If you haven’t planted garden peas yet, don’t
expect too much of them since they don’t do well
in warm weather.
Cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli, and asparagus
need extra liming. Don’t put lime down at the
same time as manure since the lime releases am
monia from the manure and your plants lose the
benefit. Never grow root crops in newly manured
soil.
And now a few words about the better varie
ties of vegetables for this vicinity. Burpee String-
less, Giant Stringless, and Tendergreen are good
varieties of green beans. Kentucky Wonder and
McCaslan are the best pole beans. For large limas,
try Fordhook or Challenger. For Baby Limas, the
best are Cangreen and Carolina Sieva. There are
many varieties of good beets but Detroit Dark
Red, Early Blood Turnips, and Crosly’s Egyptian
are among the best. Chantenay, Danvers, and
Tendersweet are good carrots. Golden Cross Ban
tam is unsurpassed for yellow sweet corn and
Stowell’s Evergreen is one of the best whites.
Long Green, Chicago Pickle and Burpee’s Hybrid
are among the best cucumbers. Icebergs, Grand
Rapids, New York, and Imperial are all good
varieties of lettuce for our section.
For best Broccoli, use the Italian Green Sprout
ing Type. Clemson Spineless is by far the best
garden okra and Perkins Mammoth is a good
market variety. White onion sets make the best
spring onions, and Yellow Globe Danvers, and
White Silverskin are good storing varieties.
Bell or Bullnose, and California Wonder are
th-^ best sweet peppers and Burpees Early is
the best in pimento peppers. Sequoia, Green
Mountain, and Irish Cobbler are the most popu
lar potatoes. Puerto Rico Unit 1 is an excellent
sweet potato. Bloomsdale Savoy and New Zealand
are good spinach varieties. For summer squash,
Golden Summer Crookneck is by far the most
popular variety. Marglobe Brimmer and Rutgers
are the best tomatoes. If you are bothered with
wilt, plant the new Pan-American which is wilt-
immune.
Although the food shortage isn’t as acute as
it once was, the wise householder keeps on
gardening not to save money, but because he finds
it an interesting hobby, a wholesome family
recreation, and he also enjoys the freshness of the
vegetables and the beauty of the flowers which
he grows.
The beauty which a garden creates is shared
with his friends and helps to make the neigh-
hood a better place in which to live.