THE KITCHEN GARDEN

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 25, 22 October 1937, Page 11

THE KITCHEN GARDEN

Vegetable Plants to Set. Gardeners who cannot devote tha time or space for growing vegetablo seedlings may procure the following varieties at once for setting now: — Lettuce, knmeras, cabbage, leeks, onions, cauliflower, tomatoes and red and silver beet. Dig the ground ovei well before setting and puddlo the plants in. Potatoes should be earthed up when 6ins. high, and if recmired another crop planted. Plants that Eequire Attentlon. Strawberries should now be making great headway. The ground should be well hoed between the rows and blood and bone applied at the rate of 4oz. a square yard. Asparagus beds will require hand-weeding and a dressing ot agricultural salt. When cutting as paragus take all heads, small and large, to maintain a continuous supply. Broad beans showing signs of mst may b6 sprayed with lime and sulphur. Seeds To Sow. Set in drills, summer spinach, leeks Brussels sprouts, borecole and curlj greens, broccoli, parsley, mustard cress and sweet corn. Sow in boxes coverea with sheet glass, egg plant, salsify, capsicum, celery and endive. Continut j sowing succession crops of peas and ' beans. Eunncr beans should ha rdant . od at once. Eoot Crops to Set. The following are the besfc varieties for sowing now in drills. Care should be taken not to sow too thickly, ' and so save labour in thinning. Carrots, for a quick crop, sow Early Horn; foi main crops Intermediate. Parsnips, both Hollow Crown or Student, are , good. Turnips, the Early White Stone are always reliable also gardeh swedes Crimson Globe or Turnip Eooted. Long Red is also popular, but takes more care when cooking. Pumpkins, Marrows, Etc. The weather, being moro settled, seeds of cucumber, pumpkin and marrows can be safely sown. It is im- . portant that they are well in growth before the' dry weather sets in. For small gardens the bush cnarrows are easily the best as they grow more compact. Have you grown the appleshaped cucumber? This is a splendid cropper, and is popular because of its liandy size. For a good keeping pumpkin, the Iron Bark or Triangle are best. Sow the seeds in groups of three and thin out the wealiest. Summer Salads, With this idea in view gardeners should prepare now. Radishes may be sown in the richest ground possible. Slow-growing crops beconie tough and hot to the taste. Quick-grown crops are crisp'and juicy. Mustard and cress may be broadcasted in the "one bed, sowing the cress i'our days before the mustard. Lettuce, Tom Thumb atid Mignonette are two compact varieties that are always crisp and fresh.