The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-04-02
GIVE
ADVICE ABOUT
SPRING GARDEN
Federal Department lmparts
Valuable Information to
Amateur Gardeners.

WASHINGTON, April 42.-Radishes
lettuce, beans. beets and tomatoes are
all comparatively easily grown vege
tables which give satisfactory returns
in the spring garden. The United
States Department Of AgTfculture's
specialist recommends these partic-
ularly for use in school gardens which
are run for the benefit OF the chill
dren Not only teachers, but others
desiring to raise these truck crops In
their own home gardens may benefit
from these suggestions.
Radishes- are hardy plants
and thrive best during the cool wealth
er of early spring and late autumn.
In the south they can best be grown
during the winter and early spring
months. The seeds should be soWn in
drills, in rich we'll prepared soil. plac-
ed about half an inch apart and bur-
led not deeper than one inch nor less
than one-half inch When the plants
are showing the second set Of true
leaves they should be thinned to
stand from two TO three inches apart
in the row.
Lettuce.-Lettuce is a hardy plant
and tbrives best during early spring
and late autumn. The seeds should
be sown in drills in the open or In /
the seeds should be scattered about
onc-ha1f inch apart along the row, and
covered not more than one-half inch
with earth Ftn'm the earth we'll over
the seeds, so as to bring the moist
soil in c2ntact with them. When the
plants are we'll up, thin to inches
apart in the row. If the seeds were
sown in window box, hotbed, frame,
or greenhouse, transplant the young
plants to stand two by two inches
apart as soon as the seed leaves are
we'll expanded, and when they begin
to crowd transfer them to their per
tmanent places in the open, II the I
weather will permit In the field, they
should stand at least six inches apart
each way,
Beans--Beans are tender plants.
They can not endure frost and will
best to wait and plant the seeds of
this plant in the open where the
plants arerto grow, delaying the work
until severe frosts are past Plant
in rows one foot apart. placing the
seeds about two inches deep at inter
walls OF six inches. Keep the soil
loose and free from weeds
Beets-Beets, while the are hardy
and can be planted at the same time
as radishes and lettuce, require a L
longer season for maturing. The seeds
should be planted In rows one foot
apart, placed an inch apart in the row
and covered one inch deep. When the
plants are we'll up (two inches highl
thin to four inches apart In the row.
Keep the soil we'll titled at all times.
Tomatoes-Tlle tomato Is the most
eXacting OF all the plants included in
/ the collections. From Washing ton
southwark the seeds may be planted
in the open at the same time as beans
but to the north OF this point the
seeds should be sown in boxes, hot
beds, or greenhouses from the first to
the middle of March, the young plants
being transplanted to stand two by
two inches apart as soon as the first
true leaves appear. When they begin
to crowd in their new positions, shift
them to four inch pots or to cans such
as are used by Gamers Of tomatoes.
and keep them growing slowly until
about May 20 to June /, when 1t wis
/ bessafe TO place them in their perma-
inent locations in the garden. Set the
iplallts in rows 81 inches apart and
| place the plants about 20sinches apart
lin the rows. Each p1antSas= it grows
1 should have all side branches rernov-
| ed and the main stem tied to a stout
stake. about five feet tall and at least
an inch square, driven firmly in the
ground.