The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-07-17
THAT MAY BE PLANTED
 AND GROWN NOW

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 Copyright 1917
 By W. Atlee Burpee & Co.,, Seeds Growers, Philadelphia.)
 It is not yet too late to grow a good supply of vegetables, even if you have not had a garden so far this year.
 There is among amateur gardeners an unwritten tradition that gardens must be planted in the spring. AS matter of fact a fairly complete gar den may be planted successfully as late as the middle of July. There are 100 days of growing after that date, while the ma tority of vegetables require less than go days to be ready for use. It is fact that Nature does most Of her seed-sowing, not in the spring, but during the summer and early fall. One of the chief reasons why summer planting is not carried on more iex- tensively is that, in many sections Of the country, we usually have at that time a dry condition of the soil that delays or interferes with germination.
 This year fortunately, we have had | abundant rains throughout June, so | that the soil is in just the right cond1- | ton to assure the prompt germlnation | of seeds planted now
 Wide-awake gardeners are taking l advantage of this condition to make their late paintings as large as pos l sible. An unusual opportunity exists for the late beginner, who still wants to make a garden this year.
 What You Can Plant Now The list of vegetables which can still be grown this year is big enough IA. t,1 ivonY Y116n
 Beans, beets, cabbage, cauliflower, Brussels sprouts, kale, celery, Swiss chard, sweet corn endive khol-rabi. lettuce, mustard, peas, radish. ruta- bagas, spinach squash (summer). tur- nips. 7
 5 Of the above vegetables, cabbage, cauliflower, brussels sprouts, kale and celery, may be obtained locally in plants already started. If you can get the plants, there is still plenty of time for tomatoes. They will be in their prime during September and ear- ly October, when the local crop is pretty well gone by. and both ripe and green tomatoes for making pickles and preserves, are hard to get.
 The other vegetables in the list above, should be started now from seed There is one point about which care should be taken, however, that is: for late planting use early varieties. This advice may seem paradoxical at first, but will appear commonsense on moments reflection. The follow ing are all good sorts:
 Beans: Stringless green-pod; Val entine. Beets: Early Model; Crosby's Egyptian; Detroit Dark Red. Cabbage: Danish Ballhead; Glory of Enkhuisen; volga. Cauliflower: Best Early: Snowban; Dry Weather. Brussels sprouts: Danish Prize; L. I. Improved. Kale: Dwarf Curled Scotch. Celery: Golden Self-Blanching; F'ordhobk Emperor; Winter Queen. Chard: Giant Lucullus Corn: Golden Bantam; Rowling Mob. Endive: White Fringed Giant F'ringed. Khol-Rabi: Early l White Vienna. Lettuce: Big Boston; All seasons( heading): Grand Rapids I Coose leaf); Dwarf White Heart (Cos). Mustard: Fordhookt Fancy; Elephants Ear. Peas: Little Marvel; Burpee's Extra Early Radish: Scarlet Globe; White Icicle; Chinese Rose. Ruta- -Bagas: Breadstone; Golden Neckless. Spinach: Victoria; Thick l Leaved Round. Squash: Early White Bush; Burpee's Bush F'ordhook; Deli cata. Turnips: White Milan; Golden Ball; Amber Globe.
 The Things to Hurry With: 1 While all the things mentioned
 above will have time to develop to good table size, there are some which take longer than others, and these Ishould include beets, carrots, sweet corn. ruta- -bagas, and cucumbers. With l all of them 1t is essential to use only
 the earliest varieties, as suggested 1 above.
 i Success with these late planted veg. l etab1es. depends to large extent or getting a strong gerrnination and
 quick start in growth. To make al sure as possible of this, there are | three points to be kept in mind:
 Plant on a freshly prepared sur.
 face.
 Firm the seed well in the soil, if the T latter is at all dry.
 Provide a fertilizer high in avail T able nitrogen to assure a robust, earl1
 growth.
 I Plant on Freshly Prepared Soil
 Whether the garden spaces to bt
 planted have been newly dug up, ol prepared some time in advance, tn.
 seed should always be sown on soi
 that has been freshly worked over. There is a double reason for this
 The first requisite for germination i
 moisture. Seeds. especially smal seeds, are covered only lightly; and a. the upper inch or two of soil dries ou
 very quickly after it. is spaded up, seet . planted in soil that has been lying 10,
 even few days undisturbed is likel. to be in want of enough moisture t, !, cause good germination. If on tn
 other hand, the same soil had beer 2 worked over anew just previous t planting, moist fresh soil would b
 brought into direct contact with tn
 seed, causing it to swell and sprou immediately.
 : In the second place. within fey
 days after any piece of ground i ? worked over, the weed seeds in i ], near the surface begin to sprout. l your vegetable seeds are not plante
 until some days later, they are there
 fore badly handicapped in the race fo k life with the weeds. If, however, tn f soil is raked over thoroughly immedi . ately before planting such weed seed 6 linss as may have started-and ther a will be likely thousands of them, eve : if they do not all show above the SUI U face-will be destroyed giving tn