The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1934-04-06
Gardener HAS NANNY Varieties of
Seeds to Choose From for Garden
MONTANA STATE COLLEGE)

The farm gardener desiring earli-
ness. good yields. good flavor and the
various desirable qualities in vege-
tables can achieve his goal by a
consideration of the various varieties
on the market. according to C. C.
Starring of the State college horti-
culture department.
Starring is particularly interested in
Bonney Best tomatoes. a Montana Ex-
pertinent station selection which was
placed in the hands of many gardeners
by the station last year to give it a
trial. Still further tests are desirable
and free packets of seed will be fur.
nished to gardeners DESTROYS of giving
it a trial. Other varieties which were
particularly good at the Bozeman sta
ton were Burbank. Canadian, Red
River and Speed. Bison has been the
best determinate type and Abel has
been one of the earliest but only a few
trials have been conducted with it.
Bonny Best tomatoes proved conspic-
uous for e%arliness and productivenesS of
smooth fruits. 1t produced 155 percent
more marketable early ripe. and "A per-
CEN more total marketable tomatoes
than the best of several purchased lots
of Earliana over a period of six years.
Packets of this seed may be obtained by
writing county extension agents or di-
rect to the Montana Experiment sta
ton.
In discussing the varieties of beets
Starring says Ohio Gamer was the best
at Bozeman, considering flesh color
and uniformity of skin color. The ca
son was the same as that of Detroit
red. Extra Early Egyptian was the
earliest and Long Season the latest.
In order of reaching edible maturity
Starring ranks yellow sweet corr va
rieties as follows: l, Golden gem; 2,
Banting. extra early Dightcn, golden
early market. golden glory, Spanish
gold. 3.sunshine. 4,Burpee, extra early
Bantam. Kingscrost gold bantam, S,
golden bantam, 6, Burbank, and Z,
Maule.
Sweet corn generally can be safely
planted a week to 10 days before the
last expected spring frost, Starring
says. Earlier planting is desirable Of
ten for earliest sweet corn, but date
of edible maturity does not advance
to the same extent as date Of plant
ing. BY planting the earliest variety
and later varieties at the same time will
keep the table supplied for a long per-
iod.
Tennessee greenpod was the first
bean variety to be edible at Bozeman,
Starring says. The yield was 40 to As
percent more than varieties commonly
found in the state. The pods were
broad, flat and less attractive than
others. Conserva, a stringless type,
produced the least but it was ready as
soon as the stringless greenpod. The
most stringless were extra early refugee,
black valentine and %strirgless green
pod. These were equally productive.
The first wax beans were black wax
pencilpod, delicious wax, improved gold
en- wax and rustproof golden wax, the
last producing the most. Next in
earliness were golden wax, roundpod
kidney wax, and surecrop s%tringless
a These were equally productive,
| with roundpod kidney wax having an
advantage in rounder pods.
Neapolitan again proved the earliest
and smallest fruited of the sweet pep
per class and one of the best yielding.
| California wonder was the most at
tractive of the larger fruited peas. 1t
was - days later than Neapolitan and
five days later than Harris earliest,
Harris early giant, and sunnybrook
last season, according to Starring. On
account of lateness, good yields of CAL
ifornia wonder can be expected in the
higher attitudes of the state only in
the more favorable seasons. Earlier
/ varieties are more dependable for such
conditions. For lower attitudes with
a growing season of 1875 or more days
California wonder can be recommended
because of its attractiveness and thick
walls. Good yields also can be expect
ed.
National picking, M of the newer