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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



March, 1906 



length of row thirty feet. These were sowed 

 on the east side of a trellis, the west side of 

 which was covered with pea vines. The lat- 

 ter had a month's start and by the time they 

 were out of the way the beans were ready to 

 occupy the whole trellis. We sowed an early 

 kind on May 25th, and they came up so 

 thickly that we transplanted about two dozen 

 young plants. Although it was done after 

 they had several inches growth of vine, they 

 flourished and more than paid for the risk. 

 The Lima crop ripened August 1st and con- 

 tinued to yield till frost. 



Cucumbers. — Cost of seed one cent; four 

 hills. These replaced the early peas. They 

 were started in another spot and transplanted 

 when the ground was leady for them. Natu- 

 rally they were somewhat late, but otherwise 

 were all that could be desired. Two kinds 

 were grown, the Japanese climbing, and the 

 lemon. 



SCALE IN FEFT 

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The space was closely planted and as soon as one 

 crop was gathered another was put in. Details below: 



A. Pole string beans and five tomato plants, planted June 2 — B and C. 

 Onion sets, March 31. Second crop, double row transplanted bush Lima 

 beans, June 10 — D. Swiss chard, April 1 — E. Onion seed, March 31, moved 

 June 19. Second crop transplanted parsley, June 19 — F. Transplanted 

 onions, May 26 — G and H. Lettuce, April r2, all out by June 24. Second 

 crop double row transplanted bush Lima beans, June 10 — I. Parsley, March 

 21, transplanted for second crop, kohlrabi. 



I, Radishes, March 31, pulled May 12 — 2. Corn May 8, harvested August 

 29. Second crop transplanted kohlrabi — 3. Beets April 12, pulled August 

 8. Second crop wax beans, August 19 — 4. Wax beans May 20, pulled 

 October 21 — 5. Lettuce, a failure — 6. Carrots April 1, pulled October 30 — 

 7. Potatoes March 31 and April 12; seven hills dug July 1. Second crop, 

 seven hills corn luly 1, harvested September 23. Third crop, hardy 

 spinach, September 29—8. Peas March 31, picked June 24. Secon 1 crop, 

 cucumbers, five tomato plants, Crookneck squash, all transplanted — 9. 

 ?eas, April 28 — 10. Lima beans. May 25 — n. Radishes, April 12, pulled 

 May 25. Second crop, transplanted lettuce, May 25. 



The trellis on October 2. This was carrying peas in 

 the early part of the season 



Squash. — Cost of seed one cent; two hills. 

 The history of the squash is the same as that 

 of the cucumbers, as they were started and 

 transplanted to fill another portion of the 

 vacated pea trellis. 



Tomatoes. — Cost of seed one cent; ten 

 plants. The tomatoes were kept in flower 

 pots until the pea ground was cleared when 

 they were set out to fill the remaining third 

 of the trellis. Five plants had already been 

 transplanted to the pole bean trellis on June 

 2d, and these later ones, moved on June 20th, 

 made the total eleven plants. There were 

 four varieties: Freedom, Ponderosa, Golden 

 Sunrise, and a solitary plant of Yellow Cherry 

 on the trellis. All proved satisfactory and 

 gave good yields. From the eleven plants 

 we gathered more than two hundred large 

 tomatoes and nearly two hundred of the 

 Yellow Cherry. Green ones, used for 

 pickles, are included in the number. The 

 five tomatoes on the pea trellis bore almost 

 forty pounds of fruit. We extended the 

 season by keeping some plants under cover 

 when frost threatened. 



SOME FAILURES THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN 

 AVOIDED 



Of course, there were some failures. I 

 never knew of a garden that was all successes, 

 still the misses were not as noticeable as the 

 successes, but the latter might have been still 

 greater had we used more ounces of pre- 

 vention. Two plantings of radishes were 

 lost. They were sowed so early that the cold 

 weather checked their growth, and rapid 

 growth is one of the essentials in radish cul- 

 ture. The second crop of radishes was lost 

 because of the abnormally dry season. This 

 could have been counteracted by thorough 

 watering. 



The late peas were the victims of an un- 

 fortunate combination of dry winds and a 

 week of record-breaking hot weather, just as 

 they were coming into bearing. The yield 

 would have been larger and longer if this had 

 not happened, or if we could have kept them 

 supplied with water. Thirty heads of let- 



tuce were lost simply because they were not 

 gathered in time. Better pick them too 

 young than wait and lose them by "bolting" 

 to seed. Another sowing of lettuce was 

 started during a very dry period. Wax 

 beans were risked a little too iate. If the 

 sowing had been made on August 1st instead 

 of on the 19th, we should have had (as we 

 have had in other years), a supply of the best 

 quality beans for three weeks before frost. 



A SUMMARY 



The exact return from our 15 x 30-foot 

 garden will be better appreciated by stating 

 in tabular form. We had the greatest value 

 from the garden in August, naturally, and the 

 returns before May and after October were 

 nominal. 



TOTAL YIELD, RECKONED EY MONTHS 



May $ . 20 Radishes. 



June 2 -95 Lettuce over a dollar, peas and 



carrots also plenty. 

 July 2.10 Peas, wax beans and lettuce the 



chief crops. 

 August 3-3° Corn, Limas and chard bring 



up this total. 

 September... 2.70 Cucumbers, corn and squash 



make over half this amount. 



October .80 Mostly tomatoes. 



Before May and 



after October. .50 Parsley 



£12.55 



TOTAL YIELD RECKONED EY VEGETABLES 



Potatoes $ .50 



Onions .10 



Radishes .20 



Parsley .80 



Peas 1 .10 



Carrots .75 



Chard .60 



Lettuce 2 . co 



Beets , , .50 



Corn 2 . 00 



Wax beans .50 



Bush Limas .30 



Pole string beans '. .60 



Pole Limas .65 



Cucumbers .80 



Squash .30 



Tomatoes .85 



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