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vided parsley roots to supply three families for 

 winter. 



WHAT YOUR GARDEN CAN GROW 



Here follows an exact record of each crop — you 

 can simply repeat all this: 



"Potatoes. — Cost of seed, ten cents; length of 

 row, twenty feet. This crop was produced from 

 one pound of seed potatoes that made enough 

 pieces to plant a dozen hills, half on March 31 and 

 the rest two weeks later. We preferred earliness 

 to size, and the variety was chosen accordingly, 

 with the result that we were digging potatoes on 

 June 24, by which time they had attained the size 

 of eggs. A week later we dug some that weighed 

 half a pound. Each hill supplied a meal or more, 

 and the last was dug on August 23, so that during 

 the two months we bought no potatoes at the store. 

 We do not use many potatoes, of course, when we 

 get fresh summer vegetables. 



"Onions. — Cost of seed, one cent; length of row, 

 ten feet. Sown on March 31 and transplanted 

 May 26. This gave a sufficient supply for season- 

 ing, which was all that could be expected from a 

 ten-foot row. The last of the crop was pulled the 

 end of August and kept in the cellar until used 

 some time in October. 



"Parsley. — Cost of seed, one cent; length of 

 row, ten feet. By a little management the parsley 

 season was extended throughout the entire year. 

 In March some roots were transplanted from the 

 window garden, and some thriving young plants 



