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All food products are surely going to enhance in 
value. You can easily grow your own table food 
and save money. Every Southern Farmer should 
make careful plans for his operations this fall and 
next spring. He . should first endeavor to plant a 
sufficient acreage to produce vegetables in ade¬ 
quate quantities to provide for his own family re¬ 
quirements. He should feed his family from his 
own garden and orchard. Surplus products may 
easily be canned and preserved to insure ample 
vegetables, fruits and meats for the year. 
The Southern Farmer, if he so chooses, can live 
better, and without stinting at that, than any Wall 
Street financier with all his gold. Nature has so 
favored us that - we can bring forth from the soil 
the most tempting and appetizing vegetables, the 
most luscious fruits, the fattest of poultry and 
fresh meats, and with it all have beautiful flowers 
and shrubbery about us practically every month in 
the year. 
There is no earthly reason today for any family 
being in the South, with a plot of ground large 
enough for a garden, not to produce practically all 
of the vegetables it consumes. City folks with 
back yards, small town families with ample yard 
space, and last but most important, every farmer 
in the South, should positively plant a fall and 
winter vegetable garden. 
Make no mistake about it—there is more urgent 
need for increased food production this year than 
any year since the last World War. Nearly half 
the civilized world is in actual want of nourishing 
food. It is difficult for us in the Sunny South, 
blessed abundantly by nature, and free from all the 
horrors of War. and Want, to realize that it is pos¬ 
sible for real people to starve, but it is a cold, hard 
fact. 
You should be able to sit down to a dinner in 
the average Southern farm home and have placed 
before you a home-grown and home-cooked meal 
that would be the envy of the highest paid chef in 
New York. 
The home and farm vegetable garden must be 
definitely a permanent asset. It provides whole¬ 
some recreation in the open under the sunshine.. 
You will more than enjoy the fresh and healthy 
vegetables so easily grown in your kitchen garden. 
It can be made to furnish many vegetable delica¬ 
cies for the home table that might not otherwise be 
purchased or available. 
Plan to plant a Vegetable Garden this fall if it is 
only a “two by four” patch. 
BEANS. Bush varieties can be planted in the 
northern half of the South up to August 15; in the 
southern half up to September 1, and along the Gulf 
Coast as late as October. In South Florida during 
all the fall and winter months. Pole Beans and 
Lima or Butter Beans can be planted in the south¬ 
ern half of the South as late as August 15. 
BEETS, jn the northern half of the South plantings 
are conducted during August and September, and 
in the southern half as late as October 15. Along 
the Gulf Coast, in Southwest Texas and lower 
• Florida plantings are continued during all the fall 
and winter months. 
MUSTARD. j n the lower half continuous sowings 
are made throughout the entire fall and winter 
months, commencing in August. In the more north¬ 
ern sections of the South, August, September and 
October are good months. 
OKRA, jn the lower South, July and August are 
the best months to sow for a fall crop. They bear 
until frost. 
ONIONS. September and October are the princi¬ 
pal planting months in the lower South. Further 
North Onion Plants and sets are planted during 
September and October. 
BROCCOLI. j n the lower South plantings com¬ 
mence during - July and continue through October. 
Requires 90 days to mature the crop. Much hardier 
than Cauliflower. 
BRUSSELS SPROUTS. Commence sowing seed 
during July and continue through September in the 
lower South. Further North, July and August sow¬ 
ings are recommended. 
CABBAGE. j n the northern half sowings are con¬ 
tinued through September. In the southern half 
plantings commence in July and end in October. In 
Florida and Southwest Texas, August, September 
and October are the important planting months. 
CARROTS. August and early September sowings 
are recommended in the northern half of the South, 
whereas plantings are made as late as October in 
the lower half. Along the Gulf Coast, Southwest 
Texas and Florida, plantings are made almost any 
time during the fall and winter months. 
CAULIFLOWER. Along the Gulf Coast, South¬ 
west Texas and Florida, commence sowing seed 
during July, August and September for the winter 
crop. Later plantings are not recommended. 
CELERY. For an early crop, first sowings in Florida 
and along the Gulf Coast are made during the lat¬ 
ter part of June. Main plantings for a winter crop 
are made during August and September. 
CUCUMBER. Along the Gulf Coast, Southwest 
Texas and Florida, plantings commence in July and 
continue through September. 
EGGPLANT. Recommended only for the lower 
South for a fall crop. July and August are principal 
planting months for the late fall crop. 
KALE. Hardy all over the South. Commence sow¬ 
ing during August and September and continue 
throughout the entire fall and winter months. 
LETTUCE. First sowings are made in the lower 
South during September and continue through 
October. In the northern half August and Septem¬ 
ber are recommended. 
PARSLEY, Fine for seasoning and garnishing. 
Sowings commence in August and continue 
throughout the fall months except in the more 
northern sections of the South. 
PEAS. j n Florida, Southwest Texas and along the 
Gulf Coast, sow during October and November. In 
the northern half, August and September plantings 
are best. 
PEPPER. Recommended for a fall crop only in the 
lower South. Commence planting during July and 
continue through August. Later plantings are con¬ 
ducted in South Florida. 
POTATOES (Iris h). 
In the central South plantings 
for the fall crop commence in July and continue 
through August. In the extreme lower South plant¬ 
ings are made up to October 1. 
RADISH. i n tj ie northern half, succession plant¬ 
ings are made commencing in August through Octo¬ 
ber. In the lower South, sowings commence in 
October and continue through tie fall and winter 
months. 
SPINACH. September, October and November 
sowings are best, although this hardy vegetable 
can be planted throughout the entire fall and win¬ 
ter months. 
SQUASH. i n the central South, sow as late as 
August 15. In Florida, Southwest Texas and along 
the Gulf Coast plantings are continued through 
October. 
SWISS CHARD. Commence sowing during July 
and August, or earlier. Make a wonderful crop of 
“greens” in less than 2 months. 
TOMATOES. i n the central South, plantings are 
conducted from June through early August; in the 
lower South, until September, and in Florida and 
Southwest Texas as late as October 1. 
TURNIP. Commence sowing during July and Au¬ 
gust and continue throughout the fall and winter 
months. 
REUTER SEED CO„ Inc., New Orleans 
Plant a Fall Garden 
