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ENJOY THE PLEASURE OF 
ERESH, CRISP, TASTY VEGETABLES 
FROM YOUR OWN GARDEN 
T he best health insurance you can buy for 
your family costs only the few cents you 
spend for vegetable seed, plus a little time 
spent in the enjoyable hobby of gardening. 
Home grown vegetables are not only fresher 
and more choice than store bought ones, they 
are more nutritious. Many are rich in vitamines 
and when they are picked fresh from your own 
vines and guickly cooked they retain their body 
building values so much better than the kind 
that sometimes lie in grocery bins for days. 
These crisp salad greens when grown just 
outside your kitchen door are just a few moments 
from the ground to your table. Sweet corn, de¬ 
liciously steamed cooked, is on your table in a 
half hour after it has been pulled, and the milky 
sweet kernels have all of their nourshing gual- 
ities. 
Grow your own good health. No matter if you 
have just room for a "Kitchen size" plot, your 
grocery bills will be lower this summer, the 
family healthier and you will fully enjoy the fun 
of doing it. 
If this is your first year for planting a vege¬ 
table garden we recommend you consult the 
page on "Soils" and be sure that your garden 
plot is in proper condition before the seed is 
planted. This extra precaution will pay big divi¬ 
dends at harvest time. 
In order to produce the finest vegetables it is 
important to have fertile soil so that crops can 
grow as rapidly as possible. There are three 
basic elements in any good plant food and we 
recommend that you consult the page on fertil¬ 
izer before planting. 
Because this crop is the 
most permanent of all 
vegetables the home 
gardener should plan to place it in a separate 
bed that can stand for years. No soil is too rich 
for asparagus, it will grow in any ordinary good 
garden soil but will not produce tender stalks 
without liberal supply of commercial fertilizer 
and plenty of moisture. 
For the home gardener it is usually too 
troublesome to start the asparagus from seed. 
For a moderate price you can purchase dormant 
1 year crowns or roots thus hastening ultimate 
production for several years. It takes 60 to 70 
roots for a 100 foot row. Rows should be 4 to 5 
feet apart. 
If planting seed it is best to drill thinly in rows 
15 inches apart during March or early April. 
Thin out to 2 inches apart, transplant during 
February setting the roots 1 foot apart in rows 4 
feet apart. The rows should be 10 to 12 inches 
deep and running north and south getting the 
sun on both sides. Cover the roots about 3 
inches and as the plant grows continue to cover 
until rows are filled. 
Giant Washington. The genuine rust resistant 
strain, stalks long, rich dark green, of excellent 
guality. Packet, 5c; ounce, 15c, postpaid. 
Mary Washington. A special selection of Giant 
Washington. Somewhat earlier and larger, also 
rust resistant. Packet, 5c; ounce, 15c, post¬ 
paid. 
Primarily a winter 
vegetable and is the 
best produced in cer¬ 
tain parts of California where areas are frost 
free in winter and cool and foggy in the summer. 
In the producing areas suckers are used in 
place of seed so as to insure winter production 
of heads. Although the plant is a perennial 
without the peculiar climatic conditions the pro¬ 
duction of Artichokes is not advisable. They 
may, however, be grown in many frosty areas if 
the proper precautions are taken. 
Seed may be sown at any time except during 
the hottest weather. Soil should be free, moist 
loam and seed should be planted an inch deep. 
Transplant when 6 inches high in rows 4 feet 
apart each way. The best edible variety is 
Green Globe. Packet, 5c; ounce, 75c, post¬ 
paid. 
Jerusalem Artichokes are adapted to nearly 
all sections west of the Cascade Mountains and 
the irrigated sections east of the Cascades. Used 
most extensively as stock feed for hogs, cattle, 
sheep and horses. For best results they should 
be fed with grain or legume hay or both. The 
type of artichoke reguires the same soil and 
cultural methods as potatoes. 500 to 800 cut 
tubers are reguired to plant an acre. Write for 
prices. 
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