1992 



ENCYCLOPEDIA OP PRACTICAL HORTICULTURE 



Farmer's Vegetable Garden 

 Another plan is presented by W. H. 

 Wicks, ot Moscow, Idaho. The sugges- 

 tion provides for a plot 290 feet long by 

 75 feet wide, with the rows niniiiug 

 lengthwise of the plot. 



Tarleties of Tegretables Planted 



First Row. Conover's Colossal aspara- 

 gus, one-half row; rhubarb, one-fourth 

 row Myatt's Victoria, one-fourth row St. 

 Martin's. 



Second Row. Hollow crown parsnips, 

 one-third row; Emerald parsley, one-third 

 row; Sandwich Island Mammoth salsify, 

 one-third row. 



Third Row. Prizetaker onions, one- 

 half row; large Rouen leek, one-fourth 

 row; Australian Brown onion, one-fourth 

 row. 



Fourth Row. Golden Self-Blanching cel- 

 ery, one-half row: onions, one-half row. 



Fifth Row. Onion sets, one-fourth row; 

 Deacon lettuce, one-fourth row; Long 

 Standing spinach, one-half row. 



Sixth Row. Early potatoes, one row; 

 radishes, one-fourth row each — French 

 Breakfast, Celestial, Scarlet Turnip, New 

 White Icicle. 



Seventh Row. Peas, Nott's Excelsior. 



Eighth Row. Crosby's Egyptian beets, 

 one-fourth row; Blood Red beets, one- 

 fourth row; Golden Ball carrots, one-half 

 row. 



Ninth Row. Late potatoes. 



Tenth Row. Grand Rapids lettuce, one- 

 fourth row; Giant Fringed Endive, one- 

 half row; Improved Guernsey parsnips, 

 one-fourth row. 



Eleventh Row. Early York Cabbage, 

 one-fourth row; Best Early cauliflower, 

 one-fourth row; Fordhook Bush Lima 

 beans, one-fourth row; "Burpee" Im- 

 proved Bush Lima beans, one-fourth row. 



Twelfth Row. Prosperity peas, one- 

 third row; Horsford Early Market, one- 

 third row; Telephone peas, one-third row. 



Thirteenth Row. Extra Early Refugee 

 beans. 



Fourteenth Row. Bismarck Black Wax 

 Prolitic beans, one-half row; Dwarf Hor- 

 ticultural beans, one-half row. 



Fifteenth Row. American Drumhead 

 Savoy cabbage, one-half row; Tall Green 

 Curled Scotch kale, one-half row. 



Sixteenth Row. Burpee's Danish Prize 

 Brussels sprouts, one-fourth row; Tabas- 

 co peppers, sixteen hills; Sweet Upright 

 pepper, twenty liills; Early Freedom to- 

 matoes, one-half row. 



Seventeenth Row. Golden Bantam 

 sweet corn, one-half row; Cory Early 

 sweet corn, one-half row. 



Eighteenth Row. Early Long Purple 

 ggplant, one-half row; Spark's Earliana 

 tomatoes, one-half row. 



Nineteenth to Twenty-fourth Row. 

 Burpee's Extra Early White Spine cucum- 

 ber, 12 hills; Early White Bush summer 

 squash, 10 hills; Hubbard squash, 12 

 hills: Small Sugar pumpkin. 12 hills; 

 Cole's Early watermelon, 24 hills; Ford- 

 hook nuiskmelon, 26 hills. 



NoTK. — Rows are three feet apart ex- 

 cepting the vine crops, which are six feet 

 apart. 



Composition of Tegetiibles 



