The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-04-19
BY A. r. YEAGER
Horticultural, North Dakota Agri-
cultural College

CULTURAL VOuCGc
In planning your farm garden this
spring, don't overlook your needs for
canning and storing next fall. OF
course. the first thought of most gar
deners is TO produce 4 crop Of fresh
vegetables just as early as possible
in the spring. But why not grow a
garden this year that will yield plen-
ty of these early table products this
spring and, in addition, provide an
abundant supply of vegetables for
canning and storing for use during
the rest of the year?
A good many gardeners are outlin-
ing just such program and it goes
without saying that their living ex-
penses are going to be reduced by just
that much, not to mention the i'm
portance OF this policy from the
standpoint OF family health.
And by the way, remember that
early spring is not the only time
when the garden can be made to fur
nish radishes, onions, peas and all the
other fresh-from-the garden delica-
cies which we all enjoy. BY practicing
a system Of planting at intervals, it
is possible to obtain fresh, tender veg
etables we'll into the summer.
Put Facts on Paper
Old hands at the gardening game
have found that it pays to put Their
garden plans down on paper. A list
IL made up OF all the vegetables want
ed and the amount OF each that will
be needed. The layout of the garden
then is actually drawn out to scale.
each crop baing located so that those
requiring the same planting date and
similar care are placed together. This
idea not only insures the planting OF
the proper amount Of vegetables to
meet the family needs but also makes
it possible for the garden to be man
aged easier.
On farms where there is plenty of
room for the garden, the rows of the
various crops may be spaced far
enough apart to permit cultivation
with the regular horse drawn cultiva-
tor, except such crops asfadishes and
lettuce which require little space and
little cultivation. If cultivation with
hand tools is preferred, the space be-
tween rows may be much narrower. Il
space Is limited. further room In the
garden may be conserved by setting
tomatoes, ground cherries and similar
plants In the radish and letture rows
before these early crops are off. The
radishes and lettuce will be out Of the
way before the transplanted crops
need the space.
Variety II Important
Getting the right variety of vege-
table Is much more important than IS
tho location OF the seed house from
which it comes because In many cases
nearly all of the seed for the whole
world Is produced In a few localities.
Cauliflower and cabbage seed, for in
stance, Is mainly imported from Eu-
rope. Some seed houses may sell in
ferior seed but most Of them are per-
fectly reliable. IN one respect the
seed houses close by have an advant-
age. They are likely to handle only
varieties which do well in their 10
cality and the buyer will be less likely
to pick unsuitable kinds than from
California or New York seed cata-
log.
I'm recent years more than $50 var
ieties of vegetables have been grown
at the North Dakota Agricultural Elk
pertinent station In order that reliable
information on the different varieties
might be secured. The results OF this
work have been published in bulletin
form and may be secured free by any
one interested. Requests should be
made for bulletin No. 1877, Vegetable
Varieties for North Dakota.