i66o 



The Cornell Reading-Courses 



two of the principal intensive methods for vegetable production — it is 

 possible to include most of the annuals in this plot. The perennials are 

 omitted, the main object being to produce the maximum amount of vege- 

 tables in the minimum space. 



One well-built hotbed, constructed and managed as described in Lesson 

 No. 30 of the Cornell Reading-Course for the Farm, would aid this small 

 garden materially as plants could be raised for later transplanting. Such 

 plants as brusscls sprouts, early, mid-season, and late cabbage, cauliflower, 

 kohl-rabi r leek, lettuce, onion, tomatoes, and celery could be produced 

 and made ready for outside transplanting on the dates when they would be 

 required. It would thus be possible not only to save in the expense of 

 buying plants but also to have better plants just when the grower wants 

 them. It would be possible also to obtain larger and better produce from 

 the garden, as many times the plants could be held back or pushed for- 

 ward so as to accommodate the unfavorable or favorable conditions 

 prevailing. 



Following is a list of seeds, together with the place where they should 

 be planted and the proper time for planting. This list should be taken 

 only as a guide; no hard and fast rules can be laid down, for each plot must 

 be governed by local conditions of climate and soil. The tables may 

 therefore be too early for some growers and too late for others. 



Late celery 



May 1 



Lettuce 



May 15 



Late cabbage 



Late brussels sprouts 



Late kohl-rabi 

 Late cauliflower 



