March, 1914 
HOUSE AND GARDEN 
213 
Crops of Quality 
(Continued from page 179) 
to a half inch deep, keeping to the for¬ 
mer figure unless the soil is quite dry. 
The latter sorts are planted from half an 
inch to an inch deep, according to the 
size of the seeds and the soil and condi¬ 
tion of it. Spare no trouble in getting 
the first line as straight as a string. The 
great secret in cutting down hand work 
in root crops lies in being able to shave 
up close on either side of the row with 
the wheel-hoe, and the straighter the row 
is, the more effectually this can be done. 
A number of the root vegetables, espe¬ 
cially if one wants to have them in the 
best condition, should be sown several 
times during one season. These “re¬ 
peaters” are beets, carrots, turnips, rad¬ 
ishes and kohlrabi A row or two of 
beets, carrots, turnips and radishes will 
be enough for the average garden for the 
first two plantings; but the last planting 
of each should be large enough not only 
to supply your fall garden, but to furnish 
a supply to store for the winter, as they 
will all, except the radishes, keep in good 
condition until the spring if they are 
properly stored. Radishes should be 
planted every two weeks at least, and 
every ten days is better with most va¬ 
rieties. A convenient way in a small gar¬ 
den is to keep a small supply of the seed 
on hand in a tin box with the garden 
tools, or where it is readily get-at-able, 
for sowing a few feet of row whenever 
the opportunity offers, between plants 
.where part of a crop has been removed 
or where seeds of other things have 
failed to come up, about once in a week. 
In this way you will find yourself always 
with a fresh crop constantly on hand 
with very little effort. 
In order to get a full “stand” of veg¬ 
etables sown in continuous drills, it is 
necessary to sow the seed a great deal 
thicker than you wish the plants ulti¬ 
mately to stand. 
Thinning should be done as early as pos¬ 
sible; because the little seedlings, espe¬ 
cially if they come up quite thick, begin 
to get entangled with each other. Onions 
are an exception to this rule, both be¬ 
cause they do not interfere with each 
other so much, and because the maggots are 
apt to do some of your thinning for you. 
Furthermore, onions have the peculiar 
faculty of “growing all over each other” 
with practically no interference. 
If the plants should have become quite 
large before you have a chance to thin 
them, try to pick out a cloudy day or a 
late afternoon for the work, and press the 
soil down firmly about any which may be 
loosened in the operation. 
The greatest secret in succeeding with 
the root crops is constant and careful weed¬ 
ing. This work has to be done on hands 
and knees, and it is, at the best, a tedious 
job. But the task may be lessened con- 
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