Evening journal., 1921-04-06
GROWING FOOD
! in THE GARDENS
Root and Salad Crops Well
Suited to Small Garden
or Back Yard
FRESH THINGS
ALL THE YEAR

Where garden space is limited.
plant root and salad crops. No gar
den. large or small. is complete
without them, but they are particu-
larly adapted TO small backyard gar
dens. Among the root crops are rad
ishes, beets, carrots. parsnips. satisfy
| or vegetable oyster. and turnips.
Salad crops include lettuce, common
i or wild cress, dandelion. Cos lettuce
| OF romaine. Chinese cabbage and
| others. They require little space. be-
i cause they can be planted in rows
from IL to is inches apart, and cul-
tivated with hand tools. Many gar
deners make only one planting OF
| these crops. but the garden special
ists OF the United States Department
Of Agriculture suggest that several
paintings OF some of them be made
| a week or so apart. in order to nave
| a succession Of those vegetables.
Radishes are one OF the first and
best vegetables that come from the
Il garden In spring They should be
I planted as early as possible, whether
II for market or home use. For the
N home supply. small amounts should
4 paintings made with varieties that
mature at different times. The small
4 turnip-rooted varieties will mature
4 In 10 to 20 days. other varieties. az
the lady finger. which are long and
4 slender, are best for later use, but
4 the seed should be planted early.
! Radishes should be used when they
I arc small. Left In the ground too
4 long. they become pithy, especially
in warm weather.
Food Value i'm Bccts.
Beets are one Of the most impor-
A tant crops for the homo garden.
4 seed can be planted just as soon az
n the soil is in condition to work
n When the plants crowd one another
\ u the row, thin them out when they
Il are young and cook them as greens
Fl Later. when they are about an inch
n In diameter, both leaf stems and
II Young bcets can be cooked together
f When the beets are larger. the leaf
stems become tough and woody. a,
"A rule, two paintings should be made
& one extremely early. and another IT
4 about four weeks Crosby's Egyp'
! tian and Deroit Red are leading
American varieties. on rich soil, gar
den beets will make an enormoui
Weld. There is. perhaps. no othei
crop, unless II Is carrots, that vii
give so much real food value TO
given area
Carrots should be planted just
little later than beets. and as sool
as the plants are up they should b.
II thinned. A second thinning will leav
the plants \ to ? inches apart Il
the row and give a supply OF smal
carrots, known as baby carrots, 70
use on the table. The tops Of IN
carrots cannot be used for green's.
parsnips and satisfy are more /
the nature OF winter crops; that Il
they are grown during the summe
and kept for winter use. secuo
Of row 20 to 80 feet long general
will produce all the parsnips or sal
afy that the average family WI
want. They are planted and cult
a vated in the same manner as car
rots. only in the case OF the parsnir
they should stand fully three inche
apart in the row. Both parsnips an
salsify may remain in the groun
until winter for use, but It is bette
usually to dig the roots in the IA
an0 store them in moist sand In
cool cellar.
Turnip "Greens'' Down South.
Turnips are adapted to growing
the early springtime and late IA
- and winter in the South, and la'
" summer in the North. They can B
.pianted. I'm many sections consider
4 ably later than July 25 and sti
make a good crop. Turnip tops ar
commonly used as greens in Oh
- 5south. While the relative value
II turnips IS low, they produce so enoi
inuusly that a large amount Of foo
4" can be obtained from a limited arc
While II IS true that too niue
lettuce often is planted at one lin
not enough attention is given
keeping a continuous supply. Lettu'
plants grown in the hotbed or co
frame, or in a Dox in the house, ca
be planted in the open ground Ju
"A tas soon as the danger OF the la
III frost is past. IL may be necessary
cover the plants with paper or wiz
E straw during tho chilly weather, bl
lettuce is quite hardy, and II q
plants are not too tender when 81
out. they will stand considerab
cold. Another seeding should
made in the open ground Just 4
'# soon as tho soil can be worked. r.
maine OF Cos lettuce is better adap
ed for growing in the summer,
also is petsai or Chinese cabbage.
Thousands OF bushels OF wild dai
- dolions are gathered from the pa
| tnres and meadows for green's eve
W spring. Some gardeners cu,tiva
-hen', and get the finest quality Il