How to grow vegetables and garden herbs; a practical handbook and planting table for the vegetable gardener by French Allen 1870-1946

Author:French, Allen, 1870-1946
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Tags: Vegetable gardening
Publisher: New York, London, The Macmillan company
Published: 1911-03-25T05:00:00+00:00

Fig. 75. Martynia pods. One-third natural size.

plant into pots as the plants crowd. Sow outdoors at the end of May or early June, several seeds to the hill, and

Thin to one plant in the hill.

Set out when frosts are past, about June 1.

Culture. —Preserve the surface mulch.

Pick the pods while still tender, or they are worthless; continue picking as they develop.

Seed-bed culture is possible, if the position of the

MARTYNIA—MINT

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bed is warm and sheltered, to bring them forward faster than in the open field. Thin to six inches apart. Transplant with care, with a ball of earth at the roots.

MELON. See under Muskmelon ^ and Watermelon. J^

MELON PEACH is cultivated the same as Muskmelon.

MELON, PRESERVING. See Watermelon.

MERCURY. See Goosefoot, Perennial.

MINT {Mentha), in three varieties—Spearmint (or Green Mint), Peppermint, and Japanese Mint— is frequently grown in kitchen-gardens, in use in the order named, the Japanese mint being something of a curiosity. The culture of all is the same; Spearmint is used chiefly for

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