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HINTS AND HELPS 
Pumpkins. Pumpkinsshould not be planteu in the gar¬ 
den, only around the edges or in the corn, or where they 
may run over fences and piles of stones. They are treated 
in every way for garden culture as cucumbers, which see. 
Radish. Hoe one-half pint of market garden fertilizer 
or a mixture of nitrate of soda and super-phosphate into 
the soil where the radishes are to be planted. Make a 
trench one-half inch deep, sow the seeds one inch apart, 
cover with fine soil and press down. All turnip shaped 
varieties of radish will mature in three to five weeks, and 
the longer varieties in five to ten weeks. The radish is 
grown for its root, which is for table use. It belongs 
to the same class as turnips, parsnips and beets, all of 
which should be planted in rows at least one foot apart. 
Radishes can be planted continuously and always insure a 
crop. 
Salsify. Salsify or Oyster Plant should be planted 
about May ioth, in the garden, in rows twelve inches apart 
and should be treated in every way the same as parsnips. 
Spinach. Spinach is cultivated for the leaves and 
should be planted about April 25th. It should be treated 
the same as beets. 
Summer Squash. Summer Squash is treated in the 
garden the same as cucumber, which see. 
Tomatoes. Tomatoes grow on bushes from eighteen 
to sixty inches high, according to the kind and the manner 
of training. The fruit is red or yellow and is for table 
use, both raw and cooked. The plant yields heavily and 
is generally one of the best plants for the garden. They 
should not be planted closer than three feet apart in the 
row and the rows should be at least three feet from any 
other crop, except radishes which can be planted within 
two or even one foot of them when the plants are first set 
out. The seeds should be planted the last of February or 
the first of March, in the window garden or hot-bed, the 
same as egg plant. The plants are potted into three-inch 
pots as soon as the third leaf is formed. They make nice 
plants for setting out in the garden about May 15th. I11 
