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Show V "4 ilk ( A working shovel gathers no rust! Gardens save money; and are fun, healthful The latest national gardening survey conducted con-ducted by the Gallup Organization, Inc. shows that 36 percent of gard-ners gard-ners grow their own vegetables because it helps the budget, 23 percent do it for fun or enjoyment, 9 percent feel it is more healthful and 19 percent say they are motivated by better taste of vegetables from their own gardens. Being aware of the excellent new varieties and hybrids of superb quality now available would help people enjoy the fruits of their gardens still more, says Alvin Hamson, Extension Horticulturist, Utah State University. As examples he suggests the hybrid broccoli Premium Crop that is excellent for fresh consumption or for freezing; the -hybrid cabbage Savoy Ace with " compact, sweet, crisp, mild-flavored leaves light green in color (use safe new bacterial spore-type insecticides Thuricide or Dipel to control the worms in cabbage and broccoli); the hybrid carrot Pioneer, orange in color, unusually tender ' and sweet with superb flavor; , the pickling cucumber Green Star, ro-sistant to Cucumber Mosaic Virus, deep green in color, firm and uniform with small seed cavity ideal for pickling; also resistant to the Mosaic Virus, the new slicking cucumber Damascus Hybrid, light green in color, thin skin, crisp with sweet texture making it unusually pleasing eaten fresh, in vinegar or in salads. For best quality of lettuce, Hamson suggests the variety Buttercrunch. Set it out in the garden as a transplant about eight inches apart in the row just after the end of heavy frosts. During the cool early spring it develops unusual sweetness and succulence suc-culence to be enjoyed until high temperatures of early summer. To the suggested-to-try list, Hamson adds the watermelon Triple Sweet Seedless, with unusually sweet, firm, bright red flesh having only, slight immature seed coats, requires planting in a jiffy-7 germinated at 80 degrees F. about three weeks , before the season is warm enough to transplant , outside;, the muskmelon Harper Hybrid, attractive golden yellow when mature, medium in size, unusually sweet, richly flavored with a pleasant aroma if harvested soon after full slip; the sweet pepper Park's Whopper Hybrid, deep green color, Large, four-lobed fruits with sweet and mild flavor on compact, vigorous, early producing plants; the spinach hybrid Melody, deep green colored leaves, tender and succulent with pleasant flavor, vigorous, early maturing plant that is resistant to bolting and to the Cucumber Mosaic Virus; the summer squash Zucchini Elite, highly productive, producing dark, glossy green, uniform, cylindrical, cylin-drical, slender fruits of delightful flavor; the new sweet corn hybrid Sugar Loaf, the ultimate in sweet corn quality, combining high sugar content and vigorous germination, large ears with tender pericarp and excellent texture. Tomatoes he suggests for different maturity periods are: cherry type tomatoes Presto and Tom Boy (60 days) producing a profusion of uniform deep red fruits 1-1 y2 inches in-ches in diameter on small vines, excellent for salads and eaten whole; Early Cascade Hybrid (65 days) with medium size, smooth pink or red fruits, resistant to cracking, suited well for slicing, in salads and home canning; Moreton Hybrid (65 days) producing a strong, vigorous, indeterminate vine with large, firm, smooth fruit, excellent for fresh slicing, salads, and canning; the open pollinated DX 52-12 (70 days), determinate but with sufficient foliage to protect fruits from sun scalding in late summer, large, firm, smooth, deep red fruits with high solid content, outstanding quality for canning, natural resistance to Blossom End Rot and Verticillum Wilt. For an unusually sweet, flavorful tomato that is well adapted for growing in tomato cases or on trellis, Hamson suggests the variety Sweet 100. |