PRACTICAL GARDENING 



Ready 

 to eat 



May 30 

 June 1 

 June 6 

 June 15 



Crops to be started and matured in the hotbed. 

 Planted in the spring. 



Date Vegetables jJatur°ty Remarks 



April 1 Cucumbers June 10 Plant rows of beets 13 



Summer squashJune 10 inches apart. Also rows 



Feb. IS Beets June 1 of Radish 10 inches apart 



Feb. 15 Radish March 35 and here and there about 



12 to 18 inches apart; plant 

 one of the vine seeds about 

 3 inches in depth 



Plants four weeks' old transplanted from the open 

 to the hotbed before frost in the fall. Also seed sown 

 in the fall. 



Date of 

 Date Vegetables Maturity Remarks 



Oct. 1. Lettuce Radish seed may be sown 



(Loose leaf) Nov. 15 between the rows of grow- 

 Sept 16 Radish Oct. 20 ing plants and they mature 



Sept. IS Beets (Plants) Nov. 15- in about 35 days. 

 Dec. 



It is not always the best plan to try to raise 

 plants from seed that are to be transplanted. 

 This is especially true where only a few plants 

 are needed and there is no glass to force the 

 best development of such plants. 



Early cabbage and cauliflower plants may be 

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