HOUSE AND GARDEN 
22 
July, 1913 
late cauliflower we planted our late celery, Giant Pascal, and the 
fourth sowing of radishes was made between this and the Swiss 
chard and pepper row. 
The yields of radish were sixteen dozen the first planting, 
twenty-six dozen the second planting, nothing the third planting, 
as these were swamped by the too heavy growth of beans. The 
fourth planting made eighteen and a half dozen. A second plant¬ 
ing of lettuce was made between the rows of beans and the Swiss 
chard and pepper. This was seriously injured by the beans, but 
succeeded in producing forty-two very good heads of lettuce. 
The total yield of the two plantings of lettuce amounted to 
eighty-nine heads. The early celery made rapid growth. As 
sufficient room was not available for banking, each plant was 
wrapped with paper, July 30th. Two weeks later this was 
ready for the table. All told, fifty bunches of celery were pro¬ 
duced. The beets sown April 25th were thinned May 10th and 
the thinnings 
used for greens. 
The crop was 
harvested July 
6th, to be used 
for beets for 
canning. The 
yield was fifteen 
and a half doz¬ 
en. A second 
sowing of beets 
was made after 
the early celery 
was removed, 
August 14th, at 
which time a 
row of lettuce 
and a row of 
turnips were 
also sown. This 
last sowing nor- 
m a 1 1 y should 
have made a 
good crop. The 
radishes did 
come to matur¬ 
ity and were 
used until heavy 
freezing spoiled 
them in Octo¬ 
ber. A flock of 
barred rock 
chickens which 
found a hole in the chicken yard fence did not improve this last 
sowing of radishes, beets and turnips. They seemed to think 
that green stuff was more valuable for chickens than for kitchen 
use, and ate from them all the tops visible, a week or two after 
they had appeared above ground, which set the turnips and beets 
back too much to overcome the handicap. 
The early cabbage set April 30th waxed strong and seemed to 
try to outdo the other vegetables in the plot. Of the fifteen 
plants all but one made good, and tbe fourteen heads made a total 
weight of fifty-three and a quarter pounds. This we considered 
a good yield, considering that it was crowded both from the sides 
and in the row and that one-half of the row was Savoy drumhead 
cabbage, which was not intended for big yields, but which should 
be grown by all gardeners who care for quality rather than quan¬ 
tity in cabbage. The early cauliflower did its full duty, and six¬ 
teen fine heads were harvested during July. The best showing 
made in the whole plot was from our one-third row of peppers, 
which yielded fifty-five good specimens September 21st. These 
would have sold at wholesale at twenty-five cents per dozen, 
which made an income of $1.12 from one-third of a twenty-foot 
row. The eggplants did not do so well, as they were affected to 
a certain extent by the so-called blight, or fusarium. Only four 
fruits were harvested, which weighed five and three-quarter 
pounds. Swiss chard planted May 10th was ready for use in sixty 
days, when it was thinned, and a few plants left till October 14th. 
The total number of plants produced in this third of a row was 
twenty-six. 
The beans were entirely too much intoxicated with the great 
amount of plant food available, and overdid the thing in the way 
of growth. They not only destroyed the late cauliflower which 
was set on one side of them and a row of radishes on the other, 
but forgot their mission and made leaves rather than beans, so that 
from the whole row only fourteen pounds of beans were gathered. 
With a less rich soil this would probably have been avoided. 
The tomatoes 
set May 23d start¬ 
ed out beautifully, 
but soon stopped 
g r 0 w i n g and 
showed all the 
symptoms of 
being sick. Ex¬ 
amination showed 
that they were 
seriously affected 
with what is 
known in the 
West as the root 
blight or sleeping 
disease, and as 
our experience in 
other years had 
taught us that 
these plants 
would do nothing, 
they were re¬ 
moved and late 
cauliflower set in 
their place. The 
late cauliflower 
failed to respond 
to the advantages 
given it, and, as a 
result of a serious 
attack of cabbage 
worm and a leaf 
spot, did not make 
good. The plants continued to grow more or less spindling dur¬ 
ing the season, and at the end only four or five plants had made 
small, inferior heads. 
When the tomatoes showed signs of failure, we changed our 
plan so that the late celery was set in the space intended for late 
cabbage. This celery (Giant Pascal) was set June 28th about 
five inches apart in the row. No plants in the plots responded 
more quickly nor grew more rapidly and evenly than this. A 
trench three or four inches deep was made in which to set it, and 
as it grew the soil was cultivated in and drawn to the plants so 
as to start the banking. By the time the celery plants were suffi¬ 
ciently large to be banked, the early cabbage and cauliflower were 
out of the way and banking and cultivation were continued till 
growth was stopped by cold weather. This system of handling 
celery is more expensive, and requires more space than any other, 
but the size and quality of the stalk is much superior to that 
trenched or wrapped. Every plant made good, and forty-seven 
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By late summer the garden was at its best. During the dry weather a rose spray was used for 
watering the plants 
