Careful Thinning 
Inereases Yields 
There is no satisfactory way to avoid thinning. When too 
many come up, be thankful and consider the thinning out as 
an opportunity to select the best plants as the ones to survive. 
For best results, thinning should be done gradually. In case 
of a crop which grows best when the plants stand four inches 
apart, do not at first thin it to one plant for each four inches. 
It is foolish to discard all excess plants prematurely when 
accidents, insects or disease may destroy many which are 
left. If thinning is done by stages as the plants grow, they will 
finally stand at the optimum distance from each other, and 
there will be small chance of vacant spaces in the row. 
Lettuce plants, thinned to stand an inch apart, will soon reach 
a size when alternate plants can be removed to make a salad; 
and this process may be continued until the spacing is right 
for the remaining plants to mature. 
Carrots may be thinned the first time when they are as thick 
as a pencil; and a dish of the thinnings will give those who 
have never eaten such tiny carrots before, a new idea of this 
vegetable. 
Beets may be allowed to grow until about six inches tall, 
when their roots have just begun to swell. 
The Importance of 
Correct Watering 
Except for transplants, try to avoid watering the garden until 
it really needs water. When you do water, soak, don’t 
sprinkle. Do a thorough job. The hose or sprinkler should 
be allowed to run on one spot until the water stands on the 
surface in a pool. 
After watering, the soil should be moist to a depth of five 
to six inches. Check this with a spade or a stick to be sure. 
Never apply water with such force that the top soil is 
washed away. Use an ‘‘lri-gator’’ which allows water to 
ooze through the pores, or remove the nozzle of the regular 
hose and let the stream run out on a board. Another effective 
method of good soaking is to allow the water to run off a 
paper sack. 
Overhead sprinklers do waste some water, but also, they do 
prevent washing. Watering in the evening or early morning 
means that the moisture sinks in and is absorbed by the soil 
before it can evaporate. 
Watering tomatoes calls for special care. Cracks and “blossom 
end rot'' (the free or blossom end turning black) are both 
caused by fluctuating water supply. Never let tomatoes be 
dry one week and wet the next. Tomatoes must be kept either 
moist constantly or be grown in dry soil, without artificial 
watering. 
BUTTERNUT 
NEW HAMPSHIRE 
MIDGET 
WATERMELON 
Refrigerator size, chock-full of strawberry- 
red flesh of fine flavor. Grows on a small 
vigorous vine, Contains large black seeds 
for its size. Has been recommended 
where large size watermelon do not 
mature satisfactorily. 78 days. 
IOCHIEF CORN 
A yellow F,; hybrid with senational qual- 
ities. Sugar sweet and tender. Stays 
prime longer. Has rich golden color. 
Large ears with deep kernels. Rigid, 
rugged stalks with a luxuriant heavy 
foliage. 
JUBILEE TOMATO 
A bright golden orange, deep globular 
shaped tomato that grows about 242 by 
3 inches in size. Has a mild delicious, 
definite flavor that is free of acidity. Is 
excellent served alone or along with 
red varities. Jubilee is thick walled and 
has relatively few seeds. 
SQUASH 
Dry sweet yellow flesh of superb tex- 
ture and excellent flavor. An unusual 
garden novelty. Butternut has only a 
small seed cavity, is tasty baked or 
boiled. Easily grown and a good keeper. 
Fruits are three to four pounds and 8 to 
10 inches long. 
