WAX POD POLE. This type is little grown 
and the pods are not usually of such good 
quality as the bush wax varieties. Ken- 
tucky Wonder Wax, the best known of 
the varieties, is brown-seeded. 
LIMA BEANS are even more intolerant 
of cold and take longer to ripen. In sow- 
ing, the seed of the larger bush varieties 
is usually set a little farther apart—three 
to four inches—and probably two plant- 
ings will be sufficient. The seeds are to 
be set with the eye down and there should 
be enough soil moisture to induce ger- 
mination. 
Packet, 10c; 2 pound, 30c; pound, 55c. 
The bush yariety Limas include Burpee 
Bush, which is perhaps the best one, sec- 
ond, the Baby Lima, known in the South 
as a butter bean, of which Henderson’s 
Bush is the best known. Its beans are 
small, green when young, but at later 
stages both green and white beans occur. 
For a pole variety, the Oregon Pole Lima 
is best adapted to our Northwest climate. 
A vigorous grower, pods at their best 
turning yellow. The seeds are white, plump 
and oval. 
BEETS 
While beets will grow in any average, 
properly drained garden: soil, they must 
be grown quickly if the roots are to be 
tender and succulent. The soil should, 
therefore, be well prepared, so as to pro- 
vide adequate moisture and plenty of 
plant food. 
Beets may be sown as early as the ground 
can be made ready. Eighteen inches apart 
is a satisfactory separation for the rows 
though they can be three or four inches 
nearer if space is limited. Early spring 
planting should be to a depth of approxi- 
mately 2 inch. In summer, for late 
beets, it may be as much as 2 inches in 
order to secure moisture. It is recom- 
mended to make staggered plantings every 
two weeks, so as to assure tender, young 
roots throughout the summer. When 
seedlings are about three or four inches 
tall, they should be thinned to approxi- 
mately 4 inches between plants in the 
row. 
Varieties. Probably the best early globu- 
lar beet is Market Gardener, requiring 7 
to 8 weeks, and preceding the well-known 
Detroit Dark Red by about 10 days. Both 
of these are first class for either table use 
or canning, being of good shape and dark 
color. A packet of seed will sow about 30 
feet of row, One ounce will sow approxi- 
mately 150 feet. 
VY ounce, 15c¢; ounce, 25c. Also Packets. 
PSC Gardener (45 days) : Roots deep red, 
globe shaped. 
Detroit Dark Red (55 days): Globe 
shaped, uniform size. 
Early Blood Turnip Beet (55 days) : Tops 
large, roots nearly round. 
MANGEL WURZEL 
Commonly known as_ stock beets, this 
vegetable makes excellent fresh feed for 
cattle. Seed should be planted early in 
the spring in rows 212 feet apart, and 
plants thinned to 10 inches apart in rows 
after seedlings are up. One ounce of 
seed plants approximately 100 feet, and 
5 pounds to the acre. 
Heavy Cropper is the most popular of this 
vegetable, producing large yellow mangels 
that are easily pulled as it grows two- 
thirds above the ground. Half Sugar 
Mangels double the yield of sugar beets 
with large smooth, creamy white roots. 
Vo ounce, 15¢; ounce, 25c; 4 pound 
75c. Also Packets. 
BROCCOLI 
Two very distinct members of the cabbage 
group are known as Broccoli. One is the 
old fashioned Cauliflower Broccoli, really 
a very late maturing Cauliflower, the other 
described variously as Sprouting or Italian 
Broccoli. It is one of the oldest of culti- 
vated vegetables, long known in America, 
but so infrequently grown in gardens, it 
is often referred to as new. It is now 
rapidly gaining in the popularity it merits. 
Even in the kitchen, it is kind, for no dis- 
agreeable odor arises from its cooking, 
such as informs the whole household when 
Cauliflower or Cabbage is on the menu. 
Like Cauliflower, Sprouting Broccoli is a 
plant of cool and moist conditions of 
growth. Seed is best started indoors about 
six weeks before the frost is expected to 
be out of the garden and handled in flats 
or frames just as cabbage or cauliflower 
would be. One packet will afford suffi- 
cient seed for even a large family garden. 
Transplanting takes place as soon as pos- 
sible to rows 30 inches apart, or some- 
what nearer if space is limited; the plants 
being set two feet apart in the row. The 
heads should be ready about 60 days later. 
Italian (102 days): Packet, 10c; YZ 
ounce, 45c. 
St. Valentine (140 days): 
V2 ounce, 65c. 
BRUSSEL SPROUTS 
There are those who swear by Brussel 
Sprouts and those who swear at them. 
One reason for lack of success is failure 
to appreciate the fact that this is a cool 
weather vegetable, which takes about 
three months to mature. 
Brussel Sprouts are sown and grown as 
would be late cabbage. In estimating the 
number of plants to raise, it may be ex- 
pected that each will produce a quart of 
sprouts if all goes well. A packet of seed 
will suffice the average garden. 
Packet, 10c; 2 ounce, 40c. 
Packet, 10c; 


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garden from these night feeding 
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age each spring. Simply place a 
teaspoon of bait every foot or so 
throughout your garden. 
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1. Regular cultivation is important in grow- 
ing healthy, productive plants. In uncultivated 
soil, moisture escapes rapidly through multi- 
tudes of tiny tubes between soil particles. 
Cultivated surface breaks up these capillary 
tubes ... preventing the loss of moisture and 
nutrients. 

2. Good tools make gardening more fun and 
produce better crops. Four-prong cultivator 
leaves soil fine-textured. Standard hoe is fast 
and best where space permits free action. 
Warren hoe is ideal among plants and for 
making furrows. Cultivator hoe is a two- 
purpose tool. 

3. Cultivation helps prevent shallow roots, 
thus stops wilting during hot weather. Natural 
action of bacteria in releasing available fer- 
tilizer to plant roots requires cultivated 
ground. Don’t hoe too close to the plant as 
this will destroy feeder roots and set the plant 
back. 


4. Mulching benefits all growing plants. Fer- 
tilize and cultivate the top soil and water thor- 
oughly. Cover the area with 1 to 2 inches of 
peat moss, Terra-Lite or compost. This will 
prevent a great deal of summer weeding and 
will also reduce the required amount of water- 
ing during hot weather. 
