Winter Luxury (100 days) : Excellent pie 
pumpkin. Medium size. Color golden 
russet, finely netted. Flesh is deep golden 
yellow. 
Sweet or Sugar (108 days): The best 
small “‘Halloween Pumpkin’’. Very good 
for pies. Skin orange, flesh deep yellow. 
RADISH 
Radish is the simplest of vegetables to 
grow and the quickest to make returns. 
It will grow almost anywhere, provided 
it has enough moisture, but if it is to be 
crisp, it should have readily available 
plant food in a rather loose, fine soil. 
Sow spring radishes as early in the season 
as desired, approximately a week’s supply 
at a time. Thin the plants to stand an inch 
apart and keep the weeds under control. 
Summer radishes require a little more 
space, and the winter sorts should be 
spaced about three inches. To keep the 
worms out, work crude naphthalene flakes 
into the soil, approximately one week be- 
fore sowing seed. 
There are several varieties from which to 
select, and personal tastes will be the de- 
ciding factor. Early Scarlet White Tipped 
is the most popular of the round, small, 
red radishes. French Breakfast, which 
has oblong shaped roots, is preferred by 
many. For a pure white radish, the Icicle, 
with its long slender roots is the first 
choice among many home gardeners. The 
two leading winter varieties are China 
Rose Winter, a red radish, and Long Black 
Spanish, which has a black skin and white 
flesh. 
V2 ounce, 15¢c; ounce, 25c. Also Packets. 
Early Scarlet White Tipped (20 days): 
Roots nearly round, carmine red with 
small white tip. Flesh white, crisp and 
mild. 
French Breakfast (25 days): Roots ob- 
long, thicker toward the bottom. Dull 
scarlet with white tip. Flesh white and 
crisp. 
Early Scarlet Globe (23 days): Solid red 
roots that are olive shaped. 
Early Scarlet Turnip (26 days): Roots 
round and slightly flattened. 
White Icicle (27 days) : Roots long, slen- 
der and clear white. 
Crimson Giant (28 days) : Large, globular 
shaped roots. Deep crimson. 
China Rose Winter (52 days): Winter 
variety. Roots long, thicker at lower end. 
Bright rose color. 
SALSIFY 
The vegetable oyster, as it is commonly 
called, because of its oyster-like flavor 
after it is cooked, deserves to be more 
generally grown. It is a root of pleasing 
texture and flavor and is cultivated pre- 
cisely as parsnips, except that salsify, be- 
ing slimmer, may stand a little closer in 
rows. The leading variety is Mammoth 
Sandwich Island. 
Y2 ounce, 30c; ounce, 50c. Also Packets. 
SPINACH 
Spinach is sown in the open as early as 
possible, setting the seeds an inch apart 
and a half inch deep in rows 12 to 15 
inches apart. Weekly sowings should be 
made, the last one about the first of June. 
The plants are thinned to stand 5 inches 
apart in the rows and weeds must be kept 
down. To encourage leaf development, 
add nitrogen halfway through the grow- 
ing period, troweling in a little nitrate of 
soda or sulphate of ammonia along the 
row, or sprinkle it on the soil, in a solu- 
tion of two ounces to a gallon of water. 
Improved Thick-Leaf is the most popular 
for home gardens. 
VY ounce, 15c; ounce, 25c. Also Packets. 
Improved Thick-Leaf (46 days) : Excel- 
lent freezing variety. Leaves are large, 
thick and very tender. 
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King of Denmark (45 days): Stands 
longer than most varieties. Leaves large, 
rounded and somewhat blistered. 
New Zealand (56 days): Thrives in hot 
dry weather. Plants large and spreading. 
Leaves small, thick and pointed. 
SQUASH 
The extensive family of squashes falls into 
two broad classes: the bush or summer 
type, growing compactly by comparison, 
and producing fruits which are eaten 
while immature, and the vine or winter 
type, which sprawl widely and produce 
fruits eaten at maturity. 
The summer type of squash may be grown 
handily in a medium sized home garden, 
as they may stand two feet apart in a row, 
or three to four feet apart in hills. The 
vining, or winter type “squash requires 
twice this amount of space which often 
rules them out of the home garden with a 
limited amount of area for growing the 
various types of vegetables. 
Soil should be well prepared where the 
plants are to stand as they have spreading 
shallow roots. A handful of commercial 
fertilizer may be worked into the soil for 
each hill. A packet of any one variety will 
be ample for family requirements. 
The most popular summer types are 
Zucchini and Cocozelle, similar in size, 
shape, and flavor, the first one being 
lighter skinned. Summer Crookneck is 
very popular in the yellow sorts. 
V2 ounce, 15c; ounce, 25c. Also Packets. 
SUMMER VARIETIES 
Zucchini (63 days): Skin is light green. 
Flesh pale green, thick, and tender. At 
best when 5 to 6 inches long. 
Cocozelle or Italian Marrow (65 days): 
Skin is dark green becoming marbled with 
yellow at maturity. Best when 5 to 6 
inches long. 
Early Summer Crookneck (52 days): 
Fruits curved at neck. Skin is light yellow, 
thin and warty. 
White Bush Scaliop (50 days) : Fruits flat 
with scalloped edges. Skin is creamy 
white; also, flesh. 
In the vining type or winter squash, Table 
Queen or Acorn, is by far the most popu- 
lar, as the small fruits are sweet, with 
tender, rich, orange-yellow meat. In the 
larger varieties, the Improved Green Hub- 
bard still ranks high in popularity. 
WINTER VARIETIES 
Improved Green Hubbard (105 days): 
Fruits 10 to 12 pounds. Pointed at both 
ends. Dark bronze green and _ slightly 
warty. 
1. For general garden and lawn needs it is 
best to use a cornplete fertilizer such as Nu 
Life. The hopper type spreader is most effi- 
cient and economical method for applying to 
lawns and open garden areas. Uniform cover- 
age at specified quantities saves the gardener 
enough to pay for the unit in one season. 
2. In gardens where close plantings prevent 
the use of a spreader it is best to apply by 
“ringing” the plant. Fertilizer should be placed 
about two inches away from the stock or base 
of young plants, and care should be shown in 
not getting any of the material on the leaves. 
Cultivate the soil after applying and water 
generously: 
3. Liquid fertilizers are rapidly becoming 
popular with both professional and home gar- 
deners. This material has several advantages 
in that plants react quickly and there is less 
danger of burning. Bio-Gro Liquid Fertilizer, 
an organic fish product, produces excellent 
results throughout the garden. It is especially 
good for plants requiring a rich diet... such 
as begonias. 
4. There are several chemicals that can be 
used in conjunction with fertilizer. These have 
an important part in your gardening as they 
assist the plant in getting greater benefits 
from plant food and soil. Vita Flor ...a 
vitamin B material to be used throughout the 
growing season on all plants. Rosetone...a 
new hormone especially for roses. Rootone 
. a hormone for seed and cuttings; speeds 
up establishment of root system. Transplan- 
tone ... a hormone for plants at time of 
transplanting. 

