. The garden book, a popular treatise on the growing of vegetables under both home and market conditions. Containing concise and dependable information concerning the planting, cultivation, spraying, harvesting and marketing the common garden vegetables in such manner as to secure the largest measure of satisfaction, pleasure and profit. Vegetable gardening. 126 tinct types of beets in cultivation at the present time, all of which have originated from a single parent plant through careful selection vs^ith radically- different ideas in mind. These types are the com- mon garden or red beet, the
. The garden book, a popular treatise on the growing of vegetables under both home and market conditions. Containing concise and dependable information concerning the planting, cultivation, spraying, harvesting and marketing the common garden vegetables in such manner as to secure the largest measure of satisfaction, pleasure and profit. Vegetable gardening. 126 tinct types of beets in cultivation at the present time, all of which have originated from a single parent plant through careful selection vs^ith radically- different ideas in mind. These types are the com- mon garden or red beet, the swiss chard or leaf beet, the sugar beet and the mangel or mangel- wurzel. The garden or red beet is the form of especial interest to vegetable gardeners, although the swiss chard or leaf beet is beginning to be grown quite extensively as a potherb. Sandy or gravelly loams well enriched and well drained give the best results with this crop. Cold soils and those retentive of moisture are not satis- factory. Inasmuch as quick results are expected from the beet, heavy applica- tions of plant food should be made to the soil both in the form of manure and commercial fertilizers. From 30 to 40 tons of well-rotted stable manure, together with 600 or 800 pounds of fertilizer analyz- ing approximately two per cent nitrogen, six per cent phosphorus, eight per cent potash, should be applied. Beets are usually grown as a close crop, cul- tivation being done en- tirely by hand. The rows are usually from 12 to 15 inches apart, and after the plants are well started they are thinned to from two to four inches in the row. Some gardeners dispense with. A BUNCH OF BEETS READY FOR MARKET Note their Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Davis, Vernon Hayes, 1877-. New York, Orange Judd company
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