South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-04-10
AGRICULTU
HOME GARDEN IS
CALLED FAILURE
WITHOUT GREENS
Culture of Various Vegetables
is Similar in Many Re-
spects, Say Specialists.

No home garden is complete
without green's. The list from
which TO choose includes spinach,
kale, chard. mustard. turnip tops.
sour dock. bassella and young beets.
BY proper seeding and the use Of
the right kind Of plants, some kind
Of greens can be had growing In the
garden throughout the frost-free
season. according to garden special
lists, United States department OF
agriculture.
Cabbage stored in a pit during the
winter viii produce a tender growth
during the spring and may be used
the same as spinach or other
green's The secret lies in getting
"a tender growth early in the spring
when our systems call for greens OF
some sort.
Rich soil Required.
The culture OF the various greens
8 similar in many respects. Each
requires rich soil and sufficient cul-
tivation 20 keep the surface loose
and free from weeds. Spinach is a
fall, winter and early spring crop
throughout the southern states, a
spring and fall crop in the middle
states. and a late spring crop in the
extreme northern part OF the COun-
try. From Norfolk, Va, southwark
along the Atlantic coast, IL is Gus
tomary TO cut spinach and kale dur
ing the winter, and ship II 10 the
northern markets. Turnip tops are
used almost universally through
out the south during the winter and
early spring months as greens.
Spinach is generally grown on a
bed raised three or four inches
above the surrounding surface to
insure good drainage. The beds are
made about five or six feet in width.
five to seven rows being planted
Iengthwise. Cover the seed about
One-half inch and when the plants
appear cultivate the ground between
the rows. Fall sown spinach can be
protected during the winter with a
little straw or leaves and will come
out IN good condition in the spring
provided the temperature does not
20 below 10 degrees Of II degrees
above zero during the winter. ana
providing the ground does not freeze
and thaw too often.
Kale is grown in exactly the same
manner as cabbage, except that the
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are TO stand, and thinned TO eight
inches or one foot apart in the
rows.
Seeds Are Small.
Mustard seed is so small that a
very little of it goes a long way
Simply open a very shallow furrow
in the early springtime and SOW the
seed very thinly in this drill When
the plants appear they should be
thinned, the Trimmings being used
as green's. The entire plant shOu
be used before II starts to shoot tn
seed. Young, tender mustard plants
make delicious greens having a
pungent flavor. They can be mixed
with spinach or kale.
Swiss Chard is one OF the newer
vegetables used as green's and like
wise one of the best. 1t develops
large leaf stems and very little root.
II can be planted early and the
young plants pulled out in thinning
can be used for green's. Later the
tender, feshy leaf stems left in the
row may be pulled of and used for
greens. When finally thinned out.
the plants should stand six 10 eight
inches apart in the row. swiss chard
thrives best on q deep, rich. mellow
soil similar 10 that required for
beets. The variety known as Lucul-
lus Is considered the best.