The Holly chieftain., 1917-03-09
MAKE A SALAD GARDEN
Results Are Fairly Sure 10 Be
Satisfactory.
Small Plot Will Produce Sufficient Sup.
ply for All Surmer-lettuee 10
Greatest Standby. With
Curly cress Next
tBy NARY srARBUcK,

(By NARY 6TARBUCK)
For q woman amateur, q salad gar
den IL Q safe experiment. 1t need not
take much room aad the results are
fairly sure to be satisfactory. Besides
giving variety to the table and whole
some Interest to the gardener, 1t Is In
itself thing Of beauty from start to
finish.
A plot fifteen or twenty feet square
will supply salad through the whole
summer for a large family and also
yield occasional gifts for the neighbor-
bors.
OF course. lettuce IL the great stand
by and there should be two or three VI
rieties, one Of them russet colored.
This particular kind does not head up
as most Of the others. 1t Is, however,
tender and Of fine flavor, while its col
or gives 1t value for use with other
salads. In the garden the great dark
heads are very effective, glowing in the
sunshine like FURNISHED copper
Lettuce should be sown at least
twice during the season-first in April
or May. aud again the last of June.
The second crop must be carefully
watched and thoroughly watered from
the time 1t first appears. II the earth
gets dry and hard. 1t must be loosened
about the tender plants until the leaves
spread sufficiently to keep 1t moist.
Next to lettuce In value Is the curly
cress. which can be used with lettuce
or by itself. It is also, for certain
dishes, a more delicately effective gar
nish than parsley.
Cress comes to maturity very early,
and If let alone will SOW itself and pro-
duce second crop by the last of Au-
gust, but better results are obtained
by cutting back the blossoms as soon
as they appear and when the stems
get too tough for use pull up the plants
and make second sowing in July.
In fact, three crops may be counted
| on II one wishes to take the trouble.
One planting Of parsley is sufficient.
1t never fails, grows abundantly and
lasts tender and green until the heavy
| frosts come.
Radishes can be sown every two
| weeks during the summer. The later
crops must be well watered and should
be pulled as soon Us they are large
| enough for good bite Late-grown
radishes seem to get wormy more read
| lily than those sown in the moist soil of
the early spring.
Cucumbers take good deal of room
but are SO delicious eaten from the
dewy vines, tender and crisp without
the CHASTITY chill Of the ice chest, that
they are well worth the space they re-
quire and are also worth the trouble.
Sometimes the cucumbers need a
good deal of looking after in the early
stages. The young plants even before
blOssoming, often turn yellow and If
not attended to soon dry up and die.
The malady is caused by tiny in
sect which attacks the under side of
the leaves. The remedy Is simple.
Sprinkle the leaves thoroughly with
red pepper, taking care to pepper well
the under side. One or two applica-
tions will be sufficient.
After the blossoms appear an insect
Of squash-bug variety sometimes is
found on the vines This. however, is
easily discovered and disposed Of.
Keep cucumbers well watered and II
the earth cakes. loosen 1t.
All these salads except the cucum-
Der should be sown In rows unless the
garden is very small. In that case
make an outside border for lettuce,
not forgetting to thin out relentlessly
as usual, when there are four leaves
above the ground.
Sow an inside border Of cress which
need never be thinned except as it is
used. Put the cucumbers in each cor
ner and SOW the rest In rows as the
space allows.