Vegetables that Keep 
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Plan to make your garden work for you all year by 
freezing. canning and storing vegetables fresh from 
the garden. 
Freezing is probably the best way of preserving 
vegetables, and properly prepared, frozen foods 
keep their natural color, attractiveness and nutri- 
tive value. No matter what vegetable is being frozen, 
it is essential that it be harvested when it is best 
for eating. No freezing process will make a first 
class product out of second class material. Veg- 
etables most commonly frozen are: Peas, spinach, 
lima beans, asparagus, sweet corn, cauliflower, 
broccoli, okra and squash. 
If you don’t have a freezer. plan to eat from your 
garden all winter by canning your vegetables. Sev- 
eral methods can be used—-water bath canners, 
pressure cookers, steamers or ovens. 
SCARLET RUNNER—65 days. A _ short 
podded strain which is highly productive. 
Large beautiful scarlet blossoms make it 
an outstanding bean for ornamental pur- 
pose. Also used as green shell beans. 
Lima (Dwarf or Bush) 
CANGREEN (fr)—65 days. Productive 
green seeded bush Lima. Plant growth 
is similar to Henderson but beans retain 
fresh green color long after Henderson 
has turned white. Excellent flavor. 
FORDHOOK BUSH 242 (fr)—73 days. 
Plant large, heavy producer. Seeds are 
large, white, very thick and plump. 
HENDERSON BUSH (fr)—65 days. Most 
widely used of the baby lima beans for 
home and market gardens. Productive, 
high quality, hardy and disease resistant. 
Lima (Pole) 
KING OF THE GARDEN (fr)—88 days. 
Outstanding pole lima for heavy produc- 
tion and climbing ability. Numerous large 
pods filled with 5 to 6 large beans of ex- 
cellent quality. 
Beans, (Shell) 
RED KIDNEY—95 days. Flat large beans, 
pinkish red to mahogany in color. Rich 
flavor. 
WHITE NAVY—95 days. Small seed, al- 
most round and white. Hardy, prolific. 
Most popular for baking. 
Beets 
Deep, rich sandy loam produces finest 
beets. As soon as ground can be worked 
sow in drills 18” apart and press soil 
firmly over seed. Each “seed” is a fruit 
with several true seeds. No matter how 
thinly beets are sown, they will need 
thinning. Make three sowings, one early, 
one three weeks later and one 60 days 
before fall. When tops are 3” to 6” tall 
pull them and use for cooked greens. 
Continue this until roots stand 6” apart. 
CROSBY’S EGYPTIAN (fr)—55 days. 
Widely grown for early beets. Flattened 
globe shaped roots with small tap root. 
Excellent quality, tender and sweet. 
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DETROIT PERFECTED (fr)—60 days. 
Standard of excellence in table beets. 
Smooth, globular roots of deep oxblood 
red. Sweet and tender. 
EARLY WONDER —54 days. Outstanding 
early variety. Tops medium size, uniform 
medium green tinged with red. Roots 
flattened globe, uniform, small tap roots. 
Dark red with purplish red flesh. Fine 
quality and flavor. 
Beets, Stock (Mangel Wurzel) 
MAMMOTH LONG RED—110 days. Very 
popular, 30 to 50 tons per acre. Roots grow 
half above the ground. Light red flesh 
with rose tinge. 
Broccoli 
Plant and cultivate like cabbage and 
caulifiower. 
ITALIAN GREEN SPROUTING (fr)—70 
days. Plant bears a succession of sprout- 
The sweetest garden peas are grown 
during the cool of the year. The trick 
in growing peas is to sow them early 
enough so that the crop can mature 
during cool weather, and at the same 
time, get by without frost damage to 
the blossoms and young pods. Remem- 
ber that peas stop bearing if you 
don't pick vines clean. 
You'll never know how good snap 
beans can be until you've tasted some 
freshly picked, fiberless young pods; 
they're so tender, brittle and tasty. 
Plant beans after all danger of frost 
is over and if you sow a short row 
every two or three weeks, you'll have 
beans to harvest right up to frost. 
ST) O -RalgNs Cees 
You will be able to can practically all of your gar- 
den vegetables and enjoy summertime goodness all 
year round. 
Many vegetables can be stored satisfactorily in an 
unheated basement, garage or storage cellar. For 
storing, pack vegetables in boxes or baskets in loose 
moist sand or fine moist soil. Vegetables must be 
at a proper stage of maturity and free from me- 
chanical injuries and diseases. The best vegetables 
for storage are: Beets, carrots, cabbage, onions, 
potatoes, pumpkins, squash (winter), sweet pota- 
toes and turnips. 
No matter what method you use to keep your vege- 
tables, remember that it’s easy to fight the rising 
costs of food the year-round if you plan on canning, 
freezing or storing and making the most of every- 
thing in your garden. 
ing heads about 5-in. long, which, if kept 
cut, will be replaced by others 8 to 10 
weeks. 
DE CICCO (fr)—70 days. An early market 
and freezing variety of recent introduc- 
tion. The plant is tall, erect, with a fairly 
loose central head of yellowish green, fol- 
lowed by a good crop of side sprouts. 
Brussels Sprouts 
Easy to grow wherever conditions are 
favorable for late cabbage, and requires 
same culture. As sprouts begin to form 
remove lower leaves so that all nourish- 
ment sent to lower stem will be forced 
into the sprouts. Do not use until after 
heads have matured. 
LONG ISLAND IMPROVED—90 days. 
Plant dwarf and compact, 20'' tall, pro- 
ducing solid, round, cabbage-like balls of 
1!5'' which mature in succession. 
Cabbage 
Sow seed in drills 6” apart across the 
bed, dropping the seed 5 to 6 to the inch. 
Firm soil after covering, then water 
thoroughly. Keep beds moist but not 
soaking wet. Seed germinates 3 to 8 days 
depending on temperature. Transplant to 
open ground when plants have made 
fourth pair of leaves. Space 12” x 24’. 
Use plenty of good commercial fertilizer. 
Cultivate frequently, every 5 or 6 days 
until cabbages are large. 
Yellows Resistant Varieties 
MARION MARKET—78 days. Large, firm, 
round heads, used for early kraut. A de- 
velopment from Copenhagen Market. 7- 
in., 4-lb. heads. 
WISCONSIN HOLLANDER—105_ days. 
Late, excellent for winter storage and 
kraut. Similar to Hollander and Danish 
Ballhead. 7 to 9-in., 8 to 9-lb. heads. 
Standard Early Varieties 
COPENHAGEN MARKET—68 days. Ex- 
cellent, early short season type. Short 
stems, 615 in., 31 to 4-lb. heads. 
GOLDEN ACRE—65 days. Extra early 
variety producing uniform well-balanced 
head. Weighs about 3 lbs. Fine quality. 
