VEGETABLE GARDEN

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 60, 3 December 1937, Page 16

VEGETABLE GARDEN

BEETROOT (ANNUAL). Either' s.ow seed in bed or transplant seedlings inches apart will do. Beet is hardy. Use narrow beds for carrots, parsnips, turnip or beet. CABBAGE (ANNUAL). . Sow seed in open, grow quickly, manure land, hed out early, keep clean with boe, plant 20 to 24 inches apart. Sow either St. John's Day, Succession or Drumhead. .. OARROTS a (ANNUAL.) Sow seed over surface of well-prepar-ed bed, and cover with. manure. Thin seedlings as early as possible. CELERY (ANNUAL). !Raise your plants for shifting later on in trenches where the ^ oung stock are gr.own straight and strong. Fill in the soil to ulanch the stems. CUCUMBER (ANNUAL). Grow in rich soil. Sow in a drill made in centre. of a rich, sunny bed. Leave the vines to run freely togejher. Feed hard once the plants start lengthening their stems. FOR SALAD. Sow mustard and cress together. Cut when about four inches high. May be grown all the year round. LETTUCE (ANNUAL). Sow seeds where plants are to grow and thin out quickly. Make bed rich, feed hard. Don't transplant. from now on. Thin out seedlings to six inches or so apart, Use lots of liquid manure. MARROWS AND MELONg (Annual). Sow seed as advisedi for cucumber. Soil must be light and rich. Buy some special melon manure, and you will gr.ow better fruit and vegetables. It is the specaii fertiliser that finislies off the melon crop. PARSLEY. Always have a bed of parsley somewhere roundi home. Prepare p, border 0r bed, broadcast seed, top-up with manure, and leave plants alone. The wife wil'f"see "to the cutting later on. PEAS (ANNUAL), Sow in rows jn light, rich loam. ^ Use superpliosphate or special fertilisers. Rows 30 inches apart, seeds close, light cover. PARSN1P CPERENNIAL).

Handle like carrof. Use only old manure and special fertiliser. Leave parsnips fully a year in th© bed. After frost is the time to pull parsnips. PEPPERS. Capsicum is the trade name. Like big chillxes to look at but are not hot. Used for stuffing with forcemeat and savory mix. Sow seed in nursery bed and plant 18 inches apart. Ruby King, Neapolitan, and Bull Nose are three good peppers . RADISBL ' Grow these in rich soil and water freely. Quick gfowth ensures tender salad. There are two varieties generally used for salad — the long and the turnip r.ooted, ROCK MELONS (ANNUAL). Grow like pumpkins or marrow. Best possible conditions, for all members of the melon family. SAYOY CABBAGE (ANNUAL). One aS the ybest winter cabbages grown. Try a seed sowing. SILVER OR SPINACH BEET. Raise a batch of sturdy seedlings in open bed, and transplant a span apart in rich quarters as early as possible. SQUASH AND PUMPKINS (Annual). Grow as advised for melons. Lots of old manure, sand, rubbish from the burning heap and ashes necessary to iclp all the vine' family. SWEET CORN. Sow seeds in drills three feet apart. Rich ground, lots of nourishment. Make severai rows because corn pollinates, better in company. 'Golden Bantam and Table Queen: are two good S°rtS" WHITE TURNIP. Very useful for cooking and using m soups. Sow seed lightjy in drifts and thin out to the desired distauce, between the plants five or six inches in the rows, and make rows about 15 Inches apart to 18 incbes.