PLANTING 



IF the garden must necessarily be small, vege- 

 tables in common use and those easiest to grow are 

 advised. Tomatoes, lettuce, beans, beets, carrots, 

 onions, parsley, radishes, and corn, where the 

 acreage permits, will probably yield the most sat- 

 isfactory products for the new gardener. The 

 gardener old at the service will need no advice 

 along this line. 



Whether the planting of seed or the setting 

 out of young plants is advisable, depends entirely 

 upon the nature of the particular plant as well as 

 upon how early in the season the planting is done 

 and how much time the gardener wishes to spend 

 on preliminary work. Some plants, like the 

 tomato, parsley, lettuce, cabbage, eggplant, pep- 

 pers, and rhubarb may readily be started by the 

 seedsmen, but certain other vegetables, such as 

 beets, turnips, members of the melon family, beans, 

 peas, corn, spinach, and radishes had best be 

 planted where they are to grow. 



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