January, 1906 



THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



267 



i. Reduction by one-eighth. — Omit the fruit 

 trees on the three sides and the border of 

 summer flowering plants at the southern 

 end. (This also means the doing away with 

 the grass border that surrounds the garden.) 

 The fruit trees might be massed in some other 

 place, and the flowering plants used in beds 

 elsewhere. 



2. The one-half acre. — Cut the plan in 

 two. Reduce the paths to six feet, and use 

 only one-half the quantities enumerated. 

 Peas and beans would be reduced to a 

 minimum, so the potatoes, rhubarb and horse- 

 radish had better be dispensed with and their 

 place given to peas and beans. Then use 

 the quantities of these recommended for the 

 one acre. 



3. The one-third acre. — On a square lot, 

 divide the space allowed for vegetables (say 

 1 20 x 120 feet) into three lots, do away with the 

 cross-walks and have a tAvo-foot path all 

 around. The vegetables could then be grown 

 in the same quantities as on the acre plot. 



4. The 60 x 60- foot garden. — Reduce the 

 quantities by half, do away with the potatoes 

 as suggested under heading No. 2, and 

 substitute peas and beans in the acre quan- 

 tities. 



In all these reduction schemes it is still 

 assumed that the main idea in planning the 

 garden is to maintain a full and constant 

 supply of vegetables all the year around for 

 a family of six persons. 



Fruit trees for the quarter-acre plot. No. 1 



Eight Apples 



I Red Astrachan (August) I Baldwin (December) 

 I Fall Pippin (September) I Winter Greening (January) 

 I Monstrous Pippin (October) I Roxbury Russet (February) 

 I Northern Spy (November) I White Pippin (March) 



Three Cherries 



I Coe's Transparent (June) I Downer's (late) 



I Windsor (July) 



Pears 



I Beurre Gifford (August) I Beurre Clairgeau (Nov.) 

 I Bartlett (September) I Easter Beurre (Winter) 



i Louise Bonne de Jersey (October) 



Twelve Grape Vines 



2 Duchess 



2 Green Mountain 



2 Niagara 

 2 Concord 



2 Isabella 

 2 Delaware 



Twenty-jour Blackberry Plants 

 8 Erie 8 Snyder 8 Wilson, Jr. 



Thirty Raspberry Plants 



15 Golden Queen 15 Cuthbert 



Eight Currants 



8 Prolific 

 Twelve Gooseberries 



6 Industry 



6 Downing 



Two Hundred Asparagus Plants 

 100 Palmetto 100 Colossal 



Three Hundred Strawberry Plants 



100 Marshal 100 Nick Omer 100 Sharpless 



Six Plum Trees 



Abundance Imperial Gage Shropshire Hero 



Burbank Coe's Golden Drop Reine Claude 



Horseradish and Rhubarb 



12 Rhubarb in single row 30 Horseradish in double row 

 4 ft. apart i£ ft. apart 



Peaches and Nectarines 

 Alexander (August) Stump of the World (late) 



Crawford Early (August) Elruge nectarine (early) 



Elberta (September) Lord Napier nectarine (late) 



Planting list for plot No. 2 

 No. of Rows Space in Feet 



2 pole limas, 3 £ feet apart 7 



1 parsnips 2 



1 salsify 2 



£ eggplant 2 



£ peppers 2 



1 leeks 2 



6 late potatoes, 3 feet apart 18 



I cucumbers 6 



5 corn in succession, sown May 1st, 10th, 30th, 4 



feet apart (pumpkins and late squash to be sown 



between rows of corn) 20 



1 early cabbage (cleared in time to sow one row corn 



June 20th, one June 30th) 3 



I early cauliflower (cleared in time to sow one row corn 



June 20th, one June 30th) 3 



1 early turnips (cleared in time to sow one row corn 



June 20th, one June 30th) 2 



2 late peas sown April 17th and May 1st (cleared in 



time to sow last two rows corn one July 8th, one 

 July 1 6th) 8 



Total for the 23 rows 75 



Planting list for plot No. 3, beginning west side 

 No. of Rows Space in Feet 



2 onion sets at two feet apart 4 



1 beets 2 



1 Carrots 2 



1 bush beans 3 



1 kohlrabi 3 



2 peas, 4 feet apart 8 



First sowing of spinach to be between the rows of peas 



Total for the 8 rows 22 



(This plot will be cleared by July 1st; to be sown in late 

 carrots, rows 2 feet apart.) 



4 early potatoes, at 3 feet apart 12 



I spinach (second sowing) 2 



1 beets 2 



I bush beans 3 



I carrots 2 



1 turnips 3 



1 kohlrabi 3 



1 bush limas 3 



Total for the 1 1 rows . 30 



(This plot will be cleared by July 20th, and will ac- 

 commodate six rows of celery.) 



2 succession cabbage, 3 feet 6 



1 dwarf Erfurt cauliflower 3 



2 corn, Cory and Minnesota, at 4 feet apart 8 



Total for the 5 rows 17 



(Cleared August 1st, to be sown with rutabaga tur- 

 nips.) 



1 row muskmelons (will be cleared about August 15th 



to be sown in winter beets) 6 



The 25 rows for No. 3 will require 75 



Planting list for plot No. 4, beginning east side 



No. of Rows Space in Feet 



2 tomatoes, 5 feet 10 



1 okra 3 



1 New Zealand spinach 5 



I watermelons 5 



1 summer squash 4 



2 Brussels sprouts, 3 feet apart 6 



6 onions, 18 inches apart (this onion ground will be 



cleared by August 20th, to be sown in Yellow Stone 

 turnips for winter) 8 



I muskmelons (second sowing). (Will be cleared 

 about August 20th, to be sown in winter spinach). . 8 

 The next twenty feet should be kept for making suc- 

 cessional sowings of lettuce and radish, beginning 

 about April 6th, and sowing at intervals of fifteen 

 days, as the lettuce and radish are harvested. 

 Three sowings of bush beans should be made 

 from July 1st to August 1st, and two rows of endive 

 sown about August 10th 21 



I cabbage, cauliflower, and Brussels sprouts (follow 

 this by last sowing of lettuce) 2 



1 parsley (sown one foot from border) 3 



The 17 rows and 20 extra feet require 75 



SEEDS LIST 

 Quantity Pri 



pint Early Mohawk Bush bean $0. 



' Rustless Golden Wax bean 



quart Refugee bean 



pint Dreer's Bush Lima bean 



Dreer's Pole Lima bean 



King of the Garden Pole Lima bean 



pound Eclipse beet 



Edmunds' Blood Red beet 



Dewing's Improved beet 



package Brussels Sprouts 



Early Jersey Wakefield cabbage 



' ' Succession cabbage 



Premium Flat Dutch cabbage 



ounce Early Scarlet Horn carrot 



Danvers Half-long carrot 



pound Long Orange Improved carrot 



package Snowball cauliflower 



Dwarf Erfurt cauliflower 



White Plume celery 



Golden Dwarf celery 



Crawford's Half Dwarf celery 



pint Early Cory sweet corn 



' Early Minnesota sweet corn 



' Moore's Concord sweet corn 



quart Country Gentleman sweet ccrn 



package White Spine cucumber 



Cool-and-crisp cucumber 



New York Spineless eggplant 



Green Curled endive 



Broad-leaved Batavian endive 



ounce Early White Vienna kohlrabi 



package Musselburgh leek 



Boston Market lettuce 



ounce Deacon lettuce 



Emerald Green muskmelon 



Millar's Cream muskmelon 



" Mountain Sweet watermelon 



" Southport White Globe onion 



" Yellow Globe Danvers onion 



" Red Wethersfield onion 



quart White onion sets 



package White Velvet okra 



pound Long Smooth parsnips 



ounce Extra Curled parsley 



pints First of All peas 



Gradus peas 



' American Champion peas 



package Sweet Mountain pepper 



County Fair pepper 



bushel Bovee potatoes "I 



Carman, No. 3 potatoes / •> 



pound Large Cheese pumpkin 



Early Scarlet Turnip radish 



" White-Tipped Scarlet Turnip radish 



" Sandwich Island salsify 



' ' Long Standing spinach 



' • New Zealand spinach 



package Summer Crookneck squash 



Vegetable Marrow squash 



Boston Marrow squash 



Earliana tomatoes 



' ' Acme tomatoes 



" New Stone tomatoes 



ounce Early Purple Top Milan turnip 



White Egg turnip 



Purple Top White Globe turnip 



" Yellow Stone turnip 



\ pound Laing's Improved rutabaga 



3 packets herbs (sage, thyme and savory) 



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Cost of seeds for one acre $16.90 



All the above are old, well-tried varieties 

 that are sure to do well in any section of the 

 country. If it is desired to try newer kinds, 

 it is wise to try them on a small scale at first, 

 as soil and climatic influence have a good 

 deal to do with the success of the individual 

 varieties, and it is well to make sure that the 

 variety is well suited to your particular case 

 before trusting it for general crop. We can 

 give only a general idea of average garden 

 essentials for average conditions. Of course 

 there will be particular cases where changes 

 must be made. Consider soil, exposure, 

 climate, water-supply and plant in reference. 



