| Show VEGETABLES UNDER GLASS A A IJYte ot Ith Clo With Labor I hawing 11 The three styled of glass I gardening used by vegetable growers ore cold frames hotbeds Unit forcing houses Tho flrkt of tbuic the cold framo as Itnral Now Yorker explains it cheap and Past i ly managed and many n farmer will llml It valuable cither for tlm benefit of his own tablo l or for the hoiuomarket I The construction iuarommerclal place ia extremely simple merely n 3 long bed 6 feet wide lucloed ou clthor sid by Inc board The ends are of course In closed hut there art no crossbars HO after removing the end tho entire length E may b cultivated by horsepower For I i covering 0 foot iaihejarejacTctelaia I t across the frames Alleys 4 feel wide tire left between the frames Thee nro also planted no wn to pcp being permitted nilttoil Tho oil of the frames la I very rich and well drained arid It Is I recoup pa11lo4 F rd rti 0 I k 4 11115of a i i MI HRg 1 Z = 41 I 7 TR IN t I Il I M 1 1k 5f 6Al 11 1 t A JC I 1 I r M 1 1 I an I Z t I 51f 1 UlLD HUMUIICIDMMrit mended that tire top earth at least to n depth of tw o or three inches ho removed null replaced each season An lllnitnillon reproducer from Drcer hook Vegetables Under Glass fhowa how thcso Loxcs look when at rest that in whllo the glass is off during ing the summer Tho allay 4 feet wide I planted with radishes vlille tire boxes themselves contain a Summer crop of celery The picture t chowa liov rogflYc these boxes I may bo worked by horsepower l An fast us ono cropcomeaqut another Is started Somo of Ibo coM frame rotations practiced by 1hllmlelphia market gardeners gar-deners are thus given In tile useful manual already quoted Hpinacli sown about Sept 18 cut nt Clirinmns rail iahcK hown in February pulled in April bush bonus kown in April i corn Balacl nbout Sept ir cot in owln Selt Ir April null My followed by beans lettuce sown bout Sept 15 cut In April and May followed by beans spinach sown about Sept 15 cat at Christmas lettuce plants from tho need bell or Food in johruary followed by beans Beets are frequently sown in February Of winter market garden crops tho following may bo crown without heat Spinach spring cabbage plants corn salad cudivo onions daisy pansy violet vio-let With heat Tomato encumber cauliflower lou melon mushroom potato Grown both Wn11 Lettuce radish parsley beets water cn > n carrots car-rots rhubarb nplogo mint Tho second cut alto reproduced from Dreurft book is u picture of a simple I forcing house uiado by placing the mov r 1111111 I It A 1 I 7t I ivvj K r IiI Ii-I l I No I 1 I A a EinI 9H 4 I 2 n 0M A t f AFT I gP114 Ik r v 411 Vl h 054 M a rj F o t 4 71 014 v 1 J1 y iwo It PORC1XQ HOUSE W1TU BASH HOOP nblo sashes ou n frame This picture was taken lu summer null how tho construction 01 ouch 0 housti Such n house Irk n step abovotho cold frame mid hotbed for it provides shelter mill permits the Introduction of inside tout by mean of stoim or hOI water In this house tho glass roof call b wholly To moved Tho peak or highest part of tile loot is I about fill feet above tlm surface of tile middlo bed while tile permanent glass I sides fire two feet high Tho beds nro mado directly upon tho ground separated sep-arated by euulccn walks |
