Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1880-05-12
NO. 90.
when to Plant Garden Seeds.

/ a greater difference of time is required
in sowing seeds in the garden than in the
field There is no month when frost is out
of the ground in which the seed of some
kind of vegetable may not be proftably
sown. The value of most vegetables de-
pend on the time of sowing their seed.
Many things raised in the garden are only
seasonable u very short time. Spinach is
not in demand after lettuce is sufficiently
large to eat, while lettuce loses its value
when green peas appear. Rsdishes are
wanted as early in the season as il is posi-
Bile TO produce them, but the appetite for
them disappears after cucumbers become
plenty. An effort should accordingly be
made to raise crop of spinach, rad.shes.
and lettuce as early in the season as pos
slble. Among the other vegetables seeds
that should be sown very early in the sea-
son, are those of cress, kale, endive and
parsley, as they are wanted as soon as they
can De produced. The seeds of onions,
beets, carrots, parsnips, celery, Cabbage
and caulitowers should also be sown early,
because II takes considerable time for the
plants to mature. Onion sets should also
be put out as early as possible, as the OBJ
ject of planting is to secure crop in adj
vance OF that produced by planting seed.
The seed of all varieties of rourds should
be planted very early. Ii is good plan TO
start them in beds or small boxes IN the
house, and to place the plants with the
earth about them IN the ground where they
are TO grow, when the weather becomes
sufficiently warm. GOund vines are highly
ornamental as well as useful, and they are
worthy of place in every garden and yard.
The smells OF gourds are easily converted
into dippers, and drinking cups and other
useful articles, and are much in use in all
parts of the South. Gourd vines require
some support. They NAV be trained over
trellis So as to make a very fine appear
ance, or be made to attach themselves To
strings, brush, or the branches of trees.
The seeds of nearly all other vines, as
pumpkins, squashes, cucumbers, citrons,
and all kinds of melons, should be planted
quite late in the season. There is nothing
gained by planting them in TIE open ground
till the weather is quite warm. Their
growth may be hastened by planting the
seeds in hills and covering them with small
boxes having glass on top. The soil may
be molstened from time to time by remov-
irg the boxes. The boxes protect the
young plant from the cold when they are
quite small, and from the insects that are
very certain to make their appearance
little later in the season. The young plants
may be gradually hardened by removing
the boxes during warm days and by re-
placing them at night and on The approach
of cold rains and winds. Nasturtians, pep
pers, okra, tomatoes, sweet corn and all
kinds of beans should be planted quite late
III the season. Sweet potato plants should
not be put in the open ground, in this lati-
tude, before the first of June. As a rule
all vegetables having a southern origin
should be planted late. If planted early
they become stunted and never make a
vigorous growth.