Garden Notes, 1910. 5 
Beets .—All the different varieties of beets, including table 
beets, mangel wurzels, and sugar beets do well in Colorado. The 
table beets are easily grown. For early growing they should be 
planted as early in the spring as the soil can be worked. In high 
altitudes these are good for table use even into the winter. For the 
lower altitudes second plantings should be made in June, as those 
planted early in the season tend to overgrow and become pithy. 
No particular pests trouble the beets to any extent. The beets in 
the College garden were ready for market during the months of 
June and July. 
Brussels Sprouts .—One of the vegetables that is almost un¬ 
known in the State, but is particularly adapted to the climate of 
Colorado is the Brussels Sprout. This vegetable is to all intents 
and purposes a cabbage and may be grown in the same manner 
as the cabbage. This plant instead of forming a single terminal 
bud or head forms small heads in the axil of the leaves. For suc¬ 
cess with this vegetable, it is best to grow it from seeds in hot beds 
or cold frames, and transplant to the open ground as soon as the 
weather will permit. The culture is the same as for the cabbage, 
and insect pests that work on cabbage also work on this plant the 
same as on cabbage, except that the Green Aphis is more prone to 
attack the sprout than cabbage. For treatment see cabbage. 
Beans. —Theoretically, the bean family should be well adapted 
to the dry climate of Colorado. It has been found at least in 
Northern Colorado that the bean has more serious insect enemies 
than in most other parts of the country. Ordinarily the crop can 
be grown satisfactorily when the depredations of the striped flea 
beetle, and lady beetle can be controlled. Care must be taken in the 
culture of beans not to give more water than is necessary for the 
development of the plants. 
Cabbage .—The cabbage is well adapted to Colorado conditions, 
particularly the higher altitudes. Growing this crop is becoming 
one of the commercial industries of the Greeley, Fort Collins, and 
Denver districts. Owing to the bulkiness of the crop, it has not 
been grown to any great extent in the mountain valleys of the 
State, although it is as well or better adapted to those conditions as 
on the warmer lands of the plains. Early cabbage should be started 
in cold frames or hot beds, and may be transplanted to the field or 
garden as soon as the soil can be worked in the spring, provided 
the plants have been sufficiently hardened off by exposure to the 
cold. In the College gardens, the Winningstadt variety of cab¬ 
bage was set May 9th. These cabbage were ready for market the 
middle of July. Practically every plant made a firm head that 
weighed from two to four pounds. Cabbage for late use should be 
set in the field from the latter part of May until the first of July, 
