26 — How to Make the Garden Pay. 



If the aim is simply to provide an abundance of vegetables 

 and small fruits for an average-sized family, a quarter-acre gar- 

 den, closely planted and well cropped, would be large enough. 

 Usually we like to have the rows the long way, but local condi- 

 tions differ and every plan must be fitted into its particular 

 surroundings. 



On preceding page I give plan of a one-quarter home garden 

 with rows running the short way. Perennial growths, like grape 

 vines, currants, gooseberries, rhubarb, asparagus, herbs, etc., are 

 planted at the further end. The wide-planted vegetables, to be 

 also cultivated by horse power, come next, while the close- 

 planted stuff, which is to be cultivated by hand machines, is 

 planted nearest the entrance, /. e., nearest the kitchen. 



A list of the seeds required to plant this quarter-acre, and 

 keep it planted and cropped as persistently as it should be, is 

 about as follows : 



QUANTITY. ARTICLE. TIME OF SOWING. 



For New Jersey, Southern 

 Penna., etc.* 

 I qt. — Extra Early Smooth Peas, . . . Mar. 1-15 



1 qt. — Early Dwarf Wrinkled Peas, . . . Mar. 8-25 



2 qts. — Later Wrinkled Peas, .... Mar. 8-25 

 % lb. — Spinach Mar., Aug., Sept., Oct. 



1 pkt. — Celery, for plants, ..... Mar. 1-8 



2 ozs. — Barletta Onion, for pickling, . . . Mar. 1-25 

 2 ozs. — Yellow Dutch Onion, for sets, . . . Mar. 1-15 



Small quantity to be started in box in window, Feb. i-i 5 

 2 qts. — Onion sets, ...... Mar. 1-15 



I pkt. — Prizetaker Onion, started in box, . . . Feb. 1-15 

 I oz. — Danver's Onion, ..... Mar. 1-15 



1 pkt. — Cabbage, Prize Wakefield, in box, . . Feb. i 



2 pkts. — Cabbage, Late, June 1 



I oz. — Early Beet, Eclipse, Mar. 15-25 



I oz. — Blood Turnip Beet, .... April, May, June 

 I pkt. — Carrot, Early Scarlet Horn, . . . Mar. 15-25 



I pkt. — Carrot, Chantenay, .... April i-May 



I pkt. — Carrot, Danver's April I -June 



I pkt. — Pepper, Ruby King, in house, . . . Feb. i 



I pkt. — Egg Plant, New York Purple, in house, . . Feb. i 

 I pkt. — Tomatoes, Earliest, in house, . . . Feb. i 



1 pkt. — Tomatoes, Main Crop, in house, . . . Feb. i 

 X lb.— Radish, Earliest Turnip, . . Mar., April, May 



2 ozs. — Radish, Long Rooted, . . . June i- 15, etc. 

 I pkt. — Radish, Winter, Aug.-Sept. 



3 pkts. — Lettuce, Mar., May, June 



I pkt. — Cauliflower, Earliest, .... Mar. i-June 

 I oz. — Sugar Beet, Imperial Sugar, . . . April 1-15 



I pkt. — Cress, Extra Curled, April 1 



I pkt. — Kohl Rabi, Large White, . . April 1-15 and May 



*From one to two weeks later further north. 



