The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-03-29
Peas Beans and scets.

feas Beans ana BeetS.
Washington. d. c., March 2S.-Gar,
den peas are favorite crop in the,
home garden. and as they are not
easily injured by light frosts, they
may be planted as soon as the soil
can be put in order in the spring, ac-I
cording to the specialists OF the IT,
is. Department of Agriculture. BY Sc
lecting a number of varieties ii is
possible to have continuous supply
of peas throughout a large portion of
the growing season. In order to aC-
complish this, paintings should be
made every 10 days or weeks until
warm weather comes. The first plant
ings should be of small growing, quick
maturing varieties, such as Alaska
First and Best and Gradus. These
kinds do not require supports. They
should be followed by the large wrink
led type of peas, such as Champion
of England, Telephone and Prize
Taker. These may be supported on
brush, on strings attached to stakes
driven in the ground, or on wire net
ting
Peas should be planted about 2 to
3 to 4 feet apart. Some gardeners,
however follow the practice OF plant
ing in double rows 6 inches apart,
with the ordinary space of to, feet
j between these pairs of rows. With
varieties requiring support this is a
good practice, as the supports can be
placed in the narrow space between
, the rows.
| Beans are more susceptible to cold
than peas and should not be planted
until danger OF frost is past and the
! ground begins to warm up They,
are, however, among the most desir-
able vegetables that the home gar
dener can raise. There are many
different kinds and varieties OF beans
but for garden purposes they may be
divided into two classes-string and
Lima. Both classes are grown com
mercially over the greater part OF
the east and adapt themselves to a
wide diversity of soils and climate
They grow rapidly and, therefore
leave the area in which they have
been planted free for another crop.
To secure a continuous supply it is
desirable to make paintings at inter
walls of 10 days or 2 weeks from the
time that the ground is reasonably
warm until hot weather sets in.
Both string and Lima beans are
! subdivided into pole and bush types
The pole Lima bean should be plant
cd with from s b 10 seeds in the hill
and after the plahts become establish,
ed should be thinned to 3 or 4. The
hills should be to feet apart Bush
Lima beans are planted or s inches
apart in rows 80 to &c inches apart.
Bush beans Of the string type may
be planted somewhat closer-the
plants standing 3 or inches in rows
from 30 to "a inches apart If hand
cultivation only is to be. employed.
| Beans of any kind should not be
planted any deeper than is necessary
to secure good termination. This
should never be over % inches and on
heavy soil it should not be moEe than
~ to IL inches.
Beets can be planted comparatively
early in the season. 1t is not neces-
sary to wait until the ground has be.
come warm, if the danger of frost is
past The seed should be sown in
drills IA to Is inches apart and cover
ed to depth of about ! inch. As
soon as the plants are well up they
should be thinned to stand Z to 4
inches apart From to 5 paintings
should be made in order to have 4
continuous supply of young, tender
lbeets.