CHAPTER XXIV. 



A Half-Acre Gardens". 



The quantity of seed required for a half acre, dur- 

 ing the spring, and for a succession of those kinds requir- 

 ing sowing at later periods, will not vary much from 

 the following table : 



Beet in three varieties, eight ounces each. 

 Beans, pule, two varieties, two quarts each. 

 Beans, dwarf, three varieties, tliree quarts each. 

 Corn, sugar, four varieties, one quart each. 

 Cucumber, two varieties, eiglit ounces each. 

 Carrots, two varieties, four ounces each. 

 Celery, two varieties, four ounces each. 

 Cabbage, three varieties, one ounce each. 

 Lettuce, three varieties, four ounces each. 

 Melon, Water, two varieties, two ounces each. 

 Melon, Citron, two varieties, two ounces each. 

 Parsnips, one variety, four ounces each. 

 Radishes, three varieties, four ounces each. 

 Squash, three varieties, four ounces each. 

 Spinach, two varieties, eight ounces each. 

 Tomatoes, three varieties, four ounces each. 

 Herbs, four varieties, one ounce each. 



In well managed gardens yegetable seeds are sown, 

 or plants set out in rows, and to enable the amateur to 

 make a close calculation of the quantity of various seeds 

 required for any determined or measured area, the 

 writer gives the following table, showing how much is 

 needed for a row one hundred yards long. In these 

 calculations, however, it is supposed that the seed are 

 fresh, and that, at least, eighty per cent, will vegetate 

 under favorable conditions. 



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