The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-01

planted at the time of laying by corn in June? J. H., Boaz, Ala.
 ! A. We believe that June is too / early to plant crimson clover. It is generally desirable to plant it early, and where sown in corn 1t is per missable to plant much earlier than otherwise, yet the plant does not speaking 1t is not safe to plant 1t before September or october.
 |. Q. What snap bean will stand the | hot, dry weather better than other sorts, and produce marketable beans, under conditions where other sorts fail? H. J., Wylam.
 A. There is not much difference in any of the bunch bean varieties, yet the most favorable sort to plant in hot, dry weather is the Valentine. These make a small bush and will produce in the hot, dry climatic con- ditions, where some other sorts would be a failure.
 l Q. We made a failure in getting our large lima beans up, due possibly to wet weather conditions and we write to know if we might not plant them now and expect a crop? F. S, Sheffield, Ala.
 A. Lima or butter beans of all 1 kinds and particularly the larger types, are bad about coming up, and unGer cold and wet conditions it be- comeS a difficult matter to secure a stand. We believe since the weather 1 has warmed up that a prompt stand may be secured by additional plant ing and there Is certainly plenty of time for maturity.
 O. Last year we did well with Seven Top turnips, which we grew for market as winter greens. We are inclined to think that we planted these rather too late, and we write to know the proper time to plant them to produce sale crop during the winter. $. R., Anniston, Ala.
 A. Seven Top turnip for the pro- duction of fall and the following spring greens may be planted any time from the first of July to well up to September. or even later. There is no danger of them going to seed In the fall of the year, and if the soil is fertile where sown, they will give a good account of themselves plant ed even in late fall, but generally speaking early plantings are to be encouraged. in order to develop a full size plant for the early winter trade.
 O. Can youe tell us when we should plant spinach for the produce tion of a fall crop of greens, and what variety do you recommend for this purpose? A. G.. Ensley. Ala.
 A. It is a little bit early to plant
  the plant Is a cold weather plant, and does better either in early spring or late fall and winter. In this section winter spinach may be planted any time during the months of July, Au- gust or September, or possibly a lit tie bit later. The best variety for winter use Is known as Savoy or Bloomdale. This is a small crumplet leafed variety but more resistant to colo than any other sorts.
 Q. Can we grow beets like we grow turnips, and is it best to sow seed in drills and thin out, or plant seed in protected beds, grow them on and set out like cabbage? The main diff ficulty we find in growing fall beets is getting the seed up. Any infor- mation ytu can give us along these lines will be appreciated. T. l., Sip sey, Ala.
 A. Beets for a fall crop may be planted any time from July on up to September They may be planted in dri.i> like turnips, but if weather conditions are dry so that the seed will not germinate, 1t would be best to plant in beds so they could be watered and transplanted like cab bage when very small. After the plants are once started there will be no difficulty in producing crop. The main difficulty is getting the seed up and the plants started off into growth.
 Q. How long does it require the small running pole butter bean to mature? We want to plant some of these, but 1t may be two or three weeks yet before our ground is ready, and we are writing to know if this will be all right. Mrs. c. N, Warrior
 A. Generally speaking, it only re- quires about 75 days for small lima CT butter beans to come into bear ing after planting. Weather condi- tions. however, would have consider able to do with this, but we do know that possibly more small running linas are planted in July than any other month, and these, if proper rly handled, should bear up to frost. Q.'We have a considerable lot Of yeitch r1ixad in with Our and