Planting-Table for Vegetables— By e. l. Fullerton 



Long 

 Island 



A QUICK AND EASY GUIDE, SHOWING WHEN AND HOW TO PLANT SEVENTY- FOUR KINDS OF VEGE- 

 TABLES, HOW TO CULTIVATE THEM, WHEN THEY ARE READY TO EAT, AND WHAT THEY ARE 

 GOOD FOR — ADAPTED TO THE SMALL HOME GARDEN CULTIVATED BY HAND OR BY WHEEL-HOE 



MARCH is the time to sow seeds in the 

 hotbed, if you want to gain a month; 

 sow in April and you may gain a fortnight. 

 Outdoors sow seeds of a few hardy vegetables, 

 especially peas, and even corn, on March 

 15th, for if they are ruined by frost it is no 



matter in the home garden. Moreover, the 

 young plants can be covered on frosty nights 

 by newspapers or boxes. What is folly for 

 the truck gardener is good sense for the home 

 gardener, because he has so little at stake. 

 Dates for Planting. — These can never be 



exact, but there is no use in being hopelessly 

 vague. Therefore, New York City is taken as 

 a standard. In reckoning dates, allow six 

 days difference for every hundred miles of 

 latitude. North, later; South, earlier. The 

 following dates are those of an average season 



ALMANAC 



THE SOIL 



TREES AND WEATHER 



TENDER VEGETABLES 



HARDY VEGETABLES 



March 1st 



Too wet 



Trees dormant 



Sow indoors 



Sow indoors 



March 15th 



Best land fit to work 



Red maple in bloom 



Sow indoors 



Sow indoors — risk a few out 



April 1st 



Plowing season begins 



Trees budding 



Sow indoors 



Sow all early crops outdoors 



April 15th 



Most of plowing done 



Leaves out 



Sow early crop outdoors 



Sow main crop: transplant early 



May 10th 



Weeds humping 



All danger of frost past 



Sow main crop: transplant early 



Sow last of main crop 



Tender Vegetables. — The following are in- 

 jured by even a slight frost and should, 

 therefore, not be planted until all danger of 

 frost is past. *. e., about May 1st: Beans, 

 corn, cucumber, egg-plant, melon, okra, pep- 

 per, pumpkin, squash, sweet potato, tomato. 



Hardy Vegetables. — The following, if sown 

 outdoors, or properly hardened before trans- 

 planting from hotbeds, will endure a frost. 

 About April 15th is the time to sow the main 

 crop; March 15th the early crops (outdoors). 

 Asparagus, beet, borecole, broccoli, Brussels 



sprouts, cabbage, carrot, cauliflower, celery, 

 corn-salad, cress, endive, horse-radish, kale, 

 kohlrabi, leek, lettuce, onions, parsley, 

 parsnip, pea, radish, rhubarb, salsify, sea- 

 kale, spinach, turnip. (List from Bailey's 

 "Horticulturist's Rule-Book.") 



NAME OF 



WHEN TO PLANT 



DEPTH TO 

 PLANT 

 6"=Seeds 

 R- Roots 

 (inches) 



DISTANCE 

 APART 



when thinned 



or transplanted 



(inches) 



READY TO EAT 



(Figures mean days) 



OTHER POINTS 



What the Vegetables are good for. Hints on Soil, Watering, Thinning, 

 Transplanting, etc. 



VEGETABLE 



Early Crop 



Main Crop 



Eariy Crop 



Main Crop 



Artichoke, Globe 



March 

 indoors 



April 

 May 



s. i 



R. deeper 

 than before 



24x36 

 24x36 



Sept. 

 to frost 



Next 

 summer 



The green scales around the flower bud are boiled and eaten 

 with mayonnaise. When done bearing for the year, the 

 flowering stem may be cut back to ground and shoots blanched 

 like celery Plant shoots and suckers deeper than before. 



Artichoke, 

 Jerusalem 





April 

 May 



S. J 12x36 

 R. 2 





Aug. 

 to frost 



Tubers may be eaten raw or cooked in various ways. Blossom, 

 a diminutive sunflower. 



Asparagus 





April 



S.I 12 x 36 

 R. 6 24x48 



Third 

 year 



April 

 June 



Two-year-old roots may vield some the second year. Beds 

 last twenty years or more. In the fall cut down all foliage 

 and burn; then dress with salt and cover with one foot manure. 

 Cut beds lightly the first yield. Sow radish with asparagus. 



ijgcil cw^^t- 





March : I 



8x8 





June 



Just before blooming cut back to three inches. Dry the 

 leaves and bottle. Fragrance like cloves. 



Beans, Lima 

 (on poles) 



Apr. 15 

 outdoors 



May 1 



2 



Hills or 



drills 

 36x36 





Aug. 

 to frost 



Plant seed with eye down. Manure should be used only to 

 hold moisture; bone meal and wood ashes make a good fer- 

 tilizer. Seeds may be started in frames, in pots, cans or sods, 

 to secure an extra early crop. 



Beans, snap and 

 wax (dwarf) 



May 

 to Aug. 





2 



12 x 24 



July 



45 



Plant one inch apart, eye down. Late varieties bear longer 

 than early. A deeply dug rich soil is best. Do not use 

 fresh manure. Three or four plantings enough for a small 

 family. Sow every two weeks for succession. 



Beets 



Mar. 15 

 outdoors 



Mar. 20 

 to Aug. 1 



ii 



9x18 



May 

 to June 



5° 



Soak seeds over night in warm water; this hastens germination. 

 The "thinnings" may be r/ansplanted. 



Borage 





April 

 May 



1 

 ± 



10 x 10 





20 



Young leaves used in flavoring beverages or boiled for greens. 

 Flavor resembles cucumber. Blossom very pretty. Excellent 

 food for bees. 



Brussels sprouts 





May 

 June 



1 

 2 



12 X l8 





150 



Cultivate the same as a late cabbage. Young buds in angles of 

 leaves are eaten. Should be touched with frost before picking. 



Cabbage 



Feb. Mar. 

 indoors 



Apr. 

 outdoors 



May- 

 June 



1 



2 



24x36 



July 



100 



Ground should be very rich; liquid manure applied during 

 August very beneficial. Late crop may be stored for winter 

 use in cold cellars or pits. 



Cardoon 





May 

 June 



1 



24 x 36 



36x48 





120 



Roots perennial, need slight protection over winter. Leaves 

 blanched; used like asparagus or served as a salad; bitter. 

 When grown, the leaves must be blanched by tying, wrapping 

 in matting or banking up. Blanching requires four weeks. 



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