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PLANTING CHART FOR 
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WHAT AND HOW TO PLANT 
In selecting vegetables to plant include the ones your family 
should eat as well as the kinds they like. A well balanced diet 
is most important and should include green vegetables, yellow 
vegetables, leafy vegetables, root vegetables, and tomatoes. 
Leafy or green vegetables for crisp salads. These are rich in 
vitamins and minerals. 
Root vegetables, beets, carrots, turnips and onions, all rich 
in health-giving vitamins. 
Vine vegetables—peas, beans, cucumbers, on the fence or 
trellis. The heavy-fruited types, like vine squash, and pump- 
kin, should be grown on the ground as always, among the 
corn to save space, 
Flowers to compliment the vegetables. Morale does not stop 
with the stomach. Flowers for the house, fresh from the 
garden, are essential. Plant them to make the view from the 
house attractive and colorful. 
USE PLENTY OF GOOD FERTILIZER 
Fertilizers are very important. The food value of garden 
vegetables for human consumption depends greatly on their 
mineral content, derived from the soil. The vitamin content 
depends on the vigor of growth and the abundance of sun- 
light. Therefore, the fertilizing of the soil is important to 
insure vigorous growth and healthy mineral and vitamin-rich 
vegetables. A good practice is to spade commercial fertilizer, 
balanced to supply the necessary proportions of nitrogen, 
phosphorous and potash. Later in the season, applications of 
fertilizers in small doses, as side dressings, keep vegetables in 
active growth. Ask us for special fertilizer formulas for 
vegetable gardens. 
WATERING IS IMPORTANT 
Watering will be necessary during the growing season, It 
should be done early enough in the day to evaporate drops of 
water from the leaves before nightfall. Water generously, 
soaking the soil deeply each time, rather than by quick 
“sprinkles” with the hose. In this way, the roots will grow 
deep, feed better and be protected from drouth, in case water- 
ing is missed during a hot dry spell. Once every week or ten 
days should be ample for most soils. No rules can be formu- 
lated to determine the necessity of watering. Observation of 
the soil, and testing with a shovel, will best determine when 
to water. 
CULTIVATE OFTEN 
To conserve moisture and promote growth of plants, give a 
complete cultivation of the surface soil the day following each 
rain or watering. Be careful not to go deep in the soil, else 
the roots will be injured. Most plants benefit by frequent and 
regular cultivation. Beans and peas, however, need only a 
light cultivation until they begin to set flowers, when further y 
cultivation may cause the buds to drop and reduce the crop. 

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The Lago Brand is your assurance of the best seed 
that can be obtained. They are the result of many 
years of intensive breeding and selection, and every 
lot of seed harvested is tested by the California State 
Testing Laboratories for germination and purity. 
Only seed of the highest germination and purity 
tests are selected to be marketed under the Lago 
Brand. 

SPRAY AND DUST FOR PESTS 
Insects and diseases may infest the vegetable garden but 
may never become a serious problem if one watches for evi- 
dence of damage and takes prompt action. Sprays and dusts 
are available in convenient packages to combat every garden 
pest, When spraying cover all parts of the plant and both 
sides of the leaves. Do a thorough job promptly and avoid a 
serious infestation. 
LOCATION—PREPARING THE SOIL 
Exposure for the vegetable garden should be sunny. No 
common vegetable will grow under trees, or in the shade of 
buildings—only a few herbs will thrive under such conditions. 
The garden should be as open and as sunny as possible. 
Sometimes buildings on adjacent lots may shade the garden 
a little, but if the sun reaches the soil at least half of the day, 
you will be able to grow most any vegetable you desire. 
Plan the vegetable rows to run from north to south. This 
direction gives the most benefit from the sun. Another way 
is to plant the taller kinds behind so that they never shade the 
small ones. 
Good Soil is as essential as sunlight to growing plants. 
Most soils will grow vegetables, or can be made suitable by 
thorough, deep spading and liberal applications of manure, 
peat or other humus material at that time. Dig as deep as the 
spading fork or spade will go, forcing it straight down before 
lifting and turning the soil over, breaking up all clods, Grass 
may be turned under to rot and make humus, but the roots of 
perennial weeds, like dandelions and thistles, should be re- 
moved. Throw out all large stones, building refuse and other 
material detrimental to growing plants. 
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