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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



February, 1914' 



Stokes' Bonny Best tomato 

 is ten days earlier 1^ 



"Ten days ahead of Earliana, and far superior to it in looks, flavor and produc- 

 tiveness," is report of Long Island R. R. Experiment Station. "I sold Bonny- 

 Best at $4 and $5 a bushel before other tomatoes were ready," says Clearview 

 Farm, Cheswick, Pa. "Better and more salable than Earliana," reports 

 Market Growers' Journal. "I realized $3,500 from i\ acres of Bonny 

 Best," says E. C. Swartley, Sterling, 111. 



Tn MarL-of- CxrAanav c You can make more money this year 

 1U HldlKCl UdlUCIier*. by planting Bonny Best. It develops 

 12 to 15 smooth, globe-shaped fruits in crown setting and ripens others 

 almost to frost; ripens vivid scarlet all over; resists blight. Used for 

 forcing in hundreds of glass ranges. Order seed now; Packet 10 cents, 

 ounce 40 cents, pound $4 postpaid. 



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WALTER P. STOKES, 219 Market St., PHILADELPHIA 



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ON^ETT J- T - LOVETT, Box 1 25, Little Silver, N. J. 



a little study of "intensive' 

 sirable. Here is the order: 



cultivation is de- 



or i packet each 



\ pt. bean, Burpee's New Kidney Wax, wax podded 



\ pt. bean, Bountiful, green podded 



i pkt. bean, Fordhook bush lima 



i pkt. bean, Leviathan pole lima 



J oz. beet, Crosby's Egyptian 



i oz. beet, Detroit Dark Red 



i pkt. beet, Early Model 



6 plants cabbage, Jersey Wakefield 



12 plants cabbage, Copenhagen Market 



12 plants cabbage, All Seasons 



1 8 plants cabbage, Premium Flat Dutch 



i pkt. carrot, Chantenay 



25 plants celery, Golden Self Blanching 



50 plants celery, Giant Pascal 



\ pt. sweet corn, Golden Bantam 



1 pkt. sweet corn, Country Gentleman 



1 pkt. cucumber, Davis Perfect 



1 pkt. endive. Green Curled 



1 pkt lettuce, Early Curled Simpson 



1 pkt. lettuce, May King 



r pkt lettuce, California Cream Butter 



1 pkt. lettuce, All Season 



1 pkt. lettuce, Iceberg 



2 qts. onion sets, White 



1 pkt. parsley, Fine Double Curled 



1 pkt. parsnip, Hollow Crown 



1 pkt. each peas, Little Marvel, Thomas Laxton, Alderman and- 



Potlach 

 r2 pepper plants, Ruby Kins 

 1 pkt. each, radish. Rapid Red and Rosy Gem 

 1 oz. each radish, Scarlet Globe and Icicle 



1 pkt. each radish, Chartiers and White Chinese 



2 oz. spinach, Triumph 



1 pkt. turnips, Purple Top White Globe 



1 dozen plants each of tomatoes, Spark's Earliana, Chalk's 

 Early Jewel, Stone, Globe, Beauty, and Ponderosa. 



Now then, for a few of the "reasons" behind the 

 above order. Both bush beans mentioned are early, 

 but it pays better to make repeated plantings of 15- 

 foot rows of these two sorts, than to sow more 

 space to a greater number of sorts maturing in 

 succession. The beets offer a perfect succession, 

 but utilize Detroit Dark Red for repeated sowings. 

 If you buy four packets of cabbage seeds, make 

 arrangements with your neighbors to exchange some 

 for celery, pepper or tomato plants. The four 

 cabbage sorts mentioned furnish an ideal collection 

 and continuous supply. 



Don't sow either Early Curled Simpson or May 

 King lettuce after June 1st, but stick to All Seasons 

 and Iceberg during the summer months. The 

 four sorts of peas mature successively, one after 

 another. Since they may be planted very early, 

 they are about done bearing by the middle of June, 

 when the ground may be utilized for successive 

 plantings of beans, endive or for setting out early 

 celery, late cabbages, etc. 



Make repeated plantings of Scarlet Globe and 

 Icicle radishes. The first two sorts are good only 

 as early spring sorts and the last two are useful 

 only during summer and fall. Sow your spinach 

 early- in the spring in the space reserved for the 

 tomato plants, and when the time comes for to- 

 matoes, set the plants two and one half feet apart 

 each way, train them to stakes and do pruning. 



The real reasons for the above selection will, as 

 may thus be seen, come to the front in the efficient 

 management of the home garden and this, in turn, 

 starts with the making out of the seed order. Of 

 course, there are other easily grown vegetables that 

 some readers may substitute in place of any of the 

 above. Asparagus, cress, kale, kohlrabi, leeks, 

 mustard, rhubarb and salsify are all profitable 

 crops for the small garden. But with the excep- 

 tion of cress and mustard, all these are "long sea- 

 son" crops. They occupy their space throughout 

 the season, and for this reason I do not consider 

 them practical for a home garden that is to produce 

 maximum results from minimum space within a 

 limited time. 



Vegetables that are absolutely impractical for 

 the small family garden are melons, pumpkins and 

 squashes. They are space eaters and even "bush" 

 squashes cannot be made to yield a profitable crop 

 from the space they occupy. 



Now, for a final hint as to the quantities you 

 should order. It is only fair that you should take 

 every opportunity of buying your seeds economically. 

 Take for instance, Golden Bantam sweet corn. 

 One packet contains hardly enough seeds; you need 

 two. At ten cents apiece, two packets cost twenty 

 cents and you can buy one half pint for fifteen cents! 

 Watch these little things — it pays. Lettuce 

 radish, cabbage and tomato seeds are good for 

 several years, so be economical with the last two 

 and, if you care to, buy radish and lettuce seeds by 

 the ounce. It's good economy. 



Ohio. Adolph Krtjhm. 



