
HAND BOOK FOR THE GARDEN 13 

in succession on the same land. While young, the Cucumber plants 
are frequently destroyed by a small beetle that attacks the lower 
part of the stem. To protect a few hills when being grown for 
family use, the beetles may be kept off by covering the plants with 
small frames over which fly screen or mosquito netting is stretched. 
Cucumbers should be gathered for the table before the color turns. 
EGG PLANT 
Egg Plant does best in a fine, rich, sandy loam, well drained. 
Fresh manure must be avoided. Sow one ounce of seed per thou- 
sand plants; three plants per consumer. This crop can be handled 
about like the Tomato, but it is even more important to Keep the 
young plants developing rapidly, never letting them become checked. 
They should be started in hotbeds or the house in March or April 
and transplanted to tne open ground about June ist, set out in rows 
two or three feet apart, two and a half feet apart in the row. Culti- 
vate freely until the first fruit is ready. Remove the lateral branches, 
so as to produce fewer fruits per plant. 
ENDIVE 
Sow early in the Spring at the rate of one ounce for 100 feet of 
drill. Sowings can be made at intervals in June and July and trans- 
planted one foot each way when of sufficient size. After the plant 
has attained full size, it should be blanched by gathering up the 
leaves and tying them by their tips in a conical form. They will 
then be ready to use in three to six weeks. 
KALE OR BORECOLE 
Soil as for Cabbage, moist and well enriched. Sow one ounce 
for 150 feet of drill early in June and*transplant to rows, the plants 
in the row 18 to 20 inches apart, according to variety. Pick the leaves 
ae wanted or pull the whole plant. The leaves are best after a 
rost. 
GARLIC 
This is raised from the bulbs which are similar to Onion Nets. 
They should be separated and planted in drills eight inches apart, 
four to six inches apart in the drill, covering two inches deep. Cul- 
tivate same as for Onions, very cleanly. When the leaves turn yel- 
low, pull up the bulbs and dry in the shade. 
HERBS 
In general, these should be planted on good, light earth and kept 
well cultivated. Most kinds should be sown about one inch deep, as 
soon as the weather becomes settled. Later thin to 6 inches apart 
in the row, the rows 12 to 18 inches apart. They should be gathered 
when dry, dried in the house in a warm (not hot) room and are best 
stored in air-tight receptacles. 
HORSE RADISH 
The roots should be planted each Spring and dug in the Fall. 
The soil should be a medium loam, deep and moderately rich. The 
