HOUSE AND GARDEN 
May, 1915 
second, rots it before it has a chance to. 
These late crops may be separated into 
three groups. The first group includes 
tomatoes, eggs, peppers and okra, all of 
which must he started under glass to make 
sure of a crop; the second, beans, sweet 
corn and okra from seed; the third, the 
various vine crops. For all of these 
things, except dwarf beans, it pays well 
*■0 make especially prepared hills, enriched 
with manure or compost or fertilizer, so 
that an abundance of available food will 
be on hand for the immediate use of the 
plant. All these things grow naturally 
where the seasons are longer and warmer. 
And in all northern sections this loss 
should, to some extent, be made up by a 
little extra stimulation. For the first 
group and for all pole beans, the hills, 
after being marked out carefully, should 
he dug out with a hoe and half a handful 
of the same mixture of fertilizer, as ad¬ 
vised for cabbages and other early plants, 
or some hen manure and ashes, mixed 
thoroughly with the soil at the bottom of 
each before planting, should be put in. 
For the third group and for pole beans 
the little hills are made much larger and 
require more thorough preparation. They 
should be dug out to a depth of several 
inches and from 18 to 20 inches across. 
Where manure is to be used, they should 
be made deeper than with compost or 
fertilizer. Two or three forkfuls of the 
former or handfuls of the latter should be 
mixed thoroughly with the soil over the 
whole area, and the soil that has been hoed 
should be replaced, covering the manure 
or fertilizer three inches or so deep. The 
hills may be raised very slightlv above the 
surrounding surface, but they should 
never be “hill shaped,” so that the water 
will run off. They should be either flat 
or slightly concave on top. With the vine 
crops th e number of seeds planted varies 
from six to twenty — the larger the seed, 
the fewer are planted. The pole beans 
should be planted in a small circle, so that 
there will be room to set the pole in the 
middle. This should be done as soon as 
they are planted or shortly afterwards. 
Limas should always be planted with the 
eye down, because the bean itself must be 
nushed up through the soil in germinating. 
Do not plant them just before or after a 
rain, as they rot very quickly. 
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