PRACTICAL GARDENING 



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Date sown Vegetables planted to planted to V" j" 



Cold Frames the open 



Cabbage March 15 April 20 May 30 



Cauliflower March 25 May 1 June 1 



Kohl-rabi March 15 April 20 June 5 



Celery April 1 May 1 June 15 



Crops to be started and matured in the hotbed. 

 Planted in the spring. 



Date Vegetables , Remarts 



April 1 Cucumbers June 10 Plant rows of beets 12 



Summer squashJune 10 inches apart. Also rows 



Feb. 15 Beets June 1 of Radish 10 inches apart 



Feb. 15 Radish March 25 and here and there about 



12 to 18 inches apart; plant 

 one of the vine seeds about 

 2 inches in depth 



Plants four weeks' old transplanted from the open 

 to the hotbed before frost in the fall. Also seed sown 

 in the fall. 



Date Vegetables jjj^, Remarks 



Oct. 1. Lettuce Radish seed may be sown 



(Loose leaf) Nov. 15 between the rows of grow- 

 Sept. 15 Radish Oct. 20 ing plants and they mature 



Sept. 15 Beets (Plants) Nov. 15- in about 35 days. 

 Dec. 



It is not always the best plan to try to raise 

 plants from seed that are to be transplanted. 

 This is especially true where only a few plants 

 are needed and there is no glass to force the 

 best development of such plants. 



Early cabbage and cauliflower plants may be 

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