The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-29

leaves plant another and so on till late
August. so that just before frost
have a fine lot of green beans. These
We gather and pack down In brine il
stone Jars FOR winter, and we can take
them out as needed and soak in watel
overnight and they cook the next day
like fresh ones.
Sugar corn. too. can he planted II
succession Till the first OF August. and
by q little watchfulness the garden
can ne kept at work all the time
After tho green peas are over | turn
tho vines under. for | want all veSc-
taticn that will decay returned to the
soil Then later crops follow these.
After the early tomas toes begin to
get poor, have later ones set for
following them. and set these later
ones usually after the green peas are
buried.
Then after the early tomatoes | pre-
pare and manure the ground we'll and
carly in August SOW my first crop OF
Spinach for fall use Then make two
sowincs OF spinach one in early Sep
TENDER and one in late September TO
winter over for spring cutting
Cutting OF asparagus is stopped early
in June, and the ground is heavily
manfred 10 make a strong growth OF
the crowns for the next spring, and the
asparagus is kept clean cultivated
during the fall.
In April l sow seed OF Carenten Leels
II good seed bed In July l trans
plant these plants 10 deep burrows
four inches apart in rows twenty inche 9
apart. AS they grow, the soil is
worked in TO them, and finally hilied
up IN the fail, so as to make the shanks
Ions and white The Locks are per-
fectly hardy. and are left TO be dug
as wanted during the winter. and they
take the place OF green onions till the
onions come in spr;ng
In September plant sets OF the Nor
fo!k Queen onion TO make early green
onions in spring. and also plant sets
of the Yellow Potato onion. which
makes lot Of offsets In spring that
can he pulled green, and the main
bulb lief; To mature. This is one OF
the most profitable onions that can
be grown in Virginia as it ripcns be-
fore tho Northern crop and can be
put on the market early.
In June l sow seed of parsnips. SAL
sify and half-lonE danvers carrot. In
the North the parsnips and satisfy are
sown in carly spring. but here they
are apt 10 get woody and poor sown
too carly. They make their best
growth in the fall and will keep grow
ing I'LL Christmas. These and the
carrots I let stand all winter where
they grew, and take them up as
needed.
Lettuce is OF course an important
crop. / begin the lettuce season by
sowing seed OF tho Big Boston early
in August These are tr,lnsplanted and
head In November. III early September
SOW again and set the plants in the
cold frame eight inches apart. The
frames are well supplied with old rot
ten manure or street swcepinEs and
after tho plants start apply between
the rows a good dressing OF a high
grade commercial fertilizer When
the nights get frosty the sashes are
put on the frames. and this crop should
head about Christmas and New Years.
Later or middle Of September SOW
again. and this time SOW some seed
of the Hanson lettuce. to set later in
open burrows TO winter and head in
spring These burrows run east and
west and usually the plants set in them
winter fairly we'll
More Big Boston seed are sown at
the same time and set in tho frames
10 head during the later winter and
early spring. Then In late February
or early March | SOW outside seed of
May King lettuce TO follow the win
tered plants or Take tNcir place If win
ter Kills ,hcfn Middle MAY usually
closes the lettuce season and ihau
nave plants Of endve coming on
These are transplanted like lettuce
and as the heads form turn a six-inta,
flower pot over them TO blanch them.
and they take tho place of lettuce in
hot weather very nicely
CabhaGes. OF course. every one wants
TO grow. i7cr early cabhagcs | sow
the seed in middle September, and
grow tho plants on strongly by water
ing wnen needed, and transplant them
me- the lettuce TO open burrows for
winter protection. Then, as an emcr.
gency crop. Sc, some thickly i'm
frame under glass and keep them ex-
posed 10 the weather aS much as thev
VIII stand. TO keep them dormant and
the winter IS very cold and tho out
SIDE plants suner. / have these for
replantinE.
In February SOW seed OF succession
cabbase 10 follow the Wakehelds sown
IN the fall, for midsummer use. Then
IN July SOW seed az the lato Fla,
Dutch and DanIh Hall Head cab
bases, and Sc; the plants In Aurns,
IN heaNily manfred soil and they head
we'll In late November
In Marcf SOW seed Of tho South
port yellow Globe onion and thin them
out IN the rows for ripeninc also
SOW some seod OF the biz yellow Priv
'akeF oh!oi in cold frame IN Fen
ruary, ana transplan, them later ,hree
or four inches apart in rows fifteen
inches apart.
Ny first sowing 81 tomato seed Is or
the Earliana tn. middle or February.
IN shallow boxes iu the greenhouee
These are trans planted 10 other hoyes
AZ soon as large enough to handle ana
IN March they are set four inches onar,
each way in a cold frame. ON nv
frames use sashes with a doubI,.
layer of glass. giving dead air spaco
between thcm These sashes ON a
frame well banked on the outside viii
keep out all frost even down to zero
The tomato plants are kept as hardy
AS possible. and finally usually trans.
plant some TO the open ground in late
April, and stand ready 10. cover them
with earth II the frost returns and
that the earlier get tomatoes ont
and live. the earlier w get the fruit
Then in late April SOW seed az IN.
later varieties in the open border IL
make plants TO succeed the Garlic,
ones
cauifowers SOW IN middle Of sen.
ternber and set them six 10 sash ir