The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-15
ISSUE LAST CALL
FOR PLANTING TO
HOME GARDENERS
Late Planting Offers Good
Opportunities to Increase
Produce Stock
(BY F. F. RoCKwELL.)

(BY F. F. RoCKwELL)
Author of Around the Year in the
Garden" Home Vegetable Gar
dening," Etc.
Copyright, 1917, by w. Atlee Burpee
& Coz
Only small proportion of home
gardeners take advantage of the sew
eral opportunities which late plant
ing offers for adding ITO the returns
from the tail end OF this seasons gar
dening, and the front end Of next
years garden. While the majority OF
the vegetables cannot be put in now,
the few which can be make it well
worth while.
Another opportunity frequently
overlooked by the home gordener Is
to neglect to get at least one fall crop
out Of his cold-frNzne OF hot bed. BY
waiting until hard freezing weather
before planting it is too late to util-
ize a number Of things which are
available If planted now, SO that they
can be well along by the time It is ne
cessary to get the glass over them.
Radishes and lettuce are sof course
the two popular vegetables which are
ready for use the soonest from seed
sown in the open. For planting at
this time only the earliest sorts should
be used, such as Scarlet Globe, White
Icic1e, etc, in the radishes, and Grand
Rapids or Black Seeded Simpeon IN
lettuce. The heading varieties OF let
tuce take q little longer than these
two, but have time to mature in all
but the more northern states If sown
Wayahead, Big Boston,
and the little but delicious Mignonette
are among the best.
The two quickest growing turnips--
and, what usually is not true or ear
liest varieties, two OF the best In tan
lie quallty-are Extra Early White MI
Ian and Petrofski the latter especial
ly is not nearly so widely known as, 1t
should be; while it attains only med
ium size, it grows very quickly, and is
extra fine and sweet in flavor. kohi-
rabbi takes little longer to mature
than turnips, but as it should be USED
when very small to be at its BEST, II
may still be planted.
In beans two of the quickest matur-
ing varieties are Burpee's Str1ngless
Greenpod and Longfellow. Beans are
more tender than any of the. things
mentioned above, but in the home
s1..das, - ,s mn difficnlt matter to
% ~. ~, Nv Two last! nlanted
=. ~ ars+ upbt frost. after which
- !. oi .,,,al,,- ea+ . counle Of weeks of
ss.aa ttars during which thew bear
freely.
with all of the above Of course
80 ,,it,I atan,ant In these last
- ..,,srs r, Most sections Of the
a,,.,t,s, sx.,a hava had ample rains to
49,. -, ~rornd moist right up until
~ ,,,.as.,,+ ti,,e R,1t unless the soil
:, .t.,a11,, damn 4 nlanting time, sew
80, asr,s a., week can be gained
s..,.,. III 4hasa +hiror NV soaking the
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par u s,eeara,a.a s;r,rlv IL
go 80 49, 80 a., ar,o,,sh water ID
-. ~, -, ao.,.,.sa fo, +rvantv-fon I q
for+r.ai.h+ hours before nlanting.
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t Ip II slales neil '.ai 1iel " ~ -
are Ine seveIai perpe.uai onions' sun
as Inc Esyptiah OF e.sr.al
onion ana the Foeaeo anu n..e M ~
tlp1er' soH1e VI Wiicn siioutu
sroWn IN eyery noliie saluen
Asparagus ana rhuoaro Ioo.s sl.y
also De set out IN the ial as wen as IN
the spring, thus not only getting an
Garner start the IoloWins spring p'
saving time when the gardener NJ. ,
more TO atteno 70 than ne can usually
ma time Tor. Inc advanease OF Doth
these things Is that they yieid year
after year without repiana1ns,- ana
they snoulo De gwen d pace IN every
nome garoen.
sash Tor starting plants early IN the