The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-05-22
GARDENING HINTS

tomato plants you see in the world
In this section Decoration day is early
enough TO set out tomato plants ex.
cept for an experienced gardener who
knows how to care for them. Any
time from May 80 to June Is is suit
able for the amateur.
In buying tomato plants consider
the variety. The very late kinds like
Ponderosa and Stone generally appear
stocky and strong, but for family
garden an earlier brand is preferable.
The earliest tomato is Fields Early
June and the fruit is solid and of fine
favor though not very large. The
Earliana is the standard early sort in
This vicinity and bears a bigger crop
over a longer period than the Early
June, Chalk's Early Jewel is a splen-
did early kind. II is a triae later than
the Earlana and here in northern
New England the amateur gardener
viii make no mistake if he puts his
faith in this variety.
For late tomatoes there is no better
than the Ponderosa. but it is almost
too late here unless the grower de-
slres fully half his crop in green toma.
toes at the end of the season. Grim.
son Cushion. Tenderloin and Beef
steak tomatoes are trine smaller.
hut much smoother than the Pom.
derosa and somewhat earlier and we
think more desirable for the village
garden. For canning the Stone is the
standard throughout the United
States and will grow bigger crop of
large, smooth tomatoes than any other
kind, but for slcing, when fresh. it is
not quite as good as some other kinds.
Other standard varieties and all of
them good are the Acme, Dwarf
Champion, Livingston's Perfection
and Beauty.
When you set out cabbage, cauli
flower or turnip plants pinch off all
except the small central leaves. They
will start quicker and do better than
ii these leaves are left on the plant
Set the plants a little deeper in the
ground than they first grew
Beans to be planted should be
picked over more carefully than to be
eaten. Throw out every single bean
that has spot of any kind or is
bruised or even locks inferior. Beans
are exceedingly sensitive to disease
and spots on the seed always mean
disease of some sort.
If the onion seed comes up too thick
that onions are safe to
and will grow just as well
Setting out slippery and spindling lit
tie onion plants is baek-breaking work
and trlfle hard on the temper, but II
YOU have the space it is worth while |
Encourage the robins and other |
song birds to come into the garden
They are gardeners best friends and |
should never be scared away even If |
hey do eat few cherries and straw
berries. A robin win eat it's weight in |
Bugs and worms every three days
some of them will even eat the tent |
,aterpillars.
While waiting for the potatoes to
ONE up and get started it is easy to
grow radishes, spinach and curled |
'ress between the rows of potatoes.
The eggplant is a choice vegetable |
lot much grown in this section. but
worthy of trial 1t is we'll to remem.
yer, however, that every potato bug
links that eating the leaves off an
eggplant. is the same thing as going
o Heaven. They must be kept
prinkled with some poison fatal to
potato bugs
1t is easier to keen the weeds out
When they first start than to dig them
nut after they get large and vigorous.