BLUE LAKE Beans 
ARE THE FAVORITES 
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Beans are America’s favorite 
vegetable and Blue Lakes are 
rapidly becoming the “best 
selling” variety. This prolific 
variety was developed espe- 
cially for Western gardens. 
It's the sort that delights the 
market gardener and makes 
the housewife smile. 
Long, uniform bright green 
pods of excellent flavor and 
texture; produced on sturdy, 
up-standing vines. Very fine 
for canning and freezing. 
For a succession crop plant 
every ten days or two weeks 
until the middle of July. From 
the time of planting until crop 
is ready to harvest is about 
70 to 75 days. 
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The next step to good soil is available 
plant food. Well rotted cow manure adds 
greatly to soil, but unless you are sure it 
is weed-free, you will be much better off 
to use a complete commercial fertilizer. 
Commercial fertilizers also have many 
other advantages over barnyard types as 
they contain not only the three essential 
elements for plant growth in sufficient 
quantity, but in addition many minor 
elements such as Iron, Calcium, Copper, 
etc. These minor elements are extremely 
important in producing healthful, vita- 
min rich vegetables. If minerals are not 
available in the soil, it is not possible for 
vegetables to store them within them- 
selves. Prior to planting a garden, apply 
commercial fertilizer at the rate of 4 to 
5 pounds per 100 square feet. 
In laying out your garden, try to run 
the rows from east to west or as near 
this direction as possible. This will en- 
able all the various crops to have an 
equal opportunity to secure full day sun- 
shine which is so necessary in their 
growth. The taller types should be plant- 
ed in the rows farthest north, so as not to 
shade the lower growing plants. You 
should also keep in mind the various 
growing seasons of the crop and plan to 
rotate seed planting until late summer, 
thus having fresh vegetables coming on 
throughout the entire season. For exam- 
ple, peas are an early crop and generally 
through producing late in July. They can 
be planted in the front rows closest to 
the south. When they are through pro- 
ducing a second planting of carrots or 
beets can go in their place, this enables 
the gardener to have a constant flow of 
fresh vegetables in a limited area which 
requires less time in cultivating and a 
smaller amount of water. 
It is often desirable, and in many 
cases it is necessary to sow seeds under 
cover and later transfer the young plants 
to their place in the garden, thus an early 
start is given to seeds that require a 
longer period for maturity. Such crops 
as tomatoes, early cabbage, lettuce, cel- 
ery and melons will do far better here in 
the Northwest if started in flats. For com- 
plete information on planting seeds in 
flats, see page 3. 
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During the growing season, a garden 
should be cultivated only enough to keep 
the weeds out. Over cultivation tends to 
dry out the natural moisture, thus re- 
quiring additional watering which will 
tend to lessen the natural flavor of vege- 
tables. During dry weather, water your 
garden thoroughly once a week. It is 
better to soak the soil with a surface 
method such as irrigation, or the use of 
watering devices such as “Water-Wand”. 
Overhead sprinkling can be used, but 
this method tends to cause mildew and 
diseases on certain types of vegetable 
tops and if done during the daytime, will 
cause sunburn and result in wilted vege- 
table tops. 
With more soil going into ‘cultivation 
we can expect more insects. Unless these 
pests are properly controlled abundant 
crops cannot be had. A well kept garden 
should be sprayed or dusted every ten 
days during the early spring months. It 
is this period that pest infestation is the 
greatest and if well sprayed tender young 
plants are able to withstand the shock of 
this blitzkrieg. For your vegetable gar- 
den, it is best to use a non-poisonous 
type of material such as Rotenone or 
Pyrethrum or a combination of both. _ 
The infestation of slugs is continuing 
to grow with great rapidity. These pests 
can mow down a complete young garden 
in one evening. They are especially fond 
of foliage of young tomato plants, car- 
rots, beets and peas. Many people blame 
the seed for a poor crop when actually 
these night-eating pests are destroying 
the crop as fast as it comes up. For this 
control, start using Meta Slug Bait early 
in the spring a soon as the tender young 
plants are set out. You bait the garden 
with this amazing bait in the evening, 
and see the results of dead slugs the next 
morning. 
It is real economy to buy good seed, 
fertilizer, insecticides and implements. 
Their costs are little more than inferior 
grades, and the results of a good, well 
kept garden will be well worth the differ- 
ence. This year do your bit by properly 
planning and caring for a “Victory Gar- 
den”, so that you and your family can 
enjoy a more healthy and happy life. 
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