TOMATO, Rutgers 
Tomatoes 
Tomatoes are one of the most impor- 
tant vegetable crops and should be 
grown in all vegetable gardens regard- 
less of size. 
There are just a few pointers to re- 
member to have a good crop. 
Set out plants a week after the aver- 
age date of the last killing frost. How- 
ever, if Hotkaps or similar protection 
is provided, they may be set out a little 
earlier, Don’t set plants during cold, 
wet weather. 
Don’t plant too close together, and 
be sure to plant them deeply. 
Use the proper fertilizer to produce 
maximum yields. 
Mulching your tomatoes conserves soil 
moisture and does much to prevent 
blossom end rot. 
Although unstaked tomatoes produce 
more fruit, it’s probably best for the 
home gardener to conserve space by 
staking, When staked, be sure and keep 
all the side branches pinched off and 
limit to one or two stems. Tie each 
plant to a 6 foot stake and set plant 
2% feet apart each way. 
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MELONS, continued 
HALE’S BEST—Flesh thick, deep salmon- 
pink, sweet and tasty. Heavily netted rind, 
with faint stripe. Small seed cavity. Out- 
standing variety, resistant to powdery mil- 
dew, 4 lbs, 86 days. l5c. 
HEARTS OF GOLD OR IMPROVED HOODOO 
—Nearly round 2-lb. fruit, distinctly ribbed, 
deep green with fine grey netting. Thick, 
salmon flesh, tender sweet, 94 days. l5c. 
® HONEY ROCK OR SUGAR ROCK—Round, 
4-lb, fruit. Gray-green skin, coarse, sparse 
netting, Orange-salmon, thick flesh, fine 
flavor. 85 days. l5c. 
PRIDE OF WISCONSIN—Small seed cavity 
and thick, orange flesh, excellent flavor. 
Matures early. Large size, A new melon 
which is deservedly becoming a leader. 
92 days, l5c, 
ROCKY FORD — Fruits small with rather 
large red cavities. Nearly round, 21% lbs. 
No ribs, Flesh thick and green with golden 
tinge at center, Very juicy and spicy. Excel- 
lent quality, 92 days to maturity. 
WATERMELON 
Requires about same culture as musk- 
melon, except the vines need more 
room, Fertilizer each hill liberally and 
cultivate thoroughly. 
@® CONGO — Oblong, blocky dark green 
fruits faintly striped lighter. Especially 
adapted to the South. Resistant to Anthrac- 
nose. 90 days. 
DIXIE QUEEN—Very prolific. Bright-red, 
crisp, splendid quality fibreglass flesh. 
KLECKLEY’S SWEET OR WONDERMELON— 
Large, cylindrical, dark bluish-green, with 
thin, tender rind, Bright red, juicy, sweet 
flesh, creamy-white seeds with traces of 
brown, 85 days. 
@® NEW HAMPSHIRE MIDGET—Icebox size, 
very good flavored strawberry red flesh, 
The best midget so far produced and rec- 
ommended where standard or large sized 
watermelons do not mature satisfactorily, 
78 days. 15c. 
STONE MOUNTAIN—Also called Dixie Belle. 
High quality shipping variety. Fruits very 
large, oval-round, blunt ends, Dark green, 
tough rind. Flesh rich, scarlet, fine grained, 
sweet, Seed white with black tips, 90 days. 
TOM WATSON—Red heart 
fruit, uniform cylindrical. 
MUSTARD 
Sow as early as possible in the spring. 
Keep rows 6” to 12” apart and cover 
with soil 14” deep. You may also sow 
seed in autumn to raise greens. 
strain, Large 
RADISH, French Breakfast 
FORDHOOK FANCY—Upright growing, mild 
variety. Bright green leaves, plume-like 
and deeply fringed on the edges. 50 days. 
foc: 
@® SOUTHERN GIANT CURLED — Large, 
frilled and crumpled. Light green leaves. 35 
days to maturity. 
TENDERGREEN—Wholesome, quick grow- 
ing green, combining mustard and spinach 
flavors. 28 days. 
OKRA OR GUMBO 
Sow in rows about 3” apart, Cover seeds 
with about 1” of fine soil firmly pressed 
down. Thin plants 18” to 24” apart 
when they reach 3” growth. Do not 
plant until ground is warm, as this is a 
tender, hot weather plant. Pick before 
woody fibres develop. 
@ CLEMSON SPINELESS — Pods are rich 
green, straight, uniform ridged and of best 
quality. 56 days, 
DWARF GREEN — Early, prolific dwarf 
growing sort. Dark green fluted, 5 to 7-in, 
pointed pods. Most desirable, compact 
growing okra. 50 days. 
PERKIN’S MAMMOTH LONG POD—Early 
and prolific. Very tender, long pods. Deep 
green and slightly corrugated. 68 days. 
Bush, Pole and Lima Beans 
Beans are the most adaptable crop we have. You can always squeeze in a crop 
if you have sixty days of growing weather before frost. The plants can be kept 
producing over a long period if you pick them clean. 
BUSH BEANS 
Don’t plant until the weather is warm and settled. Sow beans in bottom 
of furrow 3 to 4 inches deep and from 2% to 3% feet between rows, 2 to 3 
inches apart in rows. Plant a 10 to 20 foot row every two weeks until August 10. 
Keep cultivated until plants blossom. 
DO NOT CULTIVATE when blossoms 
with dew. 
are in prime or when plants are wet 
POLE BEANS 
In warm ground set poles 4 to 8 feet long slanting a bit to the north in rows 
a feetvapart, 
Anchor well as heavy bean vines blow over easily. 
Plant 5 to 8 beans about 1 inch deep around each pole. When growth is 
sufficient, thin to four plants. 
Sometimes three poles set to form a tepee are used and several beans planted 
around each tepee. 
LIMA BEANS 
Plant in warm, dry ground. Make rows 2’ apart and drop beans 3 inches 
apart in row, Plant lima beans with the eye down to assist quick germination. 
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