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THE HOME VEGETABLE GARDEN 



cultivation. A wheel hoe could be used in a garden of this size. 

 Always change size, kinds of vegetables, etc., to suit your condi- 

 tions: The dates of planting may need to vary considerably. 



Plan for a Farmer's Garden 100 X ZOO Feet 



Planting(4' --Asparagus Rhubarb— Winter Onions- 

 Dates 



Apr. 1 



Apr. 10 

 May 1 



May 15 



June 1 

 July 1 



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-Early Potatoes — followed by Late Turnips and Winter Radish- 



-Early Potatoes— followed by Late Turnips and Winter Radish- 



-Early Potatoes — followed by Late Turnips and Winter Radish- 



-Early Peas— followed by Pickles— Turnips- 



-Radishes- 



-Leaf Lettuce — followed by Beans- 

 -Onion 



-Spinach- 



-Carrots — 

 -Parsnips- 



-Onion Seed- 



-Radishes- 



- Salsif y- 

 -Beets- 



-Head Lettuce- 



-Parsley- 

 -Chard- 



-Peas followed by Celery- 



followed by Beans — 



-Horse Radish- 



— Early Cabbage— 



-Summer Cabbage — followed by Fall Spinach- 



Early Sweet Corn — 



Early Sweet Corn — 



— Cauliflower — 

 -String Beans- 



- Tomatoes- 



-Cucumbers Summer Squash Winter Squash Watermelons Muskmelons- 

 -30 hills 5x5 ft. 30 hills 5x5 ft. 30 hills 6x5 ft. 45 hills 6x5 ft. 50 hills 5x5 ft- 



-Eggplant- 



— Sweet Corn — 

 -Sweet Potatoes^ 

 -Pepper- 



-Late Cabbage- 

 -Late Potatoes— 

 -Late Potatoes— 

 -Late Potatoes— 

 -Sweet Corn 



-Lima Beans- 



Small Market Gardens. — Almost any garden may have a sur- 

 plus of some of the crops at any time of the year, but the market 

 garden must be distinguished from the home garden by having 

 something in the garden available for market at nearly all times in 

 the growing season. 



It is even more important with the market garden to have the 

 plans well made regarding size, direction of rows, distance between 

 rows, succession cropping, companion cropping, etc. 



If much hand work is required in the market garden the profit 

 to be derived from the crops is entirely lost. It is essential that the 

 horse methods of tillage and planting be employed in the market 

 garden even more than in the home garden. Hand planters are 

 used for rapidly dropping the seed and covering it. 



Extreme diligence must be exercised to keep the garden full of 

 the crops which are going to make a financial return to the gar- 

 dener. When a crop is too old for harvesting it must be turned 

 under or otherwise destroyed to make room for a more profit- 



