The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1917-04-05
TIMELY HINTS FOR THE
HOME GARDENER
WHEN TO PLANT VEGETABLES.

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cold temperature" vegetables. When
peach and plum trees are in blossom.
they say. ii is time to SOW in the open
ground such seeds as lettuce, radish.
parsley. beets. turnips, cabbage, car
rots, peas and onions The wrinkled
peas should not be planted until later.
as they are more liable to rot in cool
ground than are the smooth yarie-
ties. When the apple trees bloom, 1t
is time to plant the heat-loying vege-
tables such as cucumbers. beans.
sweet copn. pumpkin and squash. This
is an old but excellent rule.
The quickest crop TO mature Is the
radish Lettuce. turnips. peas. beets
, and beans usually require from six TO
nine weeks. corn from eleven to thir-
teen weeks and potatoes from fifteen
to sixteen weeks to mature.
Lettuce is to the garden what the
z hay crop is to the field-always need
ed-and gives some of the best re-
turns A rich sandy loan. with sufii-
cient nitrate to stimulate leaf growth
and intensity the chlorophyll or deep
leaf color OF the plant. and sufi-
cheney of soft water keep the crop
crisp and fresh. Much the same plan
Is practiced with cabbage. except At
does not require so much water.
Beans do not require veryfrich soil
and it is safe to plant them on the
very poorest patch. Snap beans may
be grown in rows between the orchard
trees
The lima bean requires rich.
moist soil. but does not seem to de
priye tile land OF It's productiveness.
Lima beans have been grown on the
same fields in California for many
years.
Cucumbers. squashes and melons
require rich soil. and the cucumber
profits by the application OF fresh
horse manure. Sheep manure VIII
hurry plants along more rapidly than
most chemical fertilizers.
The specialists believe that II the
general principles they have outlined
are followed it will be profitable for
almost any one TO plant his idle acres
this summer They point out that
& even where the monetary value OF the
crops raised in the back yard garden
is not important. the gardener and his
family must credit to the patch the
health and enjoyment they gain from
this outdoor occupation They point
out tina. from the community point OF
view II -is the duty OF every home owns
er 10 keep his place orderly and III
traotive. The most profitable way Of
getting rid OF a patch OF weeds in y
back yard is to cultivate 1t and plant
IL to some valuable crop. the orderly
character of which Will add much TO
the comeliness of the home grounds
Gardening is an old. old story. II
is related that nearly twenty centuries
ago Pliny and Elder summed II up IN
a sentence of just six words:
Dig deep; manure "a ell; work Of.
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SPECIAL CROPS FOR THE HOME
Washington. Match 27--The home
gardener will usually find 1t advan.
tageous TO grow small quantities Of
certain specIalties which will add to
. the attractivene~s of the family fare
> and which few housewives will trou-
bile 10 buy. Among these may be
mentioned okra or gumbo.
The young pods of this plant are
the part used. These are employed
principally in soups to which they i'm
part pleasant flavor and sticky
consistency. The best pods are grown
on young plants. but IL the pods are
removed before they are allowed to
ripen the plants will continue TO pro.
duce them until killed by frost.
The seeds OF okra should be sown
in the open after the GROUND has be-
come quite warm or the plants may be
started In berry boxes in the hot bed
and transplanted In the garden after
all danger of frost has passed. The
rows should be four feet apart for
the dwarf sorts and Ave feet apart for
the tall kinds. with the plants two
feet apart in the row Detailed in.
formation on this plant is contained in
Farmers Bulletin es2. 'okra Its cul.
ture and Uses"
Mustard greens may be produced on
almost any good soil. The basal
leaves are used for greens and are
cooked like spinach. The plants re-
aulre but short time TO reach the
proper stage for use and frequent SOW
ing should be made. therefore. The
seeds are sowed thickly in drills as
. early as possible in spring or for late