The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-08-24
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS :
Information Supplied for Making
August Gardens.

@. Tell how celery should be
transplanted.
A. Several hours before trans
planting soak the plant bed thor
oughly with water. Then when the
plants are dug up ball of earth will
stick 10 the roots and very few
plants will be lost. To get the best
flavor celery should be blanched with
earth. When blanched in that manner
the rows should be five feet apart
and the plants set five inches apart
in the row.
@. Give some facts about kale and
how planted.
"A. Kale is salad plant. 1t does
not form heads and the leaves are
used the same way as turnip leaves
Planted at his time kale will furnish
an abundance of salad through fall
and winter. The seed should be
sown in the open ground in rows
2 1-2 feet apart, 1 ounce of seed ITO
100 feet of drill and one-haf inch
deep. When plants have developed
the third or fourth leaf thin 8 to 5
inces apart. Probably the best varie-
ty is Curled Siberian.
@ Give best varieties and planting
directions for other fall crops.
A. Endive: best variety is the
Green Curled. Sow in well prepared
seed bed, 1-2 ounce to 100 feet Of
drill and IL inch deep. In Septem-
Der transplant to garden. Endive is
an excellent salad plant and is used
in, much the same ways as lettuce. It
is very hardy and will need little
protection during the winter. :
Fall Turnips-Best varieties Nor
folk Globe and White Globe. Sow
either broadcast or in drills 80 inches
apart, 1-2 ounce to 100 feet of drill,
1-2 inch deep. The tops make excel
lent salad and the roots are fine for
table use, while the surplus roots can
be profitably fed to stock.
Rutabagas-Best varieties are
Purple Top, Yellow and Yellow
Globe. These are large yielding vari-
eties, hardy and sweet therefore,
good for table use. Plant between
18th this month and September, in
rows 2 1-2 feet apart and thin to 6-S
inches in the row. Harvest before
freezing weather, cut the tops and
bank in soil very much the same as
sweet potatoes, except they do not
have to be; covered with straw. -.
Radishes-Variety, Black Spanish.
Sow thickly in drills 80 inches apart.
Supply plenty of water SO that they
will grow fast if best results are de-
sired. If planted where shaded part
of the day they will do better than
if planted where the sun strikes
them all day long. '.
Lettuce-Variety, Hanson or Dea-
con. Sow in seed bed or in rows from
1S to 80 inches apart and thin 10 to
IL apart in the row. Sown at this
time the heads will mature during
December, either in the open ground
or the plants may be transplanted
when small to the cold frame and
matlred there.
@. Why should we eat salad greens
the whole year round?
A. Because salad greens contain
certain salts essential to best body
development and healtn.
@. Give several reasons why fall
garden should be planted.
A (1) Vegetables are very scarce
in the South at this season; (2) It is
extremely hard to get good fresh
vegetables from the stores; (3) it is
cheaper. to raise your own vege-
tables than to pay others for grow
ing them for you; (4) you can get
them out of your garden just when
you want them.
/ ''df sufficient vegetables have not
been canned or dried for fall and
Winter use, by all means plant as
may fall vegetables as possible. The
farmers who raise nearly all their