Evening star., 1914-07-11

they couldn't think of following 1t up
with corn had 1 not caught a quick ex-
change Of glances between Turner and
his wife. knew then what was wrong.
They didn't like the looks of the corn.
Really, 1 didn't blame them. I would
have been just as suspicious as they
were had I not been possessed of inside
Information. The corn was golden ban
tam, little. nubbinlike ears and as yell
low as any field corn you ever saw. But
it's sweetness is fully in proportion to its
unattractiveness. 1 urged Will and Mrs
Turner to try it, and each took an ear
out of politeness. Then they ate seven or
eight ears apiece. and lamented that they
had no room for more. When l told them
that was about all the golden bantam
would have. because of the cows depre-
dations in the garden. Will wanted to go
out and shoot her.
Good Year for Beans.
They We're partially Modified by assur-
ances that there would be an abundance
Of Evergreen and Country Gentleman later
on. The Turner'S are among my basket
trade" customers. and they are getting
impatient for full variety of vegetables.
So far, because of the lateness of the
season. haven't been able to pack any
OF the one-dollar baskets for which |
have orders. but my customers have
seemed glad to get what l had to Offer
fresh from the garden and at city retail
prices. Several of them have reported
that they never ate such new beans as l
have furnished them. The variety l am
growing is a green pod. absolutely string
less and as brittle and tender as they
can be. When cooked and served the day
they are picked from the vines they GER
tainly are an improvement over beans that
have wilted seevral days in market. 1t
seems to he an exceptionally good year
forbeans. and as I have planted literally
am able to give them all they want.
1 have about concluded that the project
OF furnishing baskets of assorted vegeta-
bles will have to go over until next year.
realize now that my garden is not Sufti-
ciently diversified to make the undertak-
ing wholly successful When l planned the
garden l had in mind only our own likes
and dislikes and l find that some of the
things l am not growing because We do
not care for them are the very things
my prospective customers want. For in
stance. several have asked for summer
squashes. and l haven't a squash in the
garden. Also there have been several
requests for tender young carrots. to be
stewed and creamed. About one bunch
of carrots a year is all my family has
ever used. so l planted none. [ am told.
though that carrots are about the most
healthful vegetable that grows. so next
year we will try to learn to like them.
am going to have plenty of corn. toma-
toes and beetS. and am hopeful or sur
plus of lima beans. 1 planted limas lib
orally enough to supply a score of faml-
lies, but because of poor seed or the
weather or both only about one bean In
twenty sprouted and even the plants
that did come up do not seem to he as
thrifty as they should be. l am told there
hasn't been enough hot weather to make
lima beans come along properly.
Hunch on Lima Beans.
I have big hunch on lima beans
which I am going to put in operation
next year I got 1t as result of this
years poor stand. The plants in sew
eral rows were so thin that I decided to
double them up by transplanting. though
had understood the transplanting OF
lima beans was not considered feasible.
| did the work one evening during that
spell of daily rains. which may account
for my success. Out of more than fifty
plants which l transplanted only two
died, and those which ] moved from one
location to another appear to be doing as
well as those which were undlsturbed.
Now, here is where the hunch comes in:
If lima beans can be transplanted in the
open, why cannot they be started in hot
beds in paper pots long before the sea-
son for outdoor planting and transferred
to the open when settled warm weather
comes? / am going to give it a trial next
year. and If I succeed I'll have lima
beans to sell when they are bringing a
cents and 81 quart box in market.
l also have succeeded in transplanting
cantaloupes, though that is not done. ac-
cording to the books. I did it merely as
an experiment when forced to thin out