Evening Star Newspaper, March 25, 1921, Page 30

WOMAN’S PAGE. :PACKED TO PLEASE and Serves Its Mission USED IN MILLIONS OF TEAPOTS DAILY > «tBeware of Imitations.” Sealed Packets only a postal eard and your xrocer's name and nddress for a frce sample to Salada Tea Company, Boston, Mnxs. ’ | ven a small vegetable garden in corner of the back yard, with thorough cultivation, good reliable seeds, a few proper tools and a few spare minutes each day of a house- wife's time, will furnish the family with an abundance of one kind or a variety of fine, fresh vegetables. Be- sides being profitable f a money standpoint, the care of such a garden is interesting and health-giving. If there is any extra space, by means add a few flowers to the gar- den By far the best way to prepare for a vegetable garden is to first make a defl- j nite plan on paper, showing the exact ize and shape of 'your garden space. Having definitely determined what you intend to raide. mark out the rows |1 of vegetables. By studying carefully the rotation of crops, one can take two crops each year from most of the garden space, and a garden so planned is much easier to keep free of weeds than one in which more space used to raise the same || of vegetables. Keep an abund ply of good vegetable seed on hand, on »m OAL & WOOD Consult Us About Your Requirements SERVICE BEST VALUE 63 Years of Faithful, Efficient Service MARLOW COAL CO. 811 E St. N.W. QUALITY || another can be planted In its place. ||, Some of the seeds that are best for |l the early garden are beet ‘ onions, potatoes, early pe: | | beans, leaf lettuce, parsl, carrots, radi Dispenser o Breakfast Cheer f LL HOUSE COFFEE Also Maxwell House Tea X EEK:NEAL COFFEE COS KasnviLLe, HouSTON, JATKSONVILLE RICHMEND. / f?igod "~ to- the < last rop." yA Crisp, Warm, Spicy Gingerbread made with Franklin Golden Syrup How it delights the taste and appeals to the appetite! You don’t know how good it can be until you have made it with Franklin Golden Syrup. This Franklin quality product is a real inspiration to the housewife who likes to prepare the most appreciated things. It can be used every meal, every day—on the table or in the kitchen. Franklin Golden Syrup is made by the same large, happy family that makes Franklin Cane Sugars. This family num- bers over ten thousand members, each one of them anxiousto win and keep your confidence in the good name Franklin. Their enthusiasm keeps Franklin quality high. The Franklin Sugar Refining Compfiny ‘“A Franklin Cane Sugar for every use’’ Granulated, Dainty Lunap;l. Powdered, Confectioners, Brown, den S all | then as soon as one crop is harvested. es and turnips. If early| crops of tomatoes, head lettuce, cel- ' ery, cabbage or caulifiower are de-f ™ | THE VEGETABLE FOR BENEFIT OF THE HOME TABLE The Star's Household Expert Tells How to Obtain the Best Results From a Small Plot of Ground—The Rotation of Crops. sired, plants. they should be grown from Planting Hints. Plant cucumbers and squashes five feet apart each way. Tomato plants must be set throe fect apart each way. They will not cover the intervening space for a month or more after they are set out. What woyld vou like to ruise between the rows before the to- mato plants need the space? Early peas are harvested in plenty of time to raise something else on the same ground, and se are early radishes, let- tuce and other vegetables. How' can you make the best use of the opportu- nity? If you raise tomatoes or sweet corn, plant early radishes or lettuce between the rows. If you raise early potatoes, after the vines die down you can plant an early variety of sweet corn between the rows for late au- tumn use. If you raise early beets, 80w a second time In the same rows. They will mature early enough for fall and winter use, and beets are best when not allowed to grow too large. An early crop of radishes can be taken from the soil before cabbage or caulifiower plants are set out. String beans or lettuce for fall use can be planted in any vacant spaces about the 1st of August. Late lettuce should always be planted in light shade, so that ‘the heat cannot make it bitter. It is a good plan to tack mosquito retting across a lettuce bed as soon as the seeds are sown. This allows the sunlight and rain to reach the ground, but protects the seeds from birds, and as soon as the lettuce is started the netting can be re- moved. Radishes are the easiest grown of all vegetables. A tiny patch of ground will give a good rad- ish crop it there isn’t room for any- thing else. A radish in the early varieties will be ready for use in four weeks from the time of planting. Plant the little round radishes for an early crop and the long shape for a lateg or midsea- £on crop. It is necessary to make a Buccession ef plantings about once a week in the early spring in order to have a constant supply. To Grew Karly Fotatoes. About three weeks before planting, which in most places should be dons about the middle of April, the pota- toes shoyld be placed in a room Where they will have sun for at Jeast part of ihe day. The room_meed have no artificial heat if the temipera ture does not run below 35 degree the danger point for sprouting pota- toes. Seed potatoes should be of good hape and rather small. The whole potato should be planted, as this will secure an earlier growth than the use of cut pieces. Within a week the Petatoes will be putting out green sprouts. All of these, except two or { three of the stoutest at the seed end, ! sho uld be broken off. The ground for the potatoes should be spaded to a good depth and pulverized as thor- oughly as its condition permits. When the soil is ready the potatoes may be planted, for a hard freeze will notjnjure the seed. The whole pota- toeg should be set, sprouts up, two inches in the ground, eighteen inches apart in the row and with the rows two feet apart. If the weather is not too damp or cold, the seed will begin to root im- mediately, and in a few days the tops will begin to appear. In case frot threatens, earth may be pulled yp ‘over the tops. With proper care the vines will have potatoes larg enaugh to use in about ten weeks from the day they were planted. There is a method of planting wbite potatoes that gives a maximum yield frem a minimum area. It is the bank- ing system, which {s admirably adapted to the home garden, al- thoygh not to be recommended tor €extensive planting. Suppose the space avallable is only three f wide and only of moderate lengt! By the common method of planting on the level, only one good row of potatoes could be grown in it, or at a pinch, u:d by injudicious crewding, two ws, 1f, however, good earth is heaped to a depth of two feet over the three-foot width of space, the top of the bank is flatttened and the the sides are packed gently but firm- 1y to prevent slipping, three rows of potatoes can be raised, all of them under conditions that will favor their growth. Fotatoes need a moderately rich soil, and it is essential that the soil he well drained. A bank like that above described can, in the making, be made as rich as one pleases and the drainage of it will be nearly per- fect. Moreover, the stalks and the foliage of the plants, falling over the sloping surface of the bank, act as & natural mulch that helps to keep the bed from drying out. The long po- tato roots will piecere deeply into the heart of the soil and find moisture there. The danger from drying out is the only danger to which this method is exposed, but this will be minimized it early potatoes are grown. They get the benefit of the abundant spring rains and are nearly matured by the time the heat and the drought of summer come o they will be so far along that they will withstand conditions that would in- jure younger plant: To use this mothed one must have plenty of good earth. Well-rotted compost is excellent to add to the bank, but the richer ingredients should, of course, be well mixed with the heaped-up 8oil. Where one rew of plants will produce two bushels of potatoes by the ordinary method, the sams amount of land will produce six bushels by the terrace or banking system. If one row produces four bushels, the bank 'will produce twelve. and because of the advanta, that have been mentioned the prop tion may be even greater. The sys. ter requires a little extra labor, but it will pay. A Herb Gard: A home with even a small strip of land should find a place for growing herbs to use ig cooking. A plant of sage of the large-leaved variety et rid of that angslflzt{y rash with Resinol A pure, healing ointment contain- ing a gentle medication that acts quickly and directly on sick skins, usually healing the irvitated spots, and restoring ekin bealth and at- tractiveness, oL i ARyt o easily frem any should have a place, as well as sum- mer savory, sweet marjoram, mint eand thyme. ' Good cooking does not rely on one flavor. In‘the mingling of savors, none distinct and strong, is the secret of producing the best seasoning of all. In the kitchen win- dow a cayenne pepper plant will bear profusely all winter, then placed outdoors in the spring will continue to bear until heavy frosts. They persist for months after turning bright scarlet. Thyme, savory, pars. ley, sage, sweet marjoram and mint are all easily grown, and wiil afford agreeable flavors to winter roasts and stews. Mint once planted will come up again every year. i needs is a shady spot and plenty of water to make it grow. Planted in May, it will be ready for clipping in July. All these herbs should be gathered just before they flower, as leal and Stem are then in their best flavor. The work should be done on a dry day. Gather the herbs by breaking off the branches of the plants to a length of five inches. Cleanse from dust by rinsing in cold water. Dry quickly. Bunch and suspend over the stove, or spread upon a frame of coarse-meshed wire when the fire is hot and there is no steam, as on bak- ing day. When brittle-dry. pick the leaves off and store them in covered bottles or cans. If vou wish to pul- verize them. place the leaves upon pastry board and roll them fine. Sift Led for basket. down covers i through a flour sifter. The different flavors may be blended. For instance, one part sweet marjoram, one part thyme, one part winter savory and two parts parsley is a good flavoring | for soups and stews. side, the and supj === | reather To Water Your Garden. One of the commonest and most seri- ous mistakes of the home garc to spray the garden e 24 hose or watering can. very hot weather. The ¢ on a heated plant of a sudden drenching with cold water is to check growth: but since moisture is essential to all vegetation, the i 3 lies not in'applyi the way it is best results, e a trench five or six inches deep between two rows of veg- etables, then either lay the nozzle of the hose in one end of the trench or pour in water with a watering pot from which you have removed the | sprayer. Fill in the trenches with the loose, dry earth that you removed, and thus prevent surface evaporation Unless in exceptionally hot weather, one application a week will do. As the water warmed by filtration through some inches of sun-baked earth before it comes in contact with the delicate rootlets, it causes no shock. to stiffe tacks in a strong Or one is whol obtain the the matt neath it. covering Don’t Risk Your Material in ! a Poor Dye Buy “Diamond Dyes”—no other kind! Perfect results are guaranteed, no matter what material you dye. You can not make a mistake. Sim- le directions are in each package. 5"[““‘, has color card, i - really fun to diamond-dye— ‘Woolens Skirts Stockings Sweaters Curtains Cottons Silks Blouses Linens Coats Dresses Coyerings Draperies Mixed Goods Everything! N/ Escape the “Stout” Class An attractive figure is not a matter of size but of correct proportions. The stout wo- men who'are never spoken of as “stout” are those who give alittle time and thought to, proper corseting. Rengo Belt Reducing Corsets give the wearer an appearance of slenderness. 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