Mohave County miner., 1916-08-26
FALL GARDENING IN STATES OF SOUTH
 AND SOUTHWEST


 the South and Southwest where crops have been gathered or are now near ing maturity, need not reconcile them selves to the existence of bare or un- productive land from now until next spring, according to garden special ists of the United States department of agriculture. With judicious choice of crops and locations, they may plant seeds from now until October or No vember and should. as a result, have fall, winter and spring vegetables. The successful fall garden is possibility, the department garden specialists say, with nearly all vegetables grown in spring and summer, in practically all parts of the southern states, except in areas of high altitude, and in the more northerly portions of the region.
 In many sections of the South to- mato plants have succumbed to the strain of high temperatures and dry ness. In some localities they will live and continue to bear until fall, but in others they will not survive. A new crop should be planted now, and it may be profitable to try the experi- ment of planting both in the open ground, where the plants are to re- main and in frames for transplanting. The frames or beds should be located in a relatively cool, shady place. The same plan of field and frame planting may be used for cabbage seedlings. With this crop promising results have already been obtained by planting sev- eral seeds in a hill and thinning to one plant. If the field planting should not survive, however, in some instances, the grower, it is pointed out, is pro tected by having on hand the frame grown plants. Ordinarily the seed planted direct to the field will produce an earlier crop than seed planted in a frame and transplanted.
 Among the vegetables which may be planted at practically any time during the summer, with fair assurance of success, are beans. Bush squash may also be planted, even in the hottest weather, if they have not been made a part of the garden at an earlier sea- son. With the beginning of August practically the entire list of ordinary vegetables is open to the fall gardener for choice. Beets, parsnips, carrots, celery, sweet corn, radishes, lettuce and peas may be planted at this time, many of them in succession crops at frequent intervals. Later in the month and during the early part of September, kale, spinach, mustard, turnips, collards and parsley may also be planted. During September onion sets should be put out and in Octo- Der, and even later, onion seeds may be planted for a spring crop.
 Among the crops of these late plant ings which the southern gardener will find available for winter use, are beets and the other root crops, such as par snips and carrots, and kale, collards, spinach and mustard. Many of the plants, he will find, may be carried by slight protection even into quite cold weather without suffering damage. To the crops which will be carried over for development in the early spring should be added salsify or oyster plant, which may be planted practical ly any time during the late summer or early fall.
 The following specific directions for fall planting of certain seeds in the South have been prepared by the de- partment's plant specialists:
 Beets
 Beets planted in the South in Au gust and early September will produce a crop for late fall and early winter use. Where hand cultivation is to be given, SOW the seed in drills IA to 1S inches apart and cover to the depth of about one inch. For horse cultivation the rows should be two and one-half feet apart. As soon as the plants are well established, thin them to a stand two to three inches apart. Give ire quent shallow cultivation. The beets may be left in the ground through the winter to be pulled when wanted.
 Varieties recommended: Crosby's Egyptian, Bassano, Early Eclipse and Blood turnip.
 Turnips
 Turnip seed may be soWn during the latter part of August and through out September and the first half of Oc- tober. Sow turnip seed thickly in rows 15 to IS inches apart, and when the plants reach height of four or five inches begin thinning, using the young plants for greens. For good