CARROTS LOVE TOMATOES

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February/March 1992
 
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Turnip/Rutabaga ( Brassica rapa and Brassica napobrassica ). An accident revealed that hairy vetch and turnips are excellent companions. Turnip seeds became mixed with the vetch a gardener planted, and they came up as volunteer plants. He found the turnip greens completely free of the aphids which usually infest them, apparently because the vetch provided shelter for ladybugs, which feast on aphids. Elsewhere it has been found that wood ashes around the base of turnip plants will control scab.

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I find peas planted near turnips are mutually benefited. Turnip and radish seed mixed with clover will bolster the nitrogen content of the soil. In your crop rotation it is good to follow the heavy feeders with light feeders such as turnips and rutabagas.

Turnips dislike hedge mustard and knotweed, and should not be rotated with other members of the cabbage family such as broccoli or kohlrabi. When synthesized, a naturally occuring chemical compound in turnips when synthesized is deadly to aphids, spider mites, houseflies, German cockroaches, and bean beetles.

Rutabagas take much the same culture as turnips but require a longer growing season.

DISEASE-AND WEATHER-RESISTANT VEGETABLE VARIETIES

ASPARAGUS:Mary Washington , rustresistant (Farmers).
BEAN:Topcrop, Tendercrop, Harvester , mosaic-resistant (Twilley Seed Co.). Wade, mosaic- and powdery mildew-resistant (Farmers).
BEAN, DRY SHELL:Michlite , blight-resistant (Farmers).
CABBAGE:Stonehead Hybrid , yellows-resistant (Burpee). Wisconsin Hollander No. 8; Copenhagen; New Wisconsin Ball-head, Wisconsin All Season, yellows-resistant (Shumway) .
CUCUMBER:Marketmore . scab- and mosaic-resistant. Polaris , anthracnose-, downy mildew- and powdery mildew-resistant (Twilley). Burpees Hybrid, Total Marketer , downy- and powdery mildew—resistant (Shumway). Park's Comanche and Poinsett , downy- and powdery mildew—resistant (Parks). Salty , resistant to cucumber mosaic, powdery mildew, and scab (Nichols).
EGGPLANT:Faribo Hybrid , disease-resistant (Farmers).
KALE:Dwarf Blue Curled Vales , withstands below-freezing temperatures (Burpee).
LETTUCE: Oakleaf, hot weather—resistant. Butter King, Bibb, or Limestone, hot weather—tolerant (Shumway). Premier Great Lakes , resistant to tip-bum and heat (Burpee).
PEAS:Early Alaska , wilt-resistant. American Wonder , drought-resistant (Henry Fields). Drought-Proof (Burgess)
PEPPER: Yolo Wonder, tobacco mosaic—resistant (Gumey's).
RADISH:Cherry Belle , pithiness-resistant (Shumway).
SPINACH:Hybrid No. 7 , resistant to downy mildew (Burpee).
SWEET CORN:Golden Beauty , disease-resistant. Silver Queen , disease-tolerant (Parks).
TOMATOES:VF Tomato , verticillium and fusarium wilt—resistant; Sunray , fusarium wilt—resistant (Burpee). Sunset, Starfire, sunscald-resistant; Monte Carlo, multiple disease-resistant (Farmers). Crack-Proof (Burgess).
TURNIP:Tokyo Cross , virus and other disease-resistant (Burpee).
This by no means exhausts the lists of disease-resistant vegetables, and more are constantly being developed. It helps to note the resistant strains when you check your seed catalogs. (Many of the varieties listed here also are sold by other seed companies.)

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