. Horticulture; a text book for high schools and normals, including plant propagation; plant breeding; gardening; orcharding; small fruit growing; forestry; beautifying home grounds; the soils and enemies involved. tomarkets which are not easily overstocked even if the crops are verylarge. Truck growing may be extended hundreds of miles awayfrom such markets if the number of kinds of crops is limited. Truckfarmers may produce melons, sweet potatoes, Irish potatoes, sweet 70 THE HOME VEGETABLE GARDEN corn and other special crops which will stand shipping for longdistances. The planting plan to
. Horticulture; a text book for high schools and normals, including plant propagation; plant breeding; gardening; orcharding; small fruit growing; forestry; beautifying home grounds; the soils and enemies involved. tomarkets which are not easily overstocked even if the crops are verylarge. Truck growing may be extended hundreds of miles awayfrom such markets if the number of kinds of crops is limited. Truckfarmers may produce melons, sweet potatoes, Irish potatoes, sweet 70 THE HOME VEGETABLE GARDEN corn and other special crops which will stand shipping for longdistances. The planting plan to be followed depends entirely upon thelatitude, soil and other conditions of the region. The plantingshould be timed so as to meet a favorable season in the marketswhich are to be supplied. Growers in the extreme north should nottry to produce extra early crops, but should strive to meet the lateadvances in price; those through the middle latitudes should havetheir crops ready to meet the demands in the large markets afterthe more southern growers have exhausted their crops. In themost southern latitudes earliness is of prime importance. It is theearly market which the growers here must meet. Their reward is. Fig. 48. —Three good one-horse implements for garden culture. A, planker for crushingclods and smoothing the surface. B, spike-tooth cultivator for producing a loose , shovel cultivator for more thorough and deeper tillage. B and C are adjustable in width.(Indiana Station). found by having their crops so early that they find no competitionfrom other sections farther north. Gardens for Different Seasons.—The early spring gardenshould contain those crops which have withstood the winter coldand are ready to harvest in early spring. In some latitudes thiswould include turnips and kale for greens and winter onions. Thespring garden should also include the crops which can be grown ina very short time, such as loose leaf lettuce, head lettuce, radish,asparagus, rhubarb,
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