. Cyclopedia of farm crops : a popular survey of crops and crop-making methods in the United States and Canada. Agriculture -- Canada; Agriculture -- United States; Farm produce -- Canada; Farm produce -- United States. 280 FARM GARDEN FARM GARDEN Fig. 388. A â 'flat'' or box in which garden seeds are started. Others, we may plant celery, turnips, spinach, and the like. To secure a succession of such vegetables as sweet corn and peas, early, medium and late varieties are planted at one time, and some stan- dard sort is put in --i-'-x -, ^g:^ at intervals of a week or ten days afterwards.
. Cyclopedia of farm crops : a popular survey of crops and crop-making methods in the United States and Canada. Agriculture -- Canada; Agriculture -- United States; Farm produce -- Canada; Farm produce -- United States. 280 FARM GARDEN FARM GARDEN Fig. 388. A â 'flat'' or box in which garden seeds are started. Others, we may plant celery, turnips, spinach, and the like. To secure a succession of such vegetables as sweet corn and peas, early, medium and late varieties are planted at one time, and some stan- dard sort is put in --i-'-x -, ^g:^ at intervals of a week or ten days afterwards. It is well to provide means, as boxes and hotbeds, to start or force plants ahead of their season, if the most interest- ing and useful re- sults are to be secured. (See Figs. 388-390.) Success in growing vegetables depends on : (1) the condition of the soil; (2) good seed ; (3) plant- ing ; and (4) the after care and cultivation. The soil.âIn no one place can we find a perfect soil for all kinds of vegetables, but, as previously urged, a rich soil will largely make up for de- ficiency in variety. The question of the soil can, not be discussed further here. The seed.âThe modern methods of seed-testing enable the dealer to offer seeds of good germinat- ing qualities and the purchaser to know whether the seeds are good before planting ; but, as to the purity of the products, one must take the word of the dealer, and he should buy only of reliable seeds- men. (Consult Chapter VII.) A simple can be made with two dinner- plates, a little fine clean sand, and two sheets of blotting-paper or cheese-cloth. (Fig. 391.) Put the sand in the plate, level it off nearly full, and satu- rate until water almost stands on the surface ; then spread over the blotting-paper or cheese-cloth and place on it the seeds,â ten, fifty or one hundred of each. The larger the number the more accurate the test. Over the seeds spread another sheet of blot- ting-paper or cloth, and cover all w
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