CHAPTER VII 



MATURITIES, YIELDS, AND MULTIPLICATION 



ANY figures of dates of maturity of the various plants or crops and 

 of yields must necessarily be only approximately or averagely correct ; 

 but methods of multiplication allow of more definite statement. 



Maturity-Tables 



Time required for maturity of different garden crops, reckoned from the 

 sowing of the seeds 



DAYS FROM SEED 



Beans, string 45-65 



Beans, shell 65-70 



Beets, turnip 65 



Beets, long blood 150 



Cabbage, early 105 



Cabbage, late 150 



Cauliflower 110 



Corn 75 



Egg-plant 150-160 



Lettuce 65 



Melon, water 120-140 



Melon, musk 120-140 



Onion 135-150 



Pepper 140-150 



Pumpkin 100-125 



Radish 30-45 



Squash, summer 60-65 



Squash, winter 125 



Tomatoes 150 



Turnips 60-70 



Time required, from setting, for fruit-plants to bear. (For northern and 

 central latitudes) 



Apple 3 to 5 years. Good crop in about 10 to 18 years. 

 Apple, on paradise stocks, good crops in 4 to 5 years. 

 Blackberry 1 year. Good crops in 2 and 3 years. 



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