The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1921-04-14
THE APRIL GARDEN

In cutting asparagus it is well to
be careful and cut only the stalk in
tended. Much loss can be made by
2areless cutting, destroying the buds
just starting from the crowns of the
roots.
The Black Valentine bean is plant
ed as the earliest and most hardy, but
the old Red Valentine is of far better
quality. For yellow pod bean the
Celestial is good and profitable.
Sow celery seed now for the Christ
mas crop. Make seed bed very fine
and smooth and merely mark lines on
surface for the rows. Sow the seed
rather thinly on these marks and pat
them in with back of shovel and do
not cover. Then cover the bed with
gunny sacks and water well on the
'acks. When seed begin to germinate
take the sacks off, but shade till per-
tectly green. Make the rows six inches
apart as soon as plants are three
inches high,lifts and transplants in an.
other bed two inches apart in rows.
nlpping the tap root some to induce
the formation of abundant lateral
roots so that the final transplanting
in August will be more successful.
Keep the plants clean and nip tops If
they grow too tall.
succession crops of cabbage such as
Charleston, Wakefield, or Copenhagen
Market can be set. Caulinowers set
last month should be pushed in
growth by side dressings of nitrate of
soda or sulphate of ammonia. | am
trying both this season as a compari
son OF value and cost. 1t is important
to get the cauliflowers headed before
the weather gets too hot.
Keep planting a few rows at a time
OF sugar corn. Make hills of canta-
loupes and cucumbers 3 by 5 feet
apart. Put plenty of old rotten ma
nure in the hills and mix good fer
tllizer strong in phosphoric acid. Gov
er and plant watermelons likewise, ex-
cept that they are planted in hills 9
by 10 feet apart.
Sow curled Southern mustard seed
and some endive seed to take the
place of lettuce in hot weather. Sow
a few Pe-tsai-the Chinese cababge It
makes good raw salad or good boiled
greens. 1t looks more like lettuce
than cabbage, but it is good all the
same. Thin the early beets and YOU
can transplant the Trimmings into 9TH
er rows.
Set the early tomato plant in rows
three feet apart and 20 inches IN the
rows and train to single stems to
stakes about six feet high and keep
all late"als pinched out. You will get
carrier tomatoes and more of them
than by allowing them to be on the
ground. The training to stakes makes
such difference that ! intend to
stake all of mine both early and late.
They can then be kept clean, while on
the ground they get smothcred in
crabgraSs If frost threatens after
they are out take old newspapers and
punch the stake through them and
pull them down over the plants Do
not set out eggplants until the soil is
warm in May.
Dust the potatoes over with calcium
arsenate, mixed in two parts Of ar.
slaked lime. Do this as soon rs the
Old bugs get to crawling around. Re
peat II washed off. Use the same
materials to destroy the rose bugs.
| Also spray potatoes with Bordeau
mixture to ward Off early blight. Treat
the tomato plants in like manner to
prevent the leaf blight.
The side application of nitrate OF
soda or sulphate of ammonia Will has.
ten the heading of the lettuce, for j,
VIII quickly run to seed when no.
weather arrives if not headed earlier
Radishes can still be sowed. In the
garden 1t saves room and promtes
heatneSS to support the green pea
on chicken wire netting of width
, suited to the height the peas grow
! have considerable length of woven
J wire fence. | use this for the late,
| peas that grow five feet high. Brush
Is ugly and more costly when you
spend time cutting it than the wir,
netting, which will last almost a hfe
time, If taken care of and it makes the
best and cheapest support for pea.
and climbing bcans.-W. f. Massey
i'm the Progressive Farmer.
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