. 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. the plants instead of ripening seeds. JULY Vegetables.—Early varieties of Irish potatoes such as IrishCobbler, Green Mountain, and others may be planted in will mature by the time the ground freezes and may bestored for winter use. If you have never grown a late crop ofIrish potatoes successfully because of soils being too warm, try thestraw mulch method. Plant the seed po
. 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. the plants instead of ripening seeds. JULY Vegetables.—Early varieties of Irish potatoes such as IrishCobbler, Green Mountain, and others may be planted in will mature by the time the ground freezes and may bestored for winter use. If you have never grown a late crop ofIrish potatoes successfully because of soils being too warm, try thestraw mulch method. Plant the seed potatoes two or three inchesdeep in mellow soil and cover with four to six inches of straw,weeds, marsh hay, or other litter. This tends to keep the soil JULY 165 moist and cool and to prevent the growth of weeds. It saves allneed of tillage. Make plans for the late fall garden. Much of the early gardenmay be harvested, the plants pulled, the space cleared and pre-pared for the fall garden. (Fig. 96.) Some of the vegetables maybe planted now, spinach, curled Scotch kale, Norfolk kale, Chineseand Japanese winter radishes, purple-top white turnips, rutabagas,dwarf Essex rape, English peas, beets, and Fig. 96.—Learning the lesson of rotation of crops. Deciding what crops may be cleanedout from the early garden to make more room for the fall crops. () Late in July start seeds of Boston head lettuce to be trans-planted later for fall heading. This is probably the last month for the planting of snap is best to use the early varieties at this time. They should maketheir crop before the fall frost. Early in July plant a few moreseeds of cucumber and muskmelon. If these are forced by goodculture and water, they should produce a yield before the firstfall frost. It is still not too late to plant out seeds of cabbage,cauliflower and other plants of that group. They will continuegrowth after frost until the ground begins to freeze. This givesthem the long fall s
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