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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 26, 1913)
IN TABLOID TALKS VEGETABLES ABOUT Mj I Vou really don't know quality peas un- t . JimS, I 'tus yu 'lilV(' ''"'l'11 them within three hours o- tlic time llit'y were picked. 1 lie moral, 01 course, is, grow them yourself. Pens nro cool went her vegetables. Dou't expert them nfter the middle of July ex cept, perhaps, again in late summer. The wrinkled kind are by fnr the best, but the seed rots if planted in cold ground, so that you must use the smooth sorts for an extrn-carly crop, as they are more robust. (Jive peas rich pound and a new location each season. Work the ground thoroughly, and just as soon as it is dry enough, plant Alaska. Plowing the ground in the fall is an advantage. Dig trenches four inches deep and put in the seed thinly one quart to a hundred feet and cover with an inch of soil. As the plants grow, till in until the trench is full. Later in tho season, when the weather has become warm, the seed should be covered deeper at the start. Make a second sow ing, using the wrinkled varieties this time, one or two weeks after the first, and plant weekly until the middle of June. American Wonder and Xott Excelsior are excellent early sorts, either of which mav be planted three times. Then plant. Telephone, two or three times. This is a succession for the easy-going gardener, for the Telephone is the only variety in the lot that will need sup port. It is always best to grow the taller kinds in very hot weather, us they thrive when the dwarfs burn up, and Telephone is not only very productive, but has the extra merit of continuing in bearing n long time, (i nidus or Prosperity is an early and exceptional good sort and, if the bush type is preferred, may be used instead of Wonder or Hxcelsior. Do you know the sugar or edible-podded peas. You eat pods and all, you know, and French people love them. Cut into short pieces and cook liko string beans, as soon as the peas begin to form in the pods. Dwarf White Sugar is a good variety. You can't buy these peas in the market, so why not try them in your own garden ! BEANS FOR THE HOME TABLE : This much is to be said for the bean anybody can grow it. Nevertheless, beans bear bountifully and give n crop of extra flavor only when grown in fairly rich, although rather light, soil and kept well cultivated throughout the growing season. And hear this in mind if the beans nre not picked as fast as they develop, those left on the vines will ripen nnd the vines will cease bearing. Beans differ from peas. They crave warm earth. In the north, don't try to plant them before the middle of May. And plant only two inches deep. The amateur should grow both string and she'll beans; the tnetnlters of most families have a chronic disa greement as to which is the better. To have them at their best, enrich the ground with well-rotted manure and plant in drills a foot apart. Keep tho plants four inches apart and sow seed every two weeks to keep up the supply. There are given-podded string beans, yellow podded wax or butter beans, shell beans and limas. The name string beans is a misnomer, nowadays. Nobody really wants beans that have strings or need have them, for the seed experts lmvo made the stringless string bean n palatable fact. Pole beans need an especially rich and loamy soil. It must bo warm soil, too. Poles should stand three feet apart and bo set before the beans are planted. If not to bo obtained near home, buy them of the seedsman. Tho latter is doing all he can to make garden ing easy for tho ama teur. Dig away tho earth and throw a shovelful of manure around the base of each polo. T b o n throw three or four inches of soil over the uiauuro and plant eight or ten seeds two inches deep. If they all come up, ' tafaBHaHaBMEBBP'TTRl ine way to plant tomatoes ... , .... J; 1 , -: mm Celery at it beat i4 !S9 Flouruhing tomatoes in the home garden thin the plants to four. When rotted manure is not to be had, poultry dressing or pulverized sheep manure stand-by of the town garden-maker may be forked in tho ground around the growing plants. If you really seek quality beans, feed them well and grow them fast. Half a dozen hills of polo beans will supply a small family and one planting will be sufficient. Don't depend on dwarf beans, thinking that you will get a larger yield because the plants occupy less room. The reasoning is faulty in one respect, namely: pole beans bear much more abundantly and for a longer time. If poles are objected to, poultry netting may be used; but give it stout supports, as vines bung with beans are heavy. There are many good stringless beans. Suppose you try this plan. Plant Burpee's Stringl6ss Green Pod, Extra Early Refugee and 1,000 to 1 at the same time, say when the trees are well in leaf. Then, make two more plantings at intervals of two weeks, using Burpeo's Stringless Green Pod for the succession thus arranged for. Probably, this is the finest green-podded bean for tho kitchen garden, although 1,000 to 1 is especially good for early August sowing. Use Burpee's Stringless White Wax for a butter bean and take special precautions not to disturb the vines when wet. To work among wet beans is to invite rust. For a dwarf shell bean, by all means grow the Dwarf Horticultural and the Red Kidney. Plant short rows a week or so apart, so that tho crop will not mature all at once. White Creaseback is the variety of pole stringless to grow for an early crop; it matures in ten weeks or less. Kentucky Won der or Old Homestead is most satisfactory, perhaps, for a gen eral crop. This is a wonderful bean, of tremendous size, exceed ingly prolific and having a long season. Plant it whether you plant any other kind or not. The Scarlet Runner is an excellent shell bean, notwithstanding that it is commonly grown in the llower garden. It is highly popular with English vegetable growers, and it beas well. In the north you must push lima beans to get a crop. For tunately, they stand transplanting well, so may be started in paper pots, dirt bands or on inverted sods in the hot bed or cold frame, and put into the garden in June. If they grow too rank, cut off tho tops of the vines, which will force the beans. As a rule, it is best to rely on pole limas, choosing Sicva, Early Levia than or Evergreen. The bush limas are a little earlier, to be sure, but they are less prolific. Dreer's Wonder is an excellent sort GOOD LETTUCE ALL SUMMER: Ono must choose varie ties carefully and plant seed every two weeks to have good lettuce all summer. In the small garden, space economy suggests that the lettuce bo grown around the edges or between cabbages, beans and other slower-growing plants. Sow the seeds in shallow drills in a seed bed, or a foot apart in tho rows where the plants are to stand. Transplanting is often a distinct advantage in getting good heads. Grand Rapids is a tine lettuce to grow in cold frames early in the season. It is a head variety and may also be planted outside early in the year. Perhaps, Early Curled Simpson is the best for April planting. It is a loose-leaf va riety and best planted rather thickly. I n May plant Big Bos ton, in June Sala mander, in July Im proved Hanson, in August California Cream Butter o r Wonderful. Both the latter stand up well under extreme heat, which is a strong rec ommendation. Many people like the Romaine or Cos Lettuce, which is quite distinct from tho ordinary sort, having a crisp qual ity nnd delieato fla vor. Most varieties are good and endure summer heat better than ordinary lettuce. It is well to tie the Continued on Page 15) Blanching celery with papei a new plan