The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-04-09

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Sweet corn, lie peas, Il E luxury that
dstsrioratss rapidly With delay In lie use
after bslng taken from the garden. The
earliest varieties, while always relished,
are not equal to those that mature later,
Red and white cob Cory and Metropolitan
are among the earliest varieties, Crosby's
Early and Early Champion are medium, and
Country Gentleman and StoWsll q Evergreen
arc late.
Recent efforts IN the bresding Of corn are
giving some most interesting results, not
only In the edded hne favor obtained, but
In the protein content, which has bean In :
creased. changing a highly stArohy FOOD
into one Of greater nutritive value.
Potatoes form q most important and
substantial production Of the garden. They
should be planted upon the highest SOIL
a sandy loan is ideal-for In such soil they
will be Of the finest quality, light, dry,
white and mealy when cooked In any form.
Potatoes grown In heavy, moist soil are
unpalatable and unsatisfactory.
II the proper soil is not In the, garden,
potatoes had better be purchased from =
section whore the best quality Is produced.
Very excellent varieties for early planting
are the BeAutyof Hebron. the Early North
ern and Early Rose, and for late the Sir
Walter Raleigh.
The potato is subject to blight and is not
so easily grown as formerly. A very small
black beetle ls responsible for much Of the
blight and failure Of potatoes.
This insect punctures the leaves, making
many small holes. The plant Is weakened
by the sap flowing from these perforated
places, which are exposed TO attack by
bacteria followed by a general blight Of the
foliage, causing the loss Of the crop.
The potato is also attacked by the Col
orado potato beetle, which devours the
foliage, and thereby weakens the plant,
which Gan produce but a small crop Of
tubers Of inferior quality.
The remedJ for these difficulties In
potato culture are to spray the plants with
Bordeaux mixture upon the first appearance
Of the black beetle. While this does not
destroy the insect, II repels Il. and the
foliage Is saved from It's perforations and
the consequent injuries.
As soon as the young potato beetles appear
from the eggs which have been laid on the
under side Of the leaves by the adults spray
with Bordeaux mixture. 10 which add
arsenate Of lead at the rate Of two and ono
half pounds TO fifty gallons of the mixture.
This applied once a week or as often as the
beetles appear in any considerable num-
bers will bring the potatoes through with
little or no injury from either insects or
blight.
The best quality Of celery is often injured
by injudicious mana cement after II Is
grown. II is frequently kept In water for
a,.-araI hour 10Th fy. ko aork.f nd In the
home kitchen before being used upon the
table.
While it will be crisp and tender, It's finest
flavor is impaired by this water soaking
practice. Celery has a distinct and per-
ceptibly fine favor which is easily lost, and
it should be placed in water, merely to
freshen it, only a short time before use.
There is long list Of other very desirable
vegetables which il is pleasure to oulti-
vate, and which supply the table with sub
stantial, cheap and luxurious food Az a
de,icacy Of the finest kind, th-re Ia the
melon, especially the canteloupe,
This, like the potato, In recent years has
been attacked by blight that has become
widespread. and It Is with great difficulty
that sweet, high favored melons can be
obtained. Those In the market are nearly
always most Disappointing.
The blight attacks the foliage about ten
days before the crop lie sufficiently mature
to ship, with the result that while many are
sent into the market they are without fine
favor.
Long Island and New jersey used to
produce quantities Of the choicest melons,
but they now are obtained mainly from
Rocky Ford Col, whsre the blight has
not yet appeared to any extent.
For the home garden, plants may be
started in strawberry baskets in the hot
bed early in April. transferred to the cold
frame early in May and when the weather
becomes warm transplanted 20 the open
ground when in full bloom. This viii
advance them a full month, so that the
melons will ripen before the time when