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HO USE & GARDEN 
Either Detroit Dark Red or Eclipse will 
make splendid crops of smooth roots, aver¬ 
aging 3" to 4" in diameter, between July 
15th and middle of October, when the roots 
should be pulled, and tops cut off. Store 
the roots in a frost-proof cellar, in a box 
with sand or dry soil. 
Light frosts, that are apt to occur toward 
the end of September, will not injure the 
roots, which take advantage of every warm, 
sunny day to increase in size and firmness. 
To be successful with beets for fall crops, 
it is imperative that the soil should be 
pressed in firm contact with the seeds, while 
quick germination should be encouraged by 
timely watering. Constant cultivation and 
judicious thinning of the rows should be 
employed to hasten the development of the 
roots which, in sweet quality, will often 
surpass the spring grown product. 
In our garden three sorts of carrots are 
planted in preference to all the rest. Scar¬ 
let Horn, Chantenay and Danvers mature in 
the order mentioned, and while Danvers is 
the latest, we have frequently harvested 
fine 6" roots, 1J4” in diameter at the crown, 
by the middle of October from seeds sown 
July 20. Danvers is the best keeper, and for 
this reason we plant Chantenay and Scarlet 
Horn for use during the fall months. 
Scarlet Horn is usually ready in Septem¬ 
ber. Chantenay perfects handsome 5" roots 
in 65 to 75 days from date of planting, so 
that no gap need occur in the supply of car¬ 
rots. With Danvers as a sort for winter use, 
you may enjoy carrots from early in Sep¬ 
tember until the following spring from 
plantings made as late as July. Of course 
there is a special sort of carrot for winter 
use, called Long Orange. But, as in the 
case of Long Smooth Blood Beet, it re¬ 
quires a long season in which to grow to 
good size, and it is rather coarse, with a big, 
yellow heart, as compared with Danvers. 
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INVITING GARDEN 
ENTRANCES 
Two in California 
Two in New Jersey 
Photographs by 
Chas. Alma Byers and George C. Duy Rogers 
The entrance to one garden in Cali¬ 
fornia has been fashioned after a 
Japanes pattern. The rough slab 
gate and the open trellis roof are 
both unusual. Lamps hung either 
side light the way and extend their 
invitation through the darkness 
The roofed gate idea came from the lych 
gate of the English rural church. Here it 
is modified to suit its use with boulder pil¬ 
lars in a New Jersey garden 
An ingenious landscape architect fash¬ 
ioned for a New Jersey property this en¬ 
trance lantern. Lampblack and Venetian 
red were mixed in the concrete batch 
Back to California again, where iron lan¬ 
terns cap boulder posts and show their 
glimmer in the night time through the 
branches of the palm 
