Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-04-12
tFrom Woman's Home Companion for
Aprill

in a sunny, sheltered spot. The soil,
which should have been dug and ma
nured last autumn, should now be
rough and coarse and black from
the laboratories Of winter. AT first
it will be wet aud sticky and impos-
Sible: but if ii is VII drained and
has any of the real ssibilitles OF
gardening in it, it viii soon dry out
enough for the beginninaa. The eX-
pert knows when it is dry enough by
this easy test he grasps handful
and squeezes it tightly; if it is mud
dy and sticks together in a solid ball,
hoeing and raking must be postpon-
ed. When the lump crumbles easily
after pressure the garden work may
begin This means the ploWlng,
spading and raking of preparation.
But the actual planting follows I'M
mediately.
The few simplest and most neces-
sary directions for starting each OIL
the popular garden vegetables are
! given below. The dates mentioned
are pretty nearly exact for the latl-
tude of New York. Cleveland, Chi
cago. and Topeka Central New Eng
land, Upper Canada, Wisconsin ana
Iowa will come in week later. Bal
timore, Washington, Nashville and
Oklahoma City will come to time just
about ten days later.
dycIOpedic Summary.
Asparagus may be given IN any
rich. well-drained garden. The SOIL
should be deeply and thoroughly pre-
pared. Seeds may be soWn May l IN
drills one-half inch deep, where the
plants may grow until one or two
wears old. They should then be trans
planted into a permanent row, border
or bed In most small gardens 1t is
best to buy the plants, setting them
out early in May, two feet apart in
a row. rows four feet apart. They
should be planted deeply, the trench
should be twelve inches deep and
the plants covered over by seVerai
partial coverings as they make their
first growth. Favorite varieties are
Conover's Colossal and Palmetto.
Beans should not be planted toe
early. April 20 to May l is about
right. Most varieties will be planted
in drills two and one-half feet apar1
The best varieties are German Black
Wax. Wardwell Kidney Wax, I'M
proved Golden Wax, Burpee String
less (green-pod) for snap beans. Fol
pole beans, Kentucky Wonder and
Greaseback are the leading sorts.
Bects should be sown early In
shallow drills in very mellow, we'll
prepared soil covered one-half inch
Drills may be any distance apar1
from one foot to thre eject. COCO
varieties are Crosby, Eclipse ano
Edmond Blood Turnip.
Brussels sprouts may be produced
successfully in the cooler parts OF
the country. Plants should be grown
like cabbages, in hotbeds, and should
he transplanted to the garden rows
in the same manner. Early plant
ing is desirable.
Cabbage prefers rather cool wealth
err, and in southern latltudes shoulo
be started very early, or else grown
late in the fall. Plants are pes.
grown in hotbeds or cold frames ano
transplanted to permanent rows IN
the garden about April 1 to 10
Plants may be set two feet apart In
the row, with rows three feet apart
Reliable varieties are Wakeflelo
(early), Surehead and Succession
Qater). The Savoy and red cabbages
are good in their way.
Carrots should be much more pop
ular in America, as they are in France
and Germany, if people would learn
to eat them when they are one-quar'
ter to one-half grown. The early
forcing varieties are best for this sort
of use. Early Short Scarlet and early
Scarlet Horn are excellent. SEEDS
: should be planted early, April Is to
l 80 in warm, fine soil, and in drills
3 one-fourth inch deep. Plants should
7 be thinned when they come up. Il
7 Cauliflower should be sown and
grown like cabbage, remembering
that cool weather and moist land
are desirable. -''
Fl Celery seeds should be sown in the
' hotbed at any time from March 1;
, to August l, depending on the season
| at which the crop is to be .matured
3 For small gardens it is best to DuS
t celery plants about May 10 and place
r them in rows, plants one foot apart
1t is best to make trench eight Il
ten inches deep. in which the plants
: are set and which can be filled In al
= they grow. Good varieties are White
E i Plume and Golden Self Branching
For late winter celery the Giant Pas
! cal and Winter Queen are popular
! sorts.
y Chard or Swiss Chard is grown lik'
! beets. - = W..
. Cucumbers should be planted ii
hills four feet apart each way, MAY
toto 20. The greatest difficult
= comes in keeping away the striped
beetles, which may be Discourage
3 somewhat by the use of wood ashe.
! or tobacco dust. The ore best variet!
! is White Spine. Plants may also b.
afterward transplanted to the. field.
8 derness-I. for one, know that thu
: same peace that today pervades thu
little church of Salem was brOOdini