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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 520, 24 November 1928, Page 28

THE BUSY MAN’S CORNER VEGETABLE WEEK GROW YOUR OWN AND SAVE MONEY BEETROOf (Annual). —Either sow seed in bed or transplant seedlings; 6 inches apart will do. Beet is hardy. Use narrow beds for carrot, parsnip, turnip or beet. CABBAGE. —Sow seed in open, grow quickly, manure land, bed out early, keep clean with hoe, plant 20 to 24 inches apart. Sow either St. John’s Day, Succession or Drumhead. CARROT (Annual). —Sow seed over surface of well-prepared bed and cover with manure. Thin seedlings as early as possible. CELERY (Annual). —Raise your plants for shifting later into rich trenches, where the young stock are grown straight and strong. Fill in the soil to blanch the stems. C-UCMBER (Annual). —Grow in rich soil. Sow in a drill made in centre of a rich, sunny bed. Leave the vines to run freely together. Feed hard once the plants start lengthening their stems. FOR SALAD. —Sow mustard and cress together. Cut when about 4 inches high. May be grown all the year round. LETTUCE (Annual). —Sow seed 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 liquicl manure. MARROWS AND MELONS Annuals). —Sow seed as advised for cucumber. Soil must be light and rich. Buy some special melon manure, and you will grow better fruit or vegetables. It is the special fertiliser that finishes off the melon crop. PARSLEY.—AIways have a bed of parsley somewhere round home. Prepare a border or he'd, broadcast seed, top-up with manure, and leave the plants alone. The wife will see to the cutting later on. PARSNIP (Perennial). —Handle like carrot. Use only old manure and special fertiliser. Leave parsnips fully a year in their bed. After frost is the time to pull parsnips. PEAS (Annual). —Sow in rows in light, rich loom. Use superphosphate or special fertilisers. Rows 30 inches apart, seeds close, light cover. PEPPERS.— Capsicum is the trade name. Like big chillies to look at, but are not hot. Used for stuffing with forcemeat and savory mix. Sow* seed in nursery bed and transplant 18 inches apart. Ruby King, Neapolitan and Bull Nose are three good peppers. RADISH.—Grow these in rich soil and use water freely. Quick growth ensures tender salad. There are two varieties generally used for salad —the long and the turnip-rooted. ROCK MELONS (Annual) . —Grow like pumpkins or marrows. Best possible conditions for all members of the melon family. SAVOY CABBAGE (Annual). —One of the best 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 into 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 help all the vine family. SWEET CORN.—Sow seed in drills three feet apart. Rich ground, lots of nourishment. Make several rows because corn pollinates better in company. Golden Bantam and Table Queen are two good sorts. WHITE TURNIP.—Very useful for cooking and using in soups. Sow seed lightly in drifts and thin out to the desired distance between the plants five or six inches in the rows, and make rows about 15 inches to 18 inches apart.

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