PRACTICAL STUDY OF GARDENING 



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needs of the ordinary country home. Any person of 

 practical ability who wishes to raise vegetables ex- 

 tensively for market can enlarge the quantity of seed or 

 roots to any extent : 



Farmer's 

 garden. 



Asparagus 100 roots 



Beans, green podded 1 pt. 



Wax 1 pt. 



Lima 1 pt. 



Beets 2 oz. 



Cabbage, early 1 pkt. 



Second early 1 pkt. 



Late 1 pkt. 



Carrot 1 oz. 



Cauliflower 1 pkt. 



Celery 1 oz. 



Corn, sweet, extra early 1 pt. 



Second early 1 pt. 



Late 1 pt. 



Cucumber 1 oz. 



Eggplant 1 doz. pi. Yz 



Lettuce, leaf 1 oz. 



Head 1 pkt. 



Muskmelon 1 oz. 



Onion seed 2 oz. 



Sets, bottom 1 qt. 



Sets, top (perennial) 1 qt. 



Parsley 1 pkt. 



Parsnip 1 oz. 



Peas, extra early smooth 1 pt. 



Early dwarf wrinkled 1 qt. 



Late wrinkled 1 pt. 



Pepper 1 pkt. 



Radish 3 oz. 



Rhubarb 1 oz. 



Spinach 1 oz. 



Squash, summer 1 oz. 



Winter 1 oz. 



Sweet potatoes 200 plants 



Tomato 2 pkts. 



Turnip 1 oz. 



Watermelon 1 oz. 



Suburban 

 garden. 

 50 roots 

 Hpt. 



X A pt. 

 j^pt. 



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£pt. 



Spt. 



j^pt. 



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doz. pi. 

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 Vz oz. 

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 qt. 



pkt. 

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Hpt. 

 ^2pt. 



pkt. 



oz. 



oz. 

 pkt. 



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2 oz. 



In growing asparagus the most satisfactory method to 

 pursue is that of propagating from seed. The plants 

 should be grown in the seed-bed the first year and trans- 



