The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-24
For the Fall Garden
May Prove More Important Than War
 Plots Planted in Spring.

The autumn war garden is almost as important as the spring garden, and in some respects more so. It is the autumn garden that produces the turnips beets, cabbages, and other late vegetables that are stored away for winter. Besides, many a gardener will have found that his spring plant ed beans, beets, chard, C., have sup piled him with only enough provided for the table, or that the drought of July burned up the beans that were to have been canned. There Is still | time to remedy some of these mis- fortunes in and about New York, if 1 the war gardener will get to work at | once.
 | Weather Bureau observations cov- ertng many years show that the first l killing frost may be expected here abouts on or near Oct. 25. The days between now and that date are among the best of the year for growing. The sun Is usually hot and moisture is less i likely to be scarce than in midsum- | mer, 50 that seed planted now will germinate in a few days, where two weeks would be required in early spring. With a little quick-acting fer tiliZer applied to the rows, such as sheep manure or a llalf-and-half mix 1 ture of sheep manure and commer- cial fertilizer, beans, beets, turnips, and rutabagaes may be made to thrive without a moments backset. As to what he may plant, the gar dener needs only to have before him 8 table giving the number of days re- quired for the maturing of vegeta- nd hoo ln of days from Oct. 25. Thus, bush beans require from 40 to 65 days; beet, 60 to 80; cabbage, late, 90 to 130; carrot, 70 to 100; caulifower, 100 to 130; celery, 12O to 150; corn, sweet, 60 to 100; cu- cu1nber 60 to 80; kale, 90 to 12O; let tuce, 60 to 90; parsley, 90 to 1900; pea, 40. to 80; potato, Irish 80 to 140, sweet 140 to 160; radsh, 20 to 14O; spinach 30 to 60; squash, bush, 60 to 800; to- mato. 80 to 125; turnip, 60 to 30.
 Hence, bush beans may be planted up to Aug. 20, lettuce to Sept. 1, kale to Sept. IS, parsley to Oct. 1, peas to Sept. 1, spinach to Sept. 1, radishes tc Sept. 15 and turnips till Sept. 1. The food conserving interests are urging that every possible foot o1 ground be kept busy, that the garden b0 hSpL lIlI IL 5 EOHo.
 As the early vegetables are re-
 moved, the land should be planted z second time to something that vii t give returns during the autumn 5 months. Early peas, beets, onions cabbage, lettuce, radishes, and Iris1 3 potatoes may be followed by lat: f crops of snap beans, navy beans, tur l nips, carrots, beets, late cabbage, kale
 spinach, lettuce, and radishes. II
 many of the milder sections of tht
 North such crops as spinach, ka1e, ant
 hardy varieties of onions may remain in the ground all winter.
 Seedmen advise that there is sufn :, cient seed available to provide for al ;. extensive planting of fall gardens ' The problem is to escape the through
 of late summer and yet to mature tn
 crops before the weather becomes coll
 enough to injure them. If the groun '' is dry at planting time 1t should b
 rolled or slightly packed over tn r seeds to insure an even start. f Gardeners uncertain of when ant $ what to plant in the fall gardens ar 't advised to consult experienced neigh 2 bors.
 AS soon as the raspberry crop 1
 gathered, cut out all of the old canes \. those which. have just fr1ited, an
 burn them SO as to destroy any dis e eases and insect eggs or immature in r. sects on them. The old canes will di
 in a short time if left, but in tn a meantime will rob the new shoots c a much nourishment. When the neV
 shoots reach height of from ttre
 and one-half to four feet, pinch out 0
 cut off the growing tip to cause tn
 shoots to branch. Cut out, also, a.
 the weak shoots, leaving only tn ,+ strong ones.
 !, Give blackberry bushes the sam
 treatment.
 Clean up the old strawberry bed fo "a another years fruiting. unless ne7 ', bed was planted last spring. If tn
 rows have become wide and matted , run a cultivator with large pointe 70 shovel through the centre Of the row n to tear out the old plants, but leav
 the young plants at the edge of tn 70 row to make the new rows. If tn ,, matted rows are only moderatel , wide, run the cultivatoF or blow alon
 one side only, and leaving the youn ,z plants on the other side. Tither pu - out OF hoe out the weak and surplu plants. leaving strong plants from si = to 12 inches apart in the new row
 Mow off the leaves of these plants
 once. New plants will be produced a5
 these to make new rows for ne1
 springs fruiting,
 Give the new bed thorough cuitivs
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