. 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. ck thetomato plant, and these are largely prevented by Bordeauxmixture if it is applied early. Some poison is included with Bor-deaux mixture for the sake of fighting tomato worms or other leafeating insects. Peppers.—This is a warm season crop. The plants are startedindoors or in hotbeds, as in the case of tomatoes. They requiresimilar treatment, but usually are not staked. OKRA 12
. 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. ck thetomato plant, and these are largely prevented by Bordeauxmixture if it is applied early. Some poison is included with Bor-deaux mixture for the sake of fighting tomato worms or other leafeating insects. Peppers.—This is a warm season crop. The plants are startedindoors or in hotbeds, as in the case of tomatoes. They requiresimilar treatment, but usually are not staked. OKRA 125 Good varieties of the sweet pepper are Golden Queen, BullNose, and Chinese Giant (Fig. 62). Hot peppers used for picklesauce are Cayenne and Red Hot. Eggplant.—This is a warm season crop, and the plants are startedin-doors or in hotbeds or coldframes. At least two transplantingsof the young plants should be made. If they can make their lastgrowth in tin cans or pots before setting in the garden they willbe much stronger. The crop should have rich black soil, well pre-pared before setting in the garden. Good, thorough tillage will help the plants to attain large sizeand yield abundant crops. (Fig. 78).. Fig. 77.—Tying up tomatoes. Girls of the high school take a deep interest in school andhome gardening. () Good varieties are Black Beauty and Improved Purple. A verycommon enemy of the eggplant is the flea beetle, which eats holesin the leaves and may seriously injure the crop. To prevent thisthe plants are dusted with tobacco dust or sprayed with a solu-tion of nicotine sulfate. Arsenical poisons, such as arsenate oflead, are sometimes used. Okra.—This crop is grown abundantly in the southern requires a long warm season. It is used for cooking alone orwith tomatoes. Its chief use is in soups. It may be canned ordried for winter use. Good varieties are White Velvet, Lady Finger, Long Podded,and Perkins Mammoth. The early varieties will form edible 126
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