Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1918-04-06
GARDEN SUGGESTIONS
FOR EARLY Spring
PLANS SHOULD BE MADE NOW
FOR AN AlL-YEAR-ROU
VEGETABLE GARDEN.
BEANS ARE IMPORTANT
Some Varieties Will Last Through
the Season and Bear Until
Frost

An all-yearround 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 homo, and eat potatoes in the
place of wheat and beans in the place
of meat. Resides these we can pro
duce a wealth of other healthful and
nutritious vegetables that will save
transportation and release other sta
pie food fer our soldiers and allies.
March is busy garden month,
and might we'll be termed the bean
painting 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 as the
Black Valentine, Rcd Valentine and
Giant Stringlcas Green Pod of tho
green sorts; and the Davis Wax,
Wardwells Kidney Wax, and CUrries
Rust Proof of tho wax varieties. The
Giant Stringlees Green Pod is one Of
the most popular varieties for cam
ming or snaps. III" Rcd Kidney bean
is the standard .CT producing dry
Bccns, while dry beans Of many other
varieties can he eaten at home Col
ored beans are not popular in com
merCe and the surplus cOuld not be
sold as readily as = surplus Of the red
kidney or varieties with white coat.
The pole varieties like the Kentucky
Wonder ara excellent for summer use,
since the bush beans do not set much
fruit during the summer. The Bush
Limas may be used for the earlier
crop Of Limas. Such varieties "a the
Woods Prolific, Henderson's Bush and
the Jackson Wonder Ozark colorcd
seedl are usually planted The pole
Limas will last through the season
and bear I'll frost The Carolina or
Sewe is the variety TO plant. II is
we'll to remember that the Lima
beans can not be planted as early as
the kidney beans, since they will rot
readily in a cold, wet soil.
II sweet potatoes are not grown a
field crop on the farm, they should
certainly have a place in the farm
garden and they should also be plant
ed in the back yard town garden if
space permits Put out a few slips
as soon as the weather gets warm and
grow few early vines from which
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Set out - lot of tomatoes.
They ARE extremely wholesome and
palatable in the fresh state and are
ideally adapted to canning. Every
pantry should be well stocked with
home canned tomatoes.
Okra, our great Southern farorite.
should receive its share of attention.
II grows like weed and is perhaps
more adaptable to varying conditions
than any other vegetable.
Egg plants and peppers should be
given some space, especially if the
family is fond of them. Squash, pump
kins, 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. TiebOut horti-
culturist Extension Division, Louisi-
ana State University.