
DO YOU KNOW ...? 
—can plants be watered safely during 
the heat of the day? Yes, if water is 
fed slowly and deeply into the soil 
from the end of a hose with the nozzle 
removed. Light sprinkling of the soil 
and leaves in high sunlight does no 
good, and may destroy your small 
seedling. While growing crops are 
often watered in full sunshine by over- 
head irrigation, early morning or eve- 
ning is better, as less water is lost by 
evaporation. 
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—what is the difference between 
string beans, stringless beans, and 
snap beans? All the old varieties of 
beans had stringy, fibrous growths run- 
ning the whole length of the pods. 
These strong, tough strings were a 
tedious job to remove, so plant breed- 
ers got busy many years ago, and 
began producing varieties of beans in 
which these “strings” were eliminated. 
The improved varieties were then 
called “‘stringless” beans, easy to break 
or “snap” into pieces—which accounts 
for this type of bean being called snap 
beans, 
* * * 
—what fertilizer should be used for 
beets? Beets must have very fertile 
soil for successful growth. Be sure the 
soil is in good tilth, and not deficient 
in potash. Never use fresh manure to 
fertilize beets. Apply a complete fer- 
tilizer at the rate of 3 pounds per 100 
square feet of row. 
* * * 
—how should corn be planted? It can 
be planted in rows or hills. When plant- 
ing in rows, make them 30 inches 
apart, with 3 or 4 kernels to the foot, 
1 to 2 inches deep. Plant 3 or 4 rows 
at once to insure cross-pollination. If 
you plant your corn in hills, make them 
3 feet apart each way, with 5 or 6 seeds 
to the hill—always planting 2 or more 
rows of hills for cross-pollination. 
* * * 
—what is hybrid sweet corn? It is the 
first-generation progeny resulting from 
crossing two inbred lines of sweet corn. 
To develop the hybrid, a breeder first 
spends several years purifying and 
fixing the character of his inbred lines. 
He then crosses two of these lines, al- 
ways working toward a combination of 
several desirable characters and vigor- 
ous growth. 
* * * 
—how soon should lettuce be thinned? 
How far apart? Thin leaf lettuce which 
has been grown in the open a couple 
of times while still very small. The 
final plants should stand 8 to 10 inches 
apart. Small varieties of head lettuce 
need only about 6 inches between 


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plants, but the larger types should 
have 10 to 12 inches separating final 
plants. 
* * * 
—how can I be sure to get good head 
lettuce? First of all, grow your lettuce 
in fertile, well-drained, but not dry 
soil. Start seedlings indoors, gradually 
expose to the outdoors to harden the 
small plants, Pick a cloudy day for 
transplanting, and be sure to protect 
the young plants from sunlight until 
they are well established in the garden. 
—which is the right way to raise 
onions? If you want onions for winter 
storage, grow them from seed or plants. 
For summer use, start them from sets. 
Properly prepared soil is important in 
successful onions, whether planted 
from seed or sets. Your soil should be 
fertile, well limed, and abundantly 
supplied with nitrogen. 5 pounds of 
a complete fertilizer should be worked 
into each 100 square feet of ground. 
When the tops begin to break over 
and die, it is time to harvest your 
onion crop, 
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