughly, 1 ton to a 
plot 100 x 25 ft. Plow under the manure early in the spring. 
If the soil is acid apply lime. Work up the soil thoroughly and 
it is then ready for the berry plants. 
If the soil is lacking in organic matter, or if it be weedy, it 
would be worth while to wait a year before setting out the plants 
and in the meantime grow cover crops to turn under. Soy- 
beans may be sown about the middle of May and plowed under 
about September first. Follow by a sowing of Rye; plow this 
under the next spring and then put in the berry plants. The 
organic matter supplied by the manure and the cover crops will 
prove a constant source of plant food, will make the soil more 
retentive of moisture, more friable and easily worked; also a 
lot of weeds will have been eliminated. In any piece of ground 
there may be slight variations of conditions and when planting 
a patch of small fruits advantage may be taken of this. 
Gooseberries and Currants have very shallow and small root 
systems and, therefore, to a greater degree than most of our 
cultivated fruits require a moist soil and a cool location. Straw- 
berries are adapted to an especially wide range of soils but the 
lighter soils favor early ripening, the heavy soils late ripening; 
