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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



OCTOBEB, 1913 



January — Spinach, cabbage, carrot, 

 corn salad, kohlrabi, lettuce, onion, parsley, 

 peas, radish, turnips, beet, celery. 



February — Carrot, lettuce, peas, radish, 

 beet, cabbage, corn salad, kale, kohlrabi, 

 onion, parsley, spinach, turnip. 



March — ■ Onion, beet, cabbage, carrot, 

 kale, lettuce, parsley, peas, radish, spinach. 



April — Beet, lettuce, peas, radish, broc- 

 coli, brussels sprouts, kale, onion, parsley, 

 spinach. 



May — Beet, kale, broccoli, brussels 

 sprouts, carrot, chervil, chicory, lettuce, 

 onion, parsley, peas, potato, radish, spinach. 



June — Carrot, corn, lettuce, peas, rad- 

 ish, bean, beet, broccoli, potato, spinach, 

 brussels sprouts, chervil, chicory, onion, 

 parsley, parsnip, peppers, salsify. 



July — Beet, bean, carrot, broccoli, brus- 

 sels sprouts, chervil, chicory, corn, cucumber, 

 eggplant, lettuce, okra, onion, parsley, 



parsnip, peas, pepper, potato, radish, 

 salsify, spinach, squash. 



August — Bean, beet, broccoli, carrot, 

 celery, corn, cucumber, eggplant, kale, 

 leek, lettuce, muskmelon, watermelon, okra, 

 onion, parsley, parsnip, peas, potato, pump- 

 kin, radish, salsify, spinach, squash, tomato. 



September — Bean, beet, carrot, celery, 

 corn, cucumber, endive, eggplant, kale, 

 leek, lettuce, muskmelon, watermelon, okra, 

 onion, parsley, parnsip, peas, potato, pump- 

 kin, radish, salsify, spinach, squash, tomato. 



October — Bean, beet, carrot, cauliflower, 

 celery, corn, endive, kale, leek, lettuce, 

 onion, parsley, peas, radish, spinach, squash. 



November — Beet, carrot, cauliflower, 

 celery, endive, kale, lettuce, onion, parsley, 

 peas, radish, spinach. 



December — Beet, carrot, cauliflower, 

 celery, corn salad, endive, lettuce, onion, 

 parsley, peas, radish, spinach, turnip. 



There are more crops here than the 

 average family would want, but the whole 

 list is given so as to include some of the 

 vegetables but little grown but which are 

 liked by some and are occasionally seen 

 in small gardens. 



There are eight crops, each of which 

 may be had fresh from one's garden 

 every month of the year. These are: 

 beet, carrot, lettuce, onion, parsley, 

 peas, radish, and spinach. Spinach and 

 parsley will need be planted but once, 

 but the other crops will need to be 

 planted several times during the year to 

 renew the supply. 



Planting may be begun any month except 

 November, but it will take several months 

 to get the system under way. In the 

 meantime, you will not have some of the 

 crops that are listed because they were not 

 planted at the right time. 



Vegetable Planting for California Gardens 



FRESH crisp vegetables may be had 

 from your own garden all winter if 

 you plant now. A garden for a small 

 family may be planted at an expense of 

 about $2 for seed. The first part of Octo- 

 ber should see the seeds ordered and the 

 garden plowed and thoroughly pulverized. 

 As soon as the seeds arrive, put them in 

 according to directions on the packets, or 

 following the accompanying table. 



This table contains 18 crops, but there 

 are four salad crops mentioned, two or 

 three of which had better be eliminated. 

 Spinach is perhaps the best of these, al- 

 though some prefer the dandelion, others 

 the corn salad, and still others the endive. 

 If you have never grown the corn salad or 

 endive, it would be well to try a packet 

 of each of these. Often there are crops 

 that may just suit our taste that we 

 do not grow because we have never 

 tried them. 



The varieties mentioned in the table are 

 standard varieties for California. In some 

 cases there are other varieties practically 

 as good, but you will be safe in using those 

 mentioned. 



The amount of seed of each kind to 

 purchase is computed for gardens of three 

 sizes. An ordinary family (four or five 

 persons) will find the amounts given for 

 a small garden sufficient. If the family is 

 large (say ten persons) the amounts given 

 for a medium garden should be ordered. 

 If the demands are extra large, the other 

 column should be consulted. 



Conditions differ so much in different 

 parts of the state, that a definite date for 

 expecting the first of the crop is not given. 

 The time mentioned will give an idea of the 

 season to expect fresh vegetables of the 

 various kinds. 



The cabbage must be started in a seed 

 bed. In the warmer coast sections the 



seed may be sown in the open ground, but 

 in the interior, where extremes of tempera- 

 ture are greater, it should be protected in a 

 hotbed or coldframe until the plants make 

 a good start. If no hotbed is at hand, use 

 a small box in the house. Put it where it 

 can have light and keep the soil well 

 moistened. The plants should be trans- 

 planted into the garden as soon as they are 

 four or five inches tall. Use only the 

 strongest — there will be enough so that 

 you can afford to discard the poorest. 



To hasten the starting of carrots, mix 

 the seed with moist sand and allow it to 

 sprout. Before it has sent out a very long 

 shoot, sow the seed with the sand into the 

 garden row. 



Kohlrabi is to be treated exactly the 

 same as cabbage. 



Vegetable culture in winter is not diffi- 

 cult — don't fail to have a complete vege- 

 table garden. Order the seeds now. 



PLANTING TABLE FOR A WINTER VEGETABLE GARDEN 



(To be planted in October) 





VARIETY 



QUANTITY TO PLANT 



DEPTH TO 

 PLANT 



FOR HAND CULTURE 





CROP 



SMALL 



MEDIUM 



LARGE 



BETWEEN ROWS 



BETWEEN PLANTS 



WHEN TO EXPECT FIRST CHOP 







GARDEN 



GARDEN 



GARDEN 



(inches) 



(inches) 



(INCHES) 





Beet 



Extra Early Egyptian 



i pkt. 



i pkt. 



I OZ. 



f tO 2 



12 to 18 



2 to 4 



Early in January 



Cabbage 



Early Jersev Wakefield 



i pkt. 



i pkt. 



2 pkts. 



2 



24 to 30 



12 tO l8 



February 



Carrot 



Danvers Half-Long 



i pkt. 



i pkt. 



2 OZ. 



J tof 



12 tO l8 



2 



January 



Corn Salad 







i pkt. 



i pkt. 



| to I 



12 tO l8 



2 



Middle of February 



Cauliflower 



Henderson Early Snowball 



i pkt. 



i pkt. 



i pkt. 



1 



24 to 30 



14 to 18 



Early March 



Collards 



True Georgia 







i pkt. 



1 



2 



18 to 20 



14 to 18 



Early March 



Dandelion 



Large Leaved 







i pkt. 



- 1 to 1 



18 to 24 



8 



April 



Endive 



Broad Leaved iiatavian 







i pkt. 



i to i 



18 



8 to 10 



Middle of February 



Kohlrabi 



Early White Vienna 





i pkt. 



i pkt. 



i 



2 



IS 



4 to 6 



Early March 



Lettuce 



Big Boston 



i pkt. 



i pkt. 



2 pkts 



1 

 i 



IS to 18 



4 to 6 



Middle of January 



Onion 



White Bermuda 



i pkt. 



i pkt. 



2 pkts. 



i to i 



12 to 14 



4 



March 



Parsley 



Moss Curled 



i pkt. 



i pkt. 



I OZ. 



i 



8 



12 tO l8 



4 



December 



Parsnip 



Hollow Crown 



i pkt. 



i pkt. 



I OZ. 



1 to - 1 - 



4 LO 2 



15 



5 



March 



Pea 



American Wonder (Early) 

 Telephone (Late) 



i pkt. 



| pt. earl}' 

 5 pt. late 



i pt. early 

 i pt. late 



2 to 4 



14 and 36 



2 



January and February 



Potato 



Burbank 



I bu. 



i bu. 



2 bu. or more 



4 to 8 



30 



18 



Early June 



Radish 



French Breakfast and Early 

 Scarlet Turnip 



2 pkts. 



3 pkts. 



4 oz. 



1 



2 



12 to 18 



1 or i£ 



Early December 



Spinach 



Prickly 







I oz. 



i to i 



12 to 18 



3 to 4 



Middle of December 



Turnip 



Early White Flat Dutch 



i pkt. 



i pkt. 



I oz. 



*to* 



10 to 18 



3 to 8 



January 



