TABLE OF THE LENGTH OF LIFE, AND THE 

 SPACE VALUES, OF VEGETABLE SEEDS 



(Flower seeds, except those of sweet pea and a very few others, 

 are for small gardens usually bought by the packet, and usually a 

 single packet is enough. For a small garden, also, a single packet 

 of cabbage, cauliflower, and other such vegetable seeds is commonly 

 enough. In the table, distances refer to ounces, unless quarts are 

 named. The years show the time in which seeds are still strong 

 enough to sprout.) 



Artichoke, Globe. 5 yrs. 30 ft. 



Beans. Pole string. 3 yrs. Quart, 150 hills. 



Dwarf string. 3 yrs. Quart, 200 ft. 



Pole lima. Quart, 100 hills. 



Dwarf lima. Quart, 200 ft. 

 Beet. 6 yrs. 60 ft. 



Brussels Sprout. 3 yrs. 3000 plants. Buy by the packet. 

 Cabbage. 4 yrs. 2500 plants. Buy by the packet. 

 Carrot. 5 yrs. 300 feet. 



Cauliflower. 3 yrs. 3000 plants. Buy by the packet. 

 Celery. 7 yrs. 5000 to 10,000 plants. 

 Chard. 6 yrs. 50 ft. 



Corn. 2 yrs. (Test beforehand.) Quart, 150 or more hills. 

 Cress. (Peppergrass) 5 yrs. 100 ft. 

 Cucumber. 10 yrs. 75 hills. 

 Eggplant. 6 yrs. 2500 plants. 

 Endive. 8 yrs. 200 ft. 

 Kale. 7 yrs. 250ft. 2500 plants. 

 Kohl-rabi. 4 yrs. 200 ft. 1500 plants. 

 Leek. 2 or 3 yrs. 150 ft. 

 Lettuce. 5 yrs. 300ft. 1000 plants. 

 Muskmelon. 10 yrs. 75 hills. 



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