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Show For Big Crop of Vitamins Grow Garden of Greens - - V " - - 1 ' S , . i , . ' . - -. - V. i V C- ": 1 Never Let Swiss Chard Leaves Grow Taller Than 10 Inches Green, leafy foods rich in Vitamin Vita-min A are easily provided -in abundance by the home garden. In fact, the gardener must be on guard against too great abundance, abund-ance, so efficient are they. Small plantings of several kinds are advisable, so that the family will not become "fed-up" with one kind served too often. You can leave spinach out entirely, en-tirely, if the family insists, and still provide a tempting selection of various greens, most of which make welcome ingredients in bowl salad as well as tasty cooked dishes. Most widely grown are Swiss chard and New Zealand spinach. Chard ii an ancient vegetable, probably the first form of beet to be grown for food, while New Zealand spinach is relatively modern, having been discovered as a wild plant in New Zealand, where the natives did not eat it. It became popular in Britain long before its vitamin content was known. Its flavor resembles that of spinach. It has large, hard seed, which some have difficulty growing; but grows well if sown in the early spring, as soon as the soil has been prepared. Seeds often live over winter and come up in the spring, and the plant is hardy in spite of a tropical origin. But it is easily overdone; since one plant fills a bushel basket, and when the tips of its leaves are cut off for use, new tips grow rapidly, rapid-ly, and the harvest continues until un-til late in the fall. Swiss chard should be used when the leaves are young, not over ten inches in height. Sown with the earliest crops, it will be ready to cut in a month, and new leaves will grow to replace those that are cut. Chard has a distinctive dis-tinctive flavor which many prefer pre-fer to spinach, and children usually like it better. The mustard family provide several varieties jf greens. One known as Tendergreen will produce pro-duce edible leaves in 2Ldays from sowing, and if the roots are left undisturbed will produce eight or nine crops in the season. . All the mustards are quick growing, grow-ing, and are much esteemed in the southern states. Garden sorrel is a hardy perennial, peren-nial, which will live over winter and produce greens. It does best in light shade. - Kale Is 'a fall and winter plant. Sown in June, the plants set out in rows two feet apart, they will produce leaves which stand freezing, freez-ing, and are improved in flavor by that experience. Collards are a member of the cabbage family which do not make heads, but leaves with cabbage flavor. All these varieties of greens are rich in minerals and vitamins, vita-mins, and are valuable in the diet and produce a surprising quantity of food on small space. |
