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203. Chrysanthemums October 25th, after several 

 hard frosts. Flowers an inch and one-half across 



the plants make roots for next year. Par- 

 snips were now put out. 



July was easy. Not much to do but hoe. 

 Beets swelled fast. Onions got big and 

 round and lay basking in the sun. The 

 dwarf scarlet zinnias absorbed so much sun- 

 shine in daytime that they themselves shone 

 late into the dusk. Sweet peas bore pro- 

 digiously. Besides hoeing after every shower 

 there were in July stakes to set and plants 

 to tie up. Dahlias, gladioli, tomatoes, 

 chrysanthemums, even hollyhocks, had to be 

 staked and tied. As fast as one crop got 

 off the ground another was put in. Asters 

 began to make a great showing. July 18th 

 tomatoes were ripe — two weeks late. On 

 the 23rd the last of the onions, about a 

 bushel and a half, were dug. Tomatoes 

 now began to bear well. 



August too was easy. Asters still made a 

 show. We had the best dahlias in town. 

 I estimate that we got $4 worth of Caroline 

 Testout roses. The last of August beans 

 and lettuce were planted for the last time. 



September was August over again. The 

 garden still made a great show but the work 

 had been done. Celery was watered. Sep- 

 tember 23rd the first of it was banked up. 



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204. The author does not claim that this is the 

 best possible garden plan or even a typical one, but 

 every foot was used and several crops grown on the 

 same ground. Size of garden, 40x45 feet. 



In October the last of it was banked and 

 boarded up to blanch. 



The first two weeks in October we had a 

 good show of dahlias and pompon chrys- 

 anthemums. In vegetables we had green 

 beans, beets, mustard, tomatoes, parsnips, 

 lettuce, parsley, and were beginning to use 

 the celery. This last was one of the great 

 successes of the year. 



The last week in April the weather was 

 nearly warm. Nasturtiums were planted 

 against the wire fence next the street. A 

 dozen cauliflower plants were bought for 

 ten cents and set out. 



Asparagus, eagerly watched for, now got 

 above ground. New plants (Palmetto, three 

 years old) were put out two years ago. 



April 23rd tulips began to bloom. April 

 26th the first asparagus was used. More 

 peas planted. Gladiolus bulbs put out. 

 April 30th the tulips were at their best. 



The first week in May more beans were 

 planted. Some of the zinnias in the seed 

 box were set out. Asters were transplanted 

 two inches apart in another box. 



May 9th the third crop of mustard was put 

 out. Used as greens instead of spinach 

 we find mustard more palatable because of 

 its pungent taste. 



The 12th of May the plants came. This 

 is always nearly as big a day in making the 

 garden as the day sweet peas are planted. 



Next week the tomato plants were set out. 



May 23rd was another big day. The 

 first sweet peas bloomed, the first in town. 

 A small square of golden yellow popcorn was 

 planted for the boy's amusement. Before the 

 31st tomatoes and roses were in bloom. 



In June flowers began to bloom on every 

 hand. All the plants started in the house 

 were put out. Tulips were not dry enough 

 to dig until the middle of the month. They 

 were succeeded by asters in four varieties. 

 June 8th a hundred celery plants, bought of 

 a gardener for forty cents, were put out 

 between rows of cauliflower, mustard and 

 peas. They were four inches high. In less 

 than a month mustard and cauliflower were 

 out, leaving the ground to the celery. In 

 June we got all the cauliflower, beans, 

 radishes, young onions, lettuce, mustard, 

 rhubarb and asparagus we could use. We 

 quit cutting asparagus June 15th, to let 



205. Nearly two pounds each ! Several of these Ponderosa tomatoes weighed thirty 

 vines were trained to single stems, which seems to maKe earlier and larger fruit probably 

 is more open to the sun and there is no temptation for the plant to run to vine. 



ounces each. The 

 because the foliage 



