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yield, and keeps well through the winter. 
For the quickest results, however, use 
early Scarlet Horn. 
Endive takes a longer season to mature 
and should be started by the first of 
August at the latest. It should not be 
neglected for want of moisture and it will 
require blanching by tying the leaves to¬ 
gether or by placing boards in the form of 
inverted V’s over the rows, a week or so 
before you want to begin using them. 
Corn salad will mature in a shorter period, 
and may be planted as late as the middle 
of the month. 
Lettuce, too, if you have some way of 
applying water so that it will not be 
checked in the early stages of growth, may¬ 
be planted as late as the middle of the 
month. The quickest sorts to mature are 
the loose-heading varieties of which Grand 
Rapids is the best, though not quite so 
early as White-seeded Simpson. 
Peas are another crop very seldom 
found in the late fall garden. Plant 
them about three inches deep, or even a 
little deeper in light soil will be none too 
much, but give them the heaviest soil 
which you have available. It is well to use 
one of the dwarf growing sorts such as 
Little Marvel or Blue Bantam or British 
Wonder, the first two of which are a little 
earlier than the latter. Where support can 
be given use Gradus, Early Morn, or 
Senator. 
By planting at the right time and using 
the proper varieties, radishes may be had 
through fall and winter. The early spring 
sorts may be sown up until as late as the 
middle of September, and should of course 
be put in only a few at a time, a week or 
ten days apart. Crimson Giant and White 
Icicle are two of the best, not only grow¬ 
ing quickly, but remaining without getting- 
corky for some time. Of the winter rad¬ 
ishes, which to be in the proper condition 
for storing by the time frosts come should 
'be sown about the same time as late tur¬ 
nips, it will be well to plant two varieties, 
white Chinese Celestial, or California 
White. 
In every garden a supply of turnips for 
use through the winter should be grown. 
The earlier sorts, of which Earlier White 
Milan and Petrowski are exceptionally 
good, may be sown as late as September. 
It Is best, however, to start a little earlier 
and to put in at least a few rows of one 
of the fine yellow sorts such as Amber 
Globe or Golden Ball. 
Onions and Spinach may be sown in the 
fall for wintering over so that they will 
be ready much earlier in the spring than 
if sown in April. The onions should be 
sown early in September, care being taken 
to make the seed bed in a spot that is abso¬ 
lutely well drained. For this purpose use 
one of the Globe varieties of onions as 
they make a thicker stalk when reaching 
the size for which they are desirable to 
pull green for bunch onions. The spinach 
may be planted a little later; select a va¬ 
riety which will go through the winter 
safely, such as Thick-leaved, Prickly, or 
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