The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1916-03-22
VINCENT TALKS
ON GARDENING
GIVES DEFINITE ADVICE AND A
LIST OF RELIABLE VARIETIES
OF VEGETABLES
Divides Crops Into Classes Based on
Plant and Climate Char
acteristics

most OppOrtune address was that
given by G. C. Vincent yesterday at
the noon luncheon of the Chamber OF
Commerce, and number of his rec
concentrations are reproduced below
in the hope that increased and more
intelligent gardening may result. Mr..
Vincent's talks and suggestions are al
ways practical, definite, and sensible.
He said in part:
The most satisfactory arrangement
as to classify all Vegetables as cool
season and warm season crops. This
takes into consideration the condition
under which the vegetables must be
grown to develop properly. From a
cultural standpoint then we can divide
the cool season crops into three
groups:
l. This group of vegetables are
short season crops and cannot endure
the heat of summer. They should be
planted as early in the spring as pos
sible to secure the best results. Veg
etables that belong in this group are
garden cress, kohl rabi, leaf lettuce,
mustard, peas, radishes, spinach, and
turnips. All of these vegetables re-
quire for their fullest development an
abundant supply of moisture.
2. These vegetables cannot endure
excessive heat, SO must be started in
the hot bed and transplanted to the
field as soon as the weather will per-
nit in spring. The vegetables that
belong to this group are early cab
bage, early caulif1ower, and head let
tuce.
relatively long season crops. They
must have cool moist weather in their
early development, but are all hardy
enough to endure considerable heat.
The vegetables in this group include,
beets, carrots, chard, kale, leep,
onions, parsley, parsnips, early po-
tatoes, and satisfy. These should all
be planted in early spring as soon as
the ground can be worked.
The warm season. crops are di-
vided into two groups.
l. Those vegetables that will de
velop normally during the warm sea-
son. They should be planted in the
open ground after the ground warns up
and all danger Of frost is past. Such
crops as string beans, sweet corn, GU
cumbers, cautaloupes, pumpkins, and
squash can be planted at this time
2. Those that have such long per-
iod of growth that they must be start
ed in the hot bed, and then trans
planted to the field after all danger OF
frost is past. Such vegetables as !
peppers, egg plants, and tomatoes
must be handled in this way.
A large assortment of vegetables
can be grown satisfactorily in our
gardens if we pay more attention to
the time of planting. The following !
is list of vegetables that have been
tested out by the experiment station,
and will do we'll in many sections
OF the state:
ragus-Conover's Colossal.
4 Beans-New Stringless, Kentucky
Wonder, Black Wax.
Beets-Extra Early Egyptian, De-
troit Dark Red Turnip.
abbage-Early Jersey Wakefield,
Flat Dutch, Danish Ballhead-
Carrots -Chautenay, Earliest Short
Horn, Danver's Half Long.
Caulif1ower-E Early SNOWFALL, Bur-
oees Dry Weather.
Celery-Golden Self Blanching,
White Plume
Corn-Golden Bantam, Early Corn.
Cucumbers-Bo Picking, White
Spine, Short Green.
Lettuce-Hanson, Grand Rapids,
Deacon.
Melted Gem.
Onions-Danvers yellow Globe, for
,ickling. Winter Queen.
Parsnips-Hollow Crown.
Potatoes Early Irish Cobbler, Ear
y Ohio, Early Rose; Late, Melted Gem
Peas Alaska, American Wonder
Dwarf Telephone.
Pumpkin-Small Sugar.
Squash Early, White Scallop; Win
er, Hubbard
Enthusiastically Round varieties,
'rench Breakfast, Scarlet Turnip;
.ong Varieties, Icicle.
Tomato-Sparb's Earliana.
Tarnip-White Egg, Early Purple
op Milan.