Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-04-17
GRAND FORKS HERALD, WEDNESDAY, APRIL II, 1918.

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plan to remove the topsoil and spade
Of H. or 16 inches. The plants may
be set in rows for horse cultivation
or. in beds. II in rows they should
be set IA inche apart, with the rows
3 1-2 feet apart. II in beds, one foot
apart each way is the proper distance
to set the plants. In setting the
plants the crowns SHOULD be covered
4 or 5 inches deep.
In the north the plants should re-
cetve a mulch of 4 aor 5 inches of
manure in winter. In the south the
mulch Is not necessary, bu the plants
should receive a coat: of or an
application of fertilizer. preferably in
autumn.
No shoots should be removed dur
ing the first year the plants are set IN
the permanent bed, and the period Of
! second year.
Spinach.
Spinach thrives in a rather cool
climate and attains it's best develop
ment in the middle south where it
can be grown in the open ground dur
ing the winter. Farther north it is
necessary to protect the plants dur
ing the winter with a mulch of straw
or leaves. To produce good spinach
a rich loan which will give, the plants
a quick growth is required. Fall
planting is to be recommended wher-
ever this is possible, as the fall
planted spinach is not as much in
cllned to go to seed as that planted in
the spring. One ounce of seed is suf-
fcient for a 100-foot row, and this
crop may be sown in drills about one
foot apart.
Spinach is an easily grown garden
crop, and there is perhaps no other Of
its kind that will give as good salts
FACTION. In gathering spinach the
entire plant lis removed rather than
merely cutting off the leaves. The
larger plants are selected first, and
the smaller ones are thus given a
chance to develop. ~
Garden Peas.
Early peas require a rather rich
sandy loan with good drainage in
order that the first paintings may be
made early in the spring. Fertilizers
that are high in heterogeneous matter
should not be applied to the land i'm
mediately before planting. as they
will have a tendency to produce too
great growth OF vines at the expense
of pods. Land that has been ma
nured h previous year will be found
satisfactory without additional fertil-
izer. While the sandy loan is to be
preferred for early varieties, a good
crop can be produced on almost any
good soil.
The first paintings should be of
such varieties as Alaska, or some Of
its notifications. which make a small
but quick growth and ma or may not
be provided with supports. These
should be \planted about two week.
before the date of the last killing
frost, or in TACT may be planted as
soon as the ground is in condition.
The tall-growing sorts Of the Tele-
phone type are desirable for still later
use. on account of their large pro-
duction and excellent quality.
Peas should be drilled in rows, one
100-foot row. The individual peas
should be placed about one inch
apart In the rows. The distance be-
tween rows will depend upon the kind
Of cultivation to be employed, and
upon the varieties used. The dwarf
varieties need not be any farther
apart than necessary to insure culti-
walton, while the tall-growing sorts
should n Q be planted closer than 3
to 8 1-2 feet apart.
A good scheme is to plant two par
allel rows of peas about s or 8 inches
apart, then leave a space of Is inches
or two feet and plant two more rows
of seed close together. Fewer strings
or less brush will be required to sup
port them than when planted in
single rows at the greater distances.
II peas are to be grown for imme-
date use only, a quart will be enough
to plant at M time. However, if it
is desired to grow peas for canning,
large paintings should be made. If
space is available, 1t AS an excellent
plan to make considerable planting at
one time of some one variety. SO that
the peas for canning will be available
in considerable quantities. This en-
ables the housewife to get the a n
ming out of the way in a compare
lively short time. Successive paintings
of the various varieties of peas should
be made at intervals Of about two
weeks, until the weather begins to
grow warm, when the paintings
should be discontinued. 1t is possible
In some sections to grow a fall crop
of peas. When this is done, early
varieties should be used.