CABBAGE, Continued 
Red Varieties 
Mammoth Red Rock—Best of the red 
cabbages. Hard, round purplish-red 
heads. Good keeper, 6 to 8-in., 7 to 
8-lb. heads. 100 days. 
CARROTS 
Use sandy loam enriched my manure 
the previous year, if possible; but any 
good land if deeply and well worked 
will produce a good crop. Sow seed as 
early as ground can be worked. Sow 
seed 1" to 1” deep in drills 16” to 
18” apart. Press soil firmly above seed. 
When plants appear use cultivator or 
wheel hoe and thin from 2” to 6” 
apart, according to type. Keep culti- 
vated, 
Chantenay, Red Cored (fr)—Root has 
thick shoulder and tapers to slight stump 
root, 5-in. long. Red cored. 70 days. 
Danvers Half Long — Sweet, tender 
roots, 6 to 7-in. long tapering to a blunt 
point. Fine for storing. 75 days. 
Imperator (fr) — Fine-grained, tender. 
Rich orange, indistinct core. Roots 
smooth, tapered to semi-blunt. 77 days. 
Long Orange — Heavy cropper. Roots 
taper to a point. Red-orange flesh, core 
slightly lighter. 88 days. 
CAULIFLOWER 
Needs rich soil and abundant watering. 
Cultivate same as cabbage but protect 
heads from sunlight to insure the 
prized white curd. This is done by 
gathering leaves together loosely as 
soon as heads begin forming, and tying 
them at the top. 
Snowball (fr)—Favorite early variety. 
Pure white compact heads of fine flavor, 
6 to 7-in. 55 days. Pkt. 25c. 
CELERY 
Sow late spring for fall maturity. Have 
shaded beds and cover seed 14". 
Transplant when 6” high. Keep soil 
well fertilized and moist. Crop ma- 
tures in cool weather of autumn. 
Golden Self Blanching—Compact plants 
with yellowish-green foliage. Broad solid 
stalks, nutty flavor. Blanches readily. 
120 days. 
COLLARD 
Sow seed heavily and transplant when 
4” high; or sow in rows in permanent 
beds and thin to 16” to 18” apart 
when plants are well started. 
Cabbage Collard—Combines qualities 
of cabbage and collard, but finer fla- 
vored than either. 
Southern or Georgia — An excellent 
cooked green. Long stemmed plant, 
with clustered leaves. Withstands heat 
and bad soil. 24 to 36 days. 
SWEET CORN 
Rows should be 3’ to 4’ apart and sow 
seed 12” to 18” apart in rows or hills, 
covering with fine soil 1’ to 2’ deep 
firmly pressed down. In hills, plant 4 
to 6 grains per hill. Later thin to 2 to 
3 stalks to a hill. Space several plant- 
ings at intervals of 14 days for con- 
tinuous crop. (Plant sweet corn alone 
in first crop.) 
Country Gentleman or Shoe Peg (fr)— 
Prolific late variety. Favored by canners. 
Irregular kernels, very deep, slender, 
sweet. 93 days. 
Golden Bantam—The best and most 
favorably known of all the yellow 
varieties. Stalks often have 2 ears. Ears 
8 rowed, kernels broad, with tender 
hull, sweet and of fine flavor. 80 days. 
Golden Cross Hybrid (fr) — Extremely 
uniform. Ears 10 to 14 rows, slightly 
lighter yellow than Golden Bantam. 
Highly resistant to Stewart's disease. 
85 days. 

loana Hybrid (fr) — 1940 All-America. 
Ears 72 to 8-in., well filled with 12 or 
14 rows of deep, medium narrow, light 
yellow kernels. Highly resistant to 
drought and bacterial wilt. 87 days. 
Stowell’s Evergreen—White. Large ears 
about 8-in. long; big kernels, very sweet. 
Good late varieties; 93 days. 
Tendergold — This hybrid was devel- 
oped as a high quality second-early 
yellow hybrid for canners. Ears are 

THE OLD GARDENER reminds you 
Carrots are mighty useful vegetables. Use them fresh out 
of the garden—especially the finger-sized thinnings that 
commercial growers throw away, but that are the choicest 
morsels of flavor the garden produces. Or can or freeze 
them. For using fresh, for canning or freezing, use 
Chantenay Red Cored or Nantes Improved Coreless. 
These new coreless types have less 
fiber, taste sweeter. For storing in the 
root cellar or outdoor barrel, you want 
something a little firmer, like Danvers 


Half Long. On stiff clay, where the 
longer sorts ‘corkscrew’ or “‘dogleg”’ as 
they try to grow into the unyielding soil, 
use Oxheart, a stumprooted type that 
will grow straight. 
Plant your first carrots as soon as 
soil can be worked, using the coreless 
types. Plant your last batch sixty days 
before you expect killing frost. In be- 
tween, plant every three weeks. 
The carrots illustrated here, for com- 
parison of actual sizes, are: 1—Chante- 
nay; 2—Imperator; 3—Danvers Half 
Long; 4—Red Cored Chantenay; 5— 
Oxheart. 
cylindrical to slightly tapering, 7 to 8-in. 
long. Golden Bantam type. 
ROASTING EAR CORN 
Adams Improved or Large Early — 
Large-eared roasting variety, earlier than 
Trucker’s Favorite, 12 to 14 rowed. 
Kernels white and tender when young. 
70 to 73 days. 
‘Trucker’s Favorite — Extensively used 
for roasting ears and shipping. Ears 12 
to 16 rowed. Kernels white, fairly ten- 
der, and moderately sweet. 70 to 75 
days. Plant early or late. 
POP CORN 
Yellow Dynamite——Rich, creamy yel- 
low, smooth and round kernels, which 
pop double size of others. Ears 8 to 
9-in. long. Vigorous grower. 
CUCUMBER 
Select soil fully exposed to sun and 
enrich thoroughly with fertilizer. Seeds 
should be planted not over 1’ deep in 
hills from 3’ to 5’ apart each way. 
Sow 15 to 20 seeds to a hill. When 
plants crowd thin to 3 plants per hill. 
Frequent shallow cultivation necessary 
until runners appear. 
A and C—A long dark green cucumber 
which merits a trial. Uniform, nearly 
cylindrical, well rounded at ends. 
Cubit — Won Bronze Medal Award in 
1944 All-American Selections. Dark 
green, white spine, cylindrical with 
blunt ends. Firm flesh and uniform col- 
oring. New and worthwhile. 25c pkt. 
Improved Long Green—Black spined. 
Weighs about 3%-lbs. Best for slicing 
or pickling. Very hardy and disease re- 
sistant. 62 days. 
Pickling—Largést of the pickling vari- 
eties, also good for slicing. 59 days. 
Straight Eight, w.s.— Unsurpassed as 
slicing cucumber. All-American Selec- 
tion. 2'2-lb. fruits rounded at ends, 
medium green. 68 days. 
DILL 
Better flavor and growth when planted 
in sandy soil which is thoroughly 
worked and well cultivated. Sow early 
as possible in drills 16’ to 18°’ apart 
and press soil lightly over seed. Cut 
when blooming, wilt in sun and dry 
thoroughly in shade. 
Long Island Mammoth—wUsed for fla- 
voring. Seeds have strong, bitter flavor. 
EGGPLANT 
Sow in hotbed early in spring and 
transplant to coldframe when two 
rough leaves appear on plant. Set in 
open in warm weather but shade 
young plants from hot sun. Need fre- 
quent hoeing to keep soil loose. 
Black Beauty (fr)—Large, egg-shaped, 
smooth, very dark purple fruits. Keep 
well. Plant bears 4 to 5 fruits. Early. 
80 days. 
Florida Highbush—Vigorous plant, tall 
and upright growth. Resists drought, 
blight and wet weather better than most 
other varieties. Cylindrical in shape. 
85 days. 
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