| Show vegetables FOR GARD NERS radishes lettuce beans beets and tomatoes are arc all comparative y easily grown vegetables which give ive satisfactory returns in the spring garden the U S department of agricultures Agri cultures specialist recommends these particularly tor for use in school gardens which ire are run for the benefit of the hildren children not only teachers but others desiring to raise these truck ruck crops in their own home gardens may benefit from these suggestions radishes radishes are hard hardy y plants and thrive best during the cool weather 0 of f early spring ind and late autumn in the south ahey can best be grown during the winter and early spring months the seeds should be sown in drills in rich well pre pared soil placed about half an inch apart and hurri burri ednot deeper than I 1 inch nor less than one half inch when the plants are showing the second set of true leaves they should be thinned to stand from 2 to 3 inches apart in the row lettuce lett lettuce is a hardy plant and thrives best during early spring and late autumn the seeds should be sown in drills in the open or in boxes in the window if in the open the seeds should be scattered about one half inch apart along the row and covered not more than one half inch with earth firm the earth well over the seeds so as to bring the moist soil in contact with them when the plants are well up thin to 6 inches apart in the row if the seeds were sown in a window box hotbed frame or greenhouse transplant the young plants to stand 2 by 2 inches apart as soon as the seed leaves are well expanded and when they begin to crowd transfer them to their permanent places in the open if the weather will the field they should stand at least 6 inches apart each way beans beans are tender plants they can not endure frost and will not stand transplanting well it is best to wait and plant the seeds of this plant in the open where the plants are to grow delaying the work until severe frosts are past plant in rows I 1 foot apart placing the seeds about 2 inches deep at intervals of cinches 6 inches keep the soil loose and free from weeds weds beets beets while they are hardy and can be planted at the same time as radishes and lettuce require a longer season for turing the seeds should be bea planted in rows I 1 foot apart placed an inch apart in the row and covered 1 inch deep when the plants are well up 2 inches high thin to 4 inches apart in the row keep the soil well tilled at all times tomatoes matoes the tomato is the most most exacting of all the plants included in the collection from washington southward the seeds may be planted in the open at the same time as beans but to the north of this point ille the seeds should be sown in boxes hot beds or greenhouses from the first to the middle of march the young plants being transplanted to stand 2 by 9 2 inches apart as soon as the first true leaves ap pear when they begin to crowd in in their new positions shift them to 4 inch pots or to cans such as are used by canners of tomatoes and keep them growing slowly until about may 20 to june 1 when it will be safe to place them in their permanent par manent locations in the garden set the plants in rows 18 inches apart and place the plants about 20 inches apart in the rows each plant as it grows should have all side branches removed and the main stem tied to a stout stake about 5 feet tall and at least an inch square driven firmly in the ground |
