QUANTITIES OF SEED TO BUY 275 



Eggplant. — Black Beauty, New York Improved Purple. 



Kale. — Dwarf German, Tall Green Curled Scotch. 



Kohlrabi. — Early White Vienna. 



Lettuce. — Black-seeded Simpson, Morse, Mignonette, May King, Hanson. 



Mustard. — Giant Southern Curled. 



Muskmelon. — Netted Gem, Hoodoo, Rust-resistant Rocky Ford, Tip Top, 

 Osage. 



Watermelon. — Cole's Early, Fordhook Early, Kleckley Sweets, Tom 

 Watson. 



Okra. — Perfected Perkin's Long Pod. 



Onion. — Southport Yellow Globe, Southport White Globe, Australian 

 Brown, Prizetaker. 



Parsley. — Extra Dark IVIoss Curled. 



Parsnip. — Improved Guernsey. 



Peas. — Maud S., Nott's Excelsior, Carter's Daisy, Vick's Charmer. 



Pepper. — Ruby King, Chinese Giant. 



Radish. — Earliest White, Scarlet Button, Cincinnati Market, Lady 

 Finger, White Strasburg, White Chinese (winter). 



Rh uharh. — Victoria . 



Salsify. — Sandwich Island Mammoth. 



Spinach . — Long Standing, Victoria. 



Squash. — Giant Summer Crookneck, Fordhook, Hubbard. 



Tomato. — Langdon's Earliana, Chalks' Early Jewel, Livingston's Globe, 

 Matchless, Stone. 



Turnip. — Piu-ple Top Globe, White Egg. 



QUANTITIES OF SEED TO BUY 



It is always a safe plan to have a little more seed on hand than 

 is actually needed to plant the area desired. Sometimes the first 

 planting of a given crop is destroyed by frost or insects, making 

 replanting necessary. In such a case, delay in replanting could 

 be avoided by having the seeds on hand. The additional expense 

 is slight compared with the value of the crop. In the case of many 

 seeds, an ounce costs but little more than a packet; and in such 

 cases it is the part of wisdom to purchase an ounce, even though 

 a packet might contain sufficient seed to barely plant the desired 

 area. The more expensive seeds may be purchased in smaller 

 quantities, with less margin between the actual amount required 

 and the quantity purchased. 



For the benefit of beginners, who may be unfamiliar with the 

 quantities of seed needed to plant a garden of a given size, the 

 following tabular statement is inserted. It represents the quanti- 

 ties of seeds which should be purchased for planting the gardens 

 described on pages 267, 270, and 273, respectively, with due allow- 

 ance for a normal amount of replanting. 



