HOUSE AND GARDEN 
June, 1911 
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For peppers, and especially for egg¬ 
plants, the ground cannot be made too rich. 
They should be put firmly in specially pre¬ 
pared hills, and, unless the ground is very 
rich, enriched with liquid manure, hen- 
manure, guano or cottonseed meal. It will 
be well, if possible, to keep them within 
reach of the hose, as the egg-plants espe¬ 
cially will need plenty of moisture to ma¬ 
ture large fruit. Most persons still have 
the idea that peppers are just as hot as they 
sound, but the new large mild varieties, 
such as Ruby King and Chinese Giant, are, 
when well grown, so thick and mild that 
they can be sliced and eaten like cucumbers 
or tomatoes. To those who are not yet 
familiar with their merits, they will prove 
a revelation. 
In growing egg-plants the worst enemy 
is the potato bug. Use arsenate of lead and 
other remedies suggested on page 425. 
SUCCESSION AND LATE CROPS 
In sowing succession and winter crops, 
by seed, be exceedingly careful in hot 
weather to make the seeds firm in the soil. 
After sowing, press down into the furrows 
or drills with the edge of a board or the 
sole of the foot, before covering. If using 
a seed drill, sow from half again to twice 
as deep as in spring. 
Beets may be sown until August. Give 
a good rich soil and sow two inches deep 
in rows fifteen to eighteen inches apart. 
Carrots, to be on the safe side, should be 
in by June 15, and for the first few weeks 
great care must be taken not to let the 
weeds, which grow very quickly in the hot 
June and July days, get a start and smother 
them out. In the first stages of growth the 
plants are very small and weak, but once 
they get a good start, if ordinarily good 
culture is given, there will be no danger 
from weeds. The soil should be deep, and 
finely worked, so that the roots will make a 
smooth, even growth. 
Sweet corn may be sown, if the early 
varieties are used, as late as July 4 and 
still mature good ears in weather at all 
favorable. Kohlrabi and lettuce are often 
sown where they are to be grown. Firm¬ 
ing in the soil is of the utmost importance 
in getting a good stand. 
Late plantings of peas should be made 
two to three inches deep, in the coolest soil, 
with the most moisture, available. For 
succession plantings the wrinkled sorts, al¬ 
though they require bushing, will give by 
far the most satisfaction, as they are a 
hundred per cent, better in quality. Boston 
Unrivaled (an improved strain of Tele¬ 
phone) is one of the best. 
Select a few of the most forward of 
your tomato plants and try to get the to¬ 
matoes ahead of anything your neighbors 
will have. Give a top dressing of nitrate 
of soda early in June, and one of muriate 
of potash or of ashes toward the end of 
the month. Keep all suckers pinched off, 
and after half a dozen bunches have 
formed, cut back the top. Train to stakes 
or trellis, of course, and when the fruit is 
half developed, pinch out large leaves that 
shade it too much. Paper bags tied over 
the bunches will insure fine surfaced 
Suggestion 
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important part during the month 
of brides and roses. 
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