The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-06-01
IT IS NOT TOO
LATE TO PLANT
MANY PRODUCTS
Plow Your Garden at Once
and Get Crops in at
Earliest Period

IT is not too late to plant the fol-
lowing vegetables:
Peas. radishes, string beans, lima
beans. beets, brussels sprouts, mel
ons, potatoes, carrots, lettuce corn'
cucumber okra, squash, tomato
plants eggplant plants, cabbage plants
pepper plants, parsley, parsnlps'
sweet potatoes and satisfy.
There is still time in this secuon
(marked Zone c on the Department
zone planting map for vegltaDiesl !"
grow Vegetables, say specialists OF ing
u. s. Department of Agriculture, pue
no time, should be lost Ii you nave
not already done SO. plow your ga
den at once and get the crops IN a.
the earliest possible moment.
II is too late to make successive
n,antinxs of peas, but it Is worth
while to chance one planting yet II
snace is limited select the crops the
,,emhers of your family>hk pest.
Grow as many things as possible TOT
winter use. Such vegetables as po-
+atoes. sweet potatoes, onions CAV.
ha pa carrots and beets may De KEPT
IN their natural state for WINTER USE
ana should be included, therefore, IL
the garden of
There is vet time to grow any Q.
ss,,.x,rg- Beans, both lima ana
string. beets, Brussels Sprouts c1D
haze from plants, carrots, corn GU
curnber. eggplant (from plants) rev
60. raione. okra, parsley, parsn1ps,
,eas neppers (from plants). sweet
and white potatoes radishes, salsiIy'
aouash. ana tomatoes (from piants,.
Tbere is. of course. consideraoie
v.riat,or in the region, for which Inns
advice is given Certain pialne - :
sc+,v1tiea may be performed IN the
,,.aL or 80 before similar actiViIles
snould be gotten under way so or Ivy
-,,iles further north. The advice Is
based on the average date OF the rs
Z leilling frost In the section ana lne
variations in weather cono-uons - ~
wear to year also may influence pian'
ing periods .t,ons
-The following cultural suggestion
ire made for the crops wnlcn lnee.
u,ccess throughout most OF tne Ao~
Peas. Plant peas In rows u
80 aI.rt for horse cultivation OF
- q feet apart for hand cult
ystion Space the seed about one
,sars .nart IN the rows. A pint OF
800 - s1fficient for thunderstorm
row. +aa a,
80 lime from now on The young
tender beets make fine green's ana eV-
arv gardener should make an imme-
3 dsste planting SO there will be an
.mrle supply. Sow in rows 10 TO Il
srches apart for hand cultivation o.
to IL feet apart for horse cuiu
vstion The plants should be tnln
ned to A to 5 inches apart IN 'n'
rows .,,1f
w. cat olt at once. Set the pianu
an rows q to feet apart and "A 10 l.
inches apart in the rows SiAly-ns
20 ninety plants are required TOT
hundred-foot row :,
Carrots. Sow the seed in rows Il
10 Is inches apart for hand culrva
ton or to 2 1-2 feet apart for hors
cultfyation- The plants should D
tlinned to to inches apart In IN
rows One ounce of seed is sum
cent for a hundred-foot row.
Lettuce. Sow the seed in row
IL to Is inches apart. Thin IN
plants until they stand to ~ meme
apart The young plants may
used for salad A nan .ounse ~
seed is SUFFICIENT for hundred-roo
plants from hotbeds or cold frame
4, not already transplanted to tn
Garden should be placed there
once Set in rows IA to Ii 1nche
onart and place plants to inche
apart in the row.
Parsnips. The rows may De 9
close as is to Is inches apart II han
cultivation is to be given The SO
,nust be fine and rich One-ha
ounce of seed lis ample for hundred
foot row. Thin the plants unit
thew stand to inches apart in tn
Radishes.. Sew the seed in rows
10 IL inches apart for, hand cult1vs
tion Have the soil fine. One oun<
of seed is enough for a hundred-fo'
row.
BEANS. String. Plant in rows 2 L
feet apart for either horse or han
cultiyation,s and to 4 inches apa
in the rows pint of seed is sun
Gent for a hundred-foot row. Ma
plantings at intervals of ten days I
to the first of July.
It.pa Beans, Pole. Plant in hill
to 4 feet apart for horse or hal
cultivation. A half pint of seed
suff1cient for a hundfed-foot ro
Bush nma9 SnOulQ DC pl1AlCA Al . ~
21-2 feet apart for hand cultivatio
or 3 feet apart for horse cultivatio
space the seeds to 10 inches apa
In the rows.
Cucumber. Plant 8 to 10 seeds
n hill, spacing the hills feet apa
each way and thin to or plants,
sow the seed in rows to feet apa'
when planted in rows the plar
should be about Is inches apart, b
the seed should be sowed mu'
thicker, the plants being thinn
later. A half ounce of seed is 81
ficient for a hundred-foot row.
Squash. The bush varieties shou
be planted In hills A feet apart ca
way, and the running varieties
10 feet apart each way. One-hi
ounce of seed is sufficient for hu
dred-foot row of either the bush
running varieties
MuslEmelons. The culture Of t
nluskmelon is the same as the c
cumber except that the plants 9
usually given more space. Plant
to 10 seeds in hill, spacing the hi
9 feet apar&each way. Another met
cd is to SOW in drills feet apart a
thin to single plants l. to "a inch
apart ~
Watermelons. The culture of t
watermelon is the same as the mus
melon except that the plants requ
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