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early lettuce, radishes, and other little 
crops may be planted. Early cabbage should 
be gathered as soon as it has formed solid 
heads. Late cabbage may be stored in 
trenches and covered with straw and earth. 
Fig. 17 — Corn, planted properly, at depth of 2 inches. 
Carrots 
Sow seed ^ inch deep, using X ounce 
to 25 feet of row. Thin to 2 or 3 inches 
apart when roots crowd each other. 
Cauliflower 
Grown the same as cabbages, except when 
the heads form, the loose outer leaves should 
be tied together over the heads to keep out 
the light and bleach them. 
Celery 
Sow seed in seed boxes and set plants in 
garden in June or July, 6 inches apart, 
trenches 6 inches deep and 3 feet apart. 
Make the trenches 6 to 8 inches wide at the 
bottom so that rains will not wash the earth 
over the young plants. As the plants grow, 
cultivate the ground into the trenches. 
When plants are large heap earth around 
stalks to whiten them. 
Celeriac 
This is a large rooted form of celery. It 
is grown like celery, except that the plants 
do not need bleaching. The large root is 
cooked for use. The plants should be pro- 
tected in freezing weather by straw or 
mulch (half-rotted manure and straw), and 
dug when needed. 
Corn, Sweet 
Plant 5 or 6 seed 1 inch deep in hills 3 
feet apart. When plants are 4 inches high 
pull out all but 2 or 3 plants in each hill. 
Make new plantings every 2 weeks until 
July or August so as to have corn for use 
during the entire season. 
Cucumbers 
Plant 8 to 10 seed 1 inch deep in hills 4 
feet apart. Later thin to 2 plants per hill. 
Do not plant until soil is warm and frosts 
are over. Hoe or cultivate only until plants 
start to vine, then pull weeds by hand. 
Eggplant 
Little plants from seed boxes are set 2 
feet apart in rows 3 feet apart. 
Endive 
In midsummer sow seed inch deep 
and later thin plants to 8 inches apart. To 
blanch hearts raise leaves and tie together 
over heart. 
Kale 
Sow seed inch deep in rows 18 to 24 
inches apart. Thin the plants until they 
are from 6 to 8 inches apart in the rows. 
Kohlrabi 
Sow seed inch deep and later thin 
plants to 4 or 6 inches. 
Lettuce 
Sow seed inch deep in rows 1 foot apart 
and later thin out until plants are 5 to 6 
inches apart. There should be successive 
plantings, but lettuce is not grown in ex- 
tremely hot weather. Sow seed the last of 
August and in September to be transplanted 
to the cold frame in October. 
Mint 
Roots may be procured from a seedsman 
or neighbor. Plant one or two clumps of 
these roots in a corner of garden in the spring. 
Muskmelon 
Grown like cucumbers except hills must 
be 6 feet apart. 
Muskmelons are difficult to raise and 
are not recommended to gardeners who 
are not experienced in their culture. 
Fig. 18 — Corn, planted properly in hill, at a depth of 
2 inches and with corner kernels 3 inches apart. 
Okra 
Sow seeds when corn and beans are being 
planted. Sow 1 inch deep a few inches apart 
in rows 3 to 5 feet apart. Thin plants to 18 
or 24 inches apart. Until plants are almost 
grown cultivate frequently and not very 
deeply. 
Pick young pods every day to keep plant 
bearing. 
Onions 
Onions will grow from seed or from bulbs, 
called sets. It is better to use sets in home 
gardens. For early green onions plant sets 
