The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1918-03-18
GARDEN SUGGESTIONS
FOR EARLY SPRING
PLANS SHOULD BE MADE NOW
FOR AN ALL-YEAR-ROUNO
VEGETABLE GARDEN.
scANs ARE IMPORTANT
Some Varieties Will Last ThrouSh
the Season and Bear Until
Frost

!. An all-year-round garden for every
family on the farm and an all-year-
round backyard garden for every
town family is the garden slogan for
1918. Let US produce all the food We
can at home, and eat potatoes IN the
place Of wheat and beans in the place
o( meat Besides those We can pro-
duce q wealth OF other beautiful and
nutritious vegetables that will save
transportation and release other sta
pie food for our soldiers and allies.
March Is q busy garden month.
and might well be termed the bean
planting month under the present
food emergency. since We can not
grow too many beans. Let everybody
plant beans; bush and pole beans for
snaps and bush and pole Lima beans
for green beans and dry beans. Among
the bush beans we have numerous
varieties to choose from, such a. the
Black Valentine, Red Valentine and
Giant Str1ngless Green Ped Of the
green sorts; and the Davis Wax.
Wardwslls Kidney Wax, and Cursies
Rust Proof Of the wax varieties. The
Giant Stringless Green Pod IL one OF
the most popular varieties tor can
ming or snaps. The Red Kidney bean
is the standard for producing dry
beans. while dry beans Of many other
varieties can be eaten At homa Col
ored beans are not popular in COM
merce and the surplus could not DO
sold a. readily 40 . surplus It tho red
kidney or varieties with = white coat
The pole varieties Ike the Kentucky
Wonder are excellent tor summer use.
since the bush beans do not set much
fruit during the summer. The Rnsh
Limas may be used for the earlier
crop Of Limas. Such varieties 40 the
Woods Prolific, Hendsrson's Bush and
the Jackson Wonder OZARK colored
seed) are usually planted. The pole
kmas will last through the season
and bear TIL frost The Carolina or
6ewe is the variety to plant 1t b
we'll to remember that the LAMA
beans can not be planted ~ early as
the kidney beans. since they will rot
readily IN q cold, wet soil.
II sweet potatoes are n& grown q
field crop On the farm. they should
certainly have q place In the farm
garden and they shonld also be plant
ed In the back yard town garden II
space permits Put out a few slips
"a soon as the weather gets warm and
grow a few early vines from which
cuttings may be taken for planting
the later crop.
Set out a liberal lot OF tomatoes.
They are extremc!., wholesome and
paiatable In the fresh state and are
ideally adapted to canning Every
pantry should be well stocked with
home canned tomatoes.
Okra, cur great Southern favorite,
should receive It's share of attention.
It grows like a weed and is perhaps
more adaptable to varying conditions
than any other vegetable.
Egg plants and peppers should +:
given some space, especially II the
family Is fond of them Squash, pump
klns, cantaloupes and watermelons
will receive some attention, especially
by those who like any or all members
OF this group
In this time Of emergency plan
carefully and plant literally Of those
crops Of high food value most likely
to succeed under your conditions.
work hard and long, and do your best
to go over the top with an all-year-
round garden.-G. L. Tebout horti-
culturist, Extension Division. Louisi-
ana State University.