VEGETABLE GAEDENING 45 



Use either "Sandwich" or "Trenching" System. 



EGG PLANT. Varieties: Black Beauty, Mammoth Purple. 

 Distances: Eighteen inches each way. 



Set rather deep and firm. 

 Number Plants: One dozen. 



OKRA. Varieties: White Velvet, Perkins Mammoth. 

 Quantity of Seed: Half ounce each variety. 

 Distances: Apart in rows, four inches: rows apart, eighteen 



inches. 



Depth: Two inches. 

 When plants are three inches high, thin to one foot apart. 



BEANS, TENDER POD BUSH. 



Varieties: Hardy Wax, Yellow Pencil Pod. 

 Quantity of Seed: Half pint each variety. 

 Distances: Apart in rows, three inches: rows apart, eighteen 



inches. 

 Depth: Two inches. 



LIMA BEANS, BUSH. 



Varieties: Burpee's Impd., Fordhook. 



Quantity of Seed: Half pint of each variety. 



Distances: Apart in rows, two inches: rows apart, eighteen 



inches. 

 Depth: One and one-half inches. 



If Lima beans are planted with the eye downward they 



will germinate sooner. The beans should be pressed 



firmly in place before covering. 



