. The Illinois farmer [microform] : a monthly agricultural journal, devoted to the interests of the farmer, gardener, fruit grower and stock raiser ... Agriculture; Agriculture -- Illinois. B??a!???-?'rs'!v?''^ SV^V. Tt^''. -• • ^ff 146 TME ILLIjSTOIS the best pea in market. The peas oflF in time for celery, late sweet corn or cabbage. Corn is planted as a first crop, and is off in time for the red strap leaf turnip, or for spinach. Spinach does not survive the winter, so vrell hero as it would in a less variable climate. The repeated freezings and thawings of ?winter go hard wi
. The Illinois farmer [microform] : a monthly agricultural journal, devoted to the interests of the farmer, gardener, fruit grower and stock raiser ... Agriculture; Agriculture -- Illinois. B??a!???-?'rs'!v?''^ SV^V. Tt^''. -• • ^ff 146 TME ILLIjSTOIS the best pea in market. The peas oflF in time for celery, late sweet corn or cabbage. Corn is planted as a first crop, and is off in time for the red strap leaf turnip, or for spinach. Spinach does not survive the winter, so vrell hero as it would in a less variable climate. The repeated freezings and thawings of ?winter go hard with it, and some of it is kill- ed. After this crop is off, the ground is oc- cupied by tomatoes, which is a large and im- portant product iu this garden. It is sur- prising to see, how widely this tropical plant has become distributed, and how extensively it is cultivated. Few like it at first, and yet almost every one becomes fond of them on further acquaintance. The plants are started in hot-bods, earl}- iu March. They are trans- planted into hot-beds twice, and into the ground a third time early in June. The re- peated transplanting induces early fruitful- ness, and thefirst pickings arc early in August. lieans arc also planted after spinach. This comes off so early, that almost any crop may follow it. JSquashes or cucumbers follow lettuce. Quassia chips, steeped in hot water and sprinkled xipou the vines, are found to be ef- ficient protection again;;t iT' Onions arc exteuoiveiy cuhivated, both the rare ripes, from pips, and those from seed. The potato onion is raised, and the large white Portugal onion. Carrots form a good succession crop to the onions. They are sowed between the rows about the middle of June. The Kolil-rabi or cabbage turnip is grown more largely every year, and is working its way into favor. This worked off in July, in time for a crop of sweet corn. Beets are followed by celery, and peppers are transplanted among the heads of lettuce a week or tw
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