


PEAS, Little Marvel (Top) 
Early Thos. Laxton (Bottom) 
TOMATO, Marglobe 
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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 fal] for 
storage. SPINACH 
Seed in fall (protect with straw) 
or in very early spring. Must ma- 
ture before hot Weather. New 
Zealand spinach wil] 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- 
en SWISS CHARD 
Culture like that of beets. New 
leaves grow out as old are picked. 
Mix with New Zealand spinach if 
flavor is objectionable. 
TURNIPS 
Follow directions for radishes, 
Thinnings can be cooked for 
greens. 
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PEPPER, California Wonder 
RADISHES, Icicle and French Breakfast 



SQUASH, Zucchini (Left) 
Butternut (Right) 

TOMATO, Rutgers 
Practical answers to every-day 
questions about home gardening 
When it’s time to harvest 
the home gardener 
Most vegetables, particularly summer 
squash, sweet corn, cucumbers, car- 
beets, peas and string beans, 
Best Vegetables for 
Cabbage—Roughly trim heads, cut off 
roots. Store in 
60°, with high 
heads with moist soil or sand. 
Celery, Kale, 
Leeks—Store 
Squash, Pumpkins — Harvest as they 
mature, leaving 3 or 4” of stem. Cure 
Peas, Beans—May be Picked off Plants 
or the whole plant pulled and placed 
in dry airy place to cure. After thor- 
oughly dried, shell, clean, sort and 
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 feel full and the 
silks should be turning brown. 
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- q 
tween the stem and melon. The free * 
end should feel definitely soft when 
the melon js ready. 
Storage 5 
Store in jars or cans in cool, dry, 
dark place. 
Onions—Pull as Soon as most of the 

Horseradish—Not in- 
jured by freezing, and may be left in 
the garden, or stored in moist soil or 
sand in cool building. 
longer at 36 to 40°, but cook better if 
stored at higher temperature. 
after first killing frost. 
and place in crates. 
two weeks at 80 to 85°F. before stor- 
ing. Best storage temperature 50 to 
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