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’ RADISHES 
1. Crimson Giant 2. Early Scarlet Globe 
3. Early Scarlet Turnip, White Tip 4. 
French Breakfast 5. White Icicle. 
SPINACH, Continued 
Giant Nobel or Giant Thick Leaf— 
Large, vigorous, spreading plant, slow 
to form seed stalks. Heavy yielder. 
Large, thick smooth, deep green 
leaves. 45 days. = 
New Zealand—Thrives in dry, hot 
weather. Can be picked repeatedly all 
season. Not a true spinach, but similar 
when cooked, 70 days. 
Viroflay — Very large, broad thick 
leaves, slightly crumpled. Old standard 
variety suitable for spring or fall sow- 
ing. Good for canning. 46 days. 
SQUASH 
Very sensitive to cold so delay plant- 
ing until warm weather. Follow same 
care in planting and culture as for 
cucumbers and melons. Plant sum- 
mer varieties 6 or 8 seeds in hills 3 
to 4 apart each way and winter 
squash 8 apart, Plants bear longer if 
squash is picked off as soon as it 1s 
ready for use. 
Summer Varieties 
Early Prolific Straightneck (fr)—Earlier, 
smaller, and more productive than Giant 
Summer Straightneck, and more uni- 
form. Brilliant yellow. Fine for home or 
market. 50 days. 
Giant Summer Crookneck—Prolific, bush 
type plant, curved neck fruits around 
4 to S-lb., 20 to 24in. long, 4 to 9-in. 
diameter. 56 days. 
Improved Green Tint White Bush Scal- 
lop—Large prolific plant Uniformly 
scalloped fruit, pale green in color 
holds this color long after marketable 
stage. No knots or warts. 55 days. 
Zucchini—Straight, cylindrical fruits, 3 
to 4 lbs., 3 to 5-in. through, 10 to 14-in. 
long. Mottled and striped green-creamy- 
gray. Delicate flavored flesh. 60 days. 
Zucchini, Black—Leading market va- 
riety. Fruit is smooth, cylindrical, deep 
green color. Wonderful flavor and very 
productive. Use when young. 69 days. 
Fall and Winter Varieties 
Banana—Cylindrical and pointed at blos- 
som end. Thin, gray rind. Thick flesh, 
fine grained, yellowish orange and of 
sweet flavor. 105 days. 
Golden Hubbard—An early, small va- 
riety. Fruits pointed at each end mod- 
erately warted. Dry, deep orange flesh 
of fine quality. 
Improved Green Hubbard (fr)—Most 
widely» grown of any winter squash. 
Round, warted, dark green with thick 
yellow flesh. 12 to 14 lbs. 100 days. 
Table Queen or Des Moines (fr)— 
Acorn-shaped, green, deeply furrowed; 
flesh rich yellow, dry, mealy, delicious. 
Convenient size for baking and serving 
in halves. 100 days. 
SWISS CHARD 
(See Beets, Leaf) 
TOMATOES 
Do best in sandy, well pulverized 
loam. Sow seed in hotbed or indoors. 
When. plants are about 2” high, set 
out, 3" apart, in boxes or pots—later 
transplant into the garden. Or keep 
in flats until all danger of frost is past, 
and then set plants out directly into 
the garden. Water around the roots of 
the plants when setting them out, if 
ground is dry. Cultivate frequently 
until plants shade the ground, Remove 
all but the two or three strongest 
branches. Study methods of staking 
and training vines and adopt the one 
best suited to your situation. 
Beefsteak—Rich scarlet-red, extra large 
fruits, more or less ribbed, Juicy, solid, 
with rich sub-acid flavor. One of the 
best for home use. 90 days. 
Earliana — Open spreading, medium 
small vines. Red fruits run to medium 
size. This seed is selected for thick, 
smooth fruit. 66 days. 
Jubilee — Orange colored fruit. Juicy 
with few seeds. Weighs about 6 oz. 
Bears over a long season. 72 days. 
Marglobe—Moderately productive, with 
heavy -foliage. Vigorous and resistant 
to wilt and rust. Fruits medium large, 
nearly round, smooth, and solid. Deep 
red. 77 days. 
Pearson—Vigorous self topping plant. 
Medium—large size, smooth, semi-globe 
and of good color. Free from cracks 
and other defects, 85 days. 
Rutgers—Second early variety. Large 
thick stems, vigorous foliage. Fruits 
similar to Marglobe but flatter at stem 
end. Bright red, with thick walls. Red, 
firm flesh, low acidity. 72 days. 
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THE OLD GARDENER 
ON TOMATOES 
More people grow tomatoes than any 
other vegetable. It's because tomatoes 
are ‘very healthful and delicious that 
they play such an important and varied 
part in the everyday family diet. 
If you have plenty of space and a long 
growing season, you can choose from 
among the following excellent varieties: 
Earliana, a first-early; Pritchard, Rutgers, 
or Marglobe, mid-season croppers; 
Wilt-resistant Stone (Norton) or Pear- 
son, the two best lates, notably fine for 
slicing and canning. And, by all means 
try Jubilee—the golden fleshed, mild, 
sub-acid variety, relished by those who 
can’t get along with the more acid red 
sorts. Jubilee slices beautifully for gar- 
nishing. 
Where the growing season is short, 
confine plantings to early and mid- 
season tomatoes, for the frost will get 
the late ones before they can mature. 
Because disease-resistance is an impor- 
tant factor in tomato growing these 
days, you won't get into trouble if you 
plant any of the varieties suggested 
above. And, it’s better not to smoke 
around tomato plants, nor handle them 
after smoking without first 
your hands—for they’re susceptible to 
the tobacco virus disease carried in 
smoking tobacco. 
washing 
Low spreading growers like Earliana, 
Pritchard, or Pearson don’t lend them- 
selves too well to staking. The latter 
two are “self-topping” or “‘self-pruning” 
sorts. 


