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RADISHES 
As a rule the first crop to mature: 
plant as early as soil can be dug. 
Feed liberally for quick growth. 
Sow a 10 foot row every ten days 
until weather turns warm. Start 
planting again with the coming of 
cool weather in fall. The fall and 
Winter types are sown in mid- 
summer to mature in fall for 
storage. SPINACH 
Seed in fall (protect with straw) 
or in very early spring. Must ma- 
ture before hot Weather. New 
Zealand spinach will] grow in hot 
weather but must be seeded be- 
fore soil gets warm. It can be 
picked all summer. Mixed with 
Swiss chard in cooking the flavor 
is like ordinary spinach, 
SQUASH 
Follow culture given for musk- 
melon for vine types. Grow bush 
types in rows, spaced 24” apart. 
Keep picked. Wil] bear all sum- 
mer, 
TURNIPS 
Follow directions for radishes, 
Thinnings can be cooked for 
greens. 
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When it’s time to harvest 
The big advantage the home gardener 
plant until ready to serve, 
Sweet corn in particular loses sweet- 
ness every minute it is off the stalk. 
Pick only what vegetables you can 
use right away and not until you are 
ready to use them. 
Most vegetables, particularly summer 
Squash, sweet corn, cucumbers, car- 
rots, beets, peas and string beans, 
should be used much younger than 
usually harvested by the commercial 
grower. Learn the “feel” of an: ear 
of corn that is ready to pick. The ; 
tip of the ear will fee] full and the ; 
silks should. be turning brown. E 
Muskmelons do not get Sweeter after 
Picking. For full flavor leave them 
on the vine until a crack appears all 
around the point of attachment be- 
tween the stem and melon. The free 
end should fee] definitely soft when 
the melon is ready. 
Best Vegetables for Storage 
Beets, Carrots, Turnips, Winter Radishes 
—Do not wash. Pack in loose moist 
sand or fine moist Soil. Store in un- 
heated cellar, or in ventilated room 
away from heat. 
Cabbage—Roughly trim heads, cut off 
roots. Store in temperature of 40 to 
60°, with high humidity or cover 
doors must be covered with straw to 
prevent freezing, 
Squash, Pumpkins — Harvest as they 
mature, leaving 3 or 4” of stem. Cure 
for a few days at 80 to 85°. Store in 
dry place. 
Peas, Beans—May be-picked off Plants 
or the whole plant pulled and placed 
in dry airy place to ccre. After thor- 
oughly driea, shell, clean, Sort and 
Store in jars or cans in cool, dry, 
dark place. 
Onions—Pull as soon as most of the 
tops fall over. Place in racks or spread 
out on dry wooden floors—or hang in 
dry airy place. Store in dry well- 
ventilated place at a temperature just : 
above freezing. _ 
Parsnips, Salsify, Horseradish—Not in- 
jured by freezing, and may be left in 
the garden, or stored in moist soil or 
sand in cool building. 
stored at higher temperature. 
Sweet Potatoes—Dig as they mature or 
after first killing frost, Sort them as 
dug, and Place jn 
two weeks at 30 to 85°F. before stor- 
ing. Best storage temperature 50 to 
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