The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-04-07
April Planting

Aprtl fianunk
 Mir. McVay has prepared an az ricultural and horticultural al endar for April applicable to Bir- mingham and surrounding terrl- tory.
 Vcgetable Garden.-First halt of month. Plant irish potatoes, Bed sweet potatoes for slips, SOW egg plant, Vepper and tomato tot p.auts 10 ssl later. Plant freely of beets, carrots. cabbage, early corn, lettuce. mustard. persnips' parsley, onions radish spinach, Swiss chard, turnips and English peas.
 Second half of month.-Plant squashes. Set out early tomato, all sorts beans, cucumbers. melons, okra, pumpkins and pepper, egg plant and sweet po- tatoes.
 Field Crops.-Flrst half of montE. Sow Burt oats, beardlesa barley, cloyers. grasses. early corn, rape, spring vetches, etc.
 Second half Of month.-Plans cotton, peanuts, velvet and soy beans, broom corn, chufas. sor- shums, millets, field corn, early COW peas and set out sweet po- tatoes.
 O1cbard.-Spraying must be at tended to If fruit free of diseases and worms are expected. Get all data and materials from your local scotsman. Be prepared to fight the memorable march of myriads of injurious insects seek ing to devour every sort of crop. Fertilize all nursery stock in set- ting out, the extra labor and ex- Eense will pay big dividends.
 FloWeI Garden.-Set out sum mer and fall Towering bulbs and roses, dahlias, caladiums. and cannas. Roses may still be put out and all ssorts of@shrubbery. Lawn grass may be planted.
 Last half of month.-Practical- ly all flower seed may now be planted in the open ground, par ticularly the hardy annuas. such as alyssum, asters, balsoms, cai- endula. calliopsis. cocks comb, centaurea cosmos. California pop py, enphorbla. four o'clock, for- get me-not, geranium. heliotrope, annual hollyhocks, lantana, lark spur, nasturtiums, pansies, petu- nias, phlox, poppies. portulaea. snap dragon, salvia sunflower sweet peas, verbena, vinca and zinnia. In addition to these many others including climbers, hardy perennials, etc., may be safely planted.
 Bean Varieties.
 The purpose of this brief article .c answer a multitude of question .eaching The Age Herald about de sirable varieties of all beans. N garden varieties are exempt from tn -avages of the bean bug, but cer tain methods of control, are success ,ul to a degree, and should be prae -iced.
 In green podded strlngless sort two of the best are giant stringles md Burpees stringless, both roun podded sorts.
 The Tennessee green pod Is al most stringless. very prolific, fla pods but splendid quality.
 Longfellow has few strings, DOG lcng, slender, round and qualit good.
 Valentine, very hardy, early pri life sort. resistant to sun, pods rour and while stringy are of exceptions quality.
 In wax podded beans, the most d sIrable sorts for Alabama and Gu ries rust-proof, golden wax Sar Wardwell's wax.
 In pole beans. the Texas pole Kentucky wonder leads list splendid sorts.
 The best varieties that will su' ceed in corn are Tennessee wonde striped creaseback. white creasebac and horticultural or wren's egg. In limo or butter beans, the Her derson dwarf and the silva or Care lina pole are best suited.
 Annual Flowers for Bouquets. In selecting flower seed to piai one should consider the purpose f'