Home Vegetables and Small Fruits; Their Culture and Preservation - Softcover
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1918. Excerpt: ... XIII PLANTING AND CULTURAL DIRECTIONS In sowing seed, four times the depth of the seed is the rule for covering. Do not sow too thickly. Fine seed, even, should have space each side so that the tiny plant can start. A little practice enables one to sow evenly and rapidly. Take the seed in your hand, do not shake from the packet. Seed should be watered thoroughly and pressed down firmly with a board or the foot. Quick-growing seeds like radishes are mixed with those of slow germination, like parsnip, or asparagus, to mark the rows. Quantities given are for a family of five. Artichoke, Globe.--Sow early crop in March indoors, late outdoors in April or May; seed should be sown in shallow rows, seedlings transplanted to rows 3 feet apart, plants 2 feet apart in the rows. Early crop will ripen in September, later may be used the next season. Plant roots deeper than they stood before. Artichoke, Jerusalem.--Plant in April or early May, cutting tubers to 2 "eyes," setting them 2 inches deep, rows 3 feet apart, hills 2 feet apart; ready for the table in August. Asparagus, once planted, is the easiest of vegetables to care for, and, although the making of an asparagus-bed requires care and some degree of exactness, it is reassuring to remember that one's labor may last for thirty years. Asparagus needs rich soil and good drainage. If the natural drainage is not good, then drainage should be provided. In making an asparagus plantation either one or two year plants may be bought; one-year-old are preferable. If not in haste, one may grow his own asparagus-roots, sowing the seed in early spring, rows 18 inches apart, thinning when the seedlings are up to stand 3 inches apart. Since the asparagus is slow in germination, sow radish to mark the rows. Cultivate like seed...
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Author Frances Duncan was the Editor of the Garden Department at Ladies Home Journal.
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- PublisherGeneral Books LLC
- Publication date2012
- ISBN 10 1235615405
- ISBN 13 9781235615405
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages40
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