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or two at the most, ami tied them to stout 

 stakes four feet high. Through the sum- 

 mer we tied the tomatoes several times, 

 as their weight pulls them down. We 

 used rags, instead of string, to tie them. 



Squashes, cueumbers and melons require 

 much the same treatment. They must 

 not be planted too early, partieularly 

 squashes and melons. Our muskmelons 

 were such a success that we felt more than 

 paid for the trouble we took. We first 

 prepared the hills carefully, putting a 

 shovelful of well-rotted manure in each 

 hill and covering it with soil. Then we 

 planted ten seeds to a lull (some on May 

 ioth, the rest on May 15th) and covered 

 each hill with a cheesecloth-covered frame 

 — just a soapbox with the bottom knocked 

 out and cheesecloth tacked over it. These 

 boxes we left on the hills until the vines 

 filled them, and thus evaded the striped 

 beetle. The boxes are not absolutely 

 necessary, but are the best way to keep the 

 vin es clean and healthy. Some hills were left 

 uncovered, and we kept down the beetles 

 with hellebore and by putting wood ashes 

 around the hills. We also planted some rad- 

 ish seeds near these, as a sort of decoy for the 

 beetles. When the vines were two feet long 

 we pinched them back (carefully, for melon 

 vines are tender) and began spraying with 

 Bordeaux mixture and arsenate of lead. 

 We sprayed frequently during the summer, 

 about every three weeks, and as a result 



our vines were healthy and vigorous 

 when our neighbors' were suffering from 

 blight and bugs. When they blossomed 

 we gave them nitrate of soda — a solution 

 of one eighth pound of nitrate of soda to a 

 pail of water. This we did again when 

 the fruit set, and once more just before it 

 ripened. As a result we had an abundance 

 of delicious melons nearly up to frost. 

 Every morning we picked cool, dewy melons 

 for breakfast. 



In the accompanying table the vege- 

 tables marked with an asterisk we did 

 not raise, but the data for them comes 

 from a reliable source, and is included 

 to afford a comprehensive table for the 

 reader to work from. All the rest of the 

 table is the result of actual experience. 



Our 52 x 86-foot garden supplied us with 

 an abundance of vegetables until frost, 

 with beets, carrots, onions and parsnips 

 and canned tomatoes and corn for winter 

 use. On September 15th, for instance, 

 we picked two baskets of tomatoes, twenty- 

 four ears of corn, eight melons, two cucum- 

 bers, two vegetable marrows, two bunches 

 of beets, five carrots, three quarts of lima 

 beans. We could have had okra, spinach, 

 and Cos lettuce also, but did not pick them. 



To make a small garden pay well four 

 things are necessary: careful planning, 

 plenty of fertilizer, frequent cultivation, 

 and brains, and these are not always to be 

 had at $1.50 a day. 



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Tomatoes- % plants 



Beets. String beans 

 Parsnips 



Onions 



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Corn 



E&rly Spinach , Late corn 

 Early spinach. Late corn 



Main corn crop 

 40 hills 3ft., each way- 

 Mel ons 



Cucum.bers or spuash 

 bet-ween if desired 



Earlycorn. SpinachinAug. 



Early corn. SpinackinAug. 



Peas. Late Cos lettuce 



Peas 



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Followed by 



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Zealand 



Spinach 



Peas. Later carrots 



Early peas. Eater carrots 



Early peas. Late be ets_ 



Asparagus bed: 

 Tovs3 3ft.,apart: 

 plants Zft.apart. 



Rhubarb 



Tomatoes- fplants 

 .L etiuoe 



1 v. , .,<< r 



Vegetable marrow 



Cucumber 3 

 Cos lettuce 



Spinach. Late lettuce 



Spinach. Late lettuce 



Spinach . Late beans 



Lettuce. Late beans 



Early peas. Late corn 



Early peas. E&te corn 



Early carrots.Late lettuce 



Early carrots. Late beets 



lPowhush limas 



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MusKmelons 



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Plants in rows: 

 rows 2 ft, apart; 

 scale P'arits 2ft, apart. 



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All the plantings, including succession crops, are 



shown on this plan . Each "row" referred to in 



the planting table below is 25 feet long 



Cucumber 



VEGETABLE 



VARIETY 



DATE OF PLANTING 



QUANTITY 



CROP MATURED 



REMARKS 



Asparagus 



Palmetto, Colossal 



April i, or fall 



50 roots 



Not cut for 2 years 



Plant in trenches, 3 feet apart, roots 3 feet 

 apart. Fill trenches gradually. Use 

 plenty of manure on bed. 



Beans, lima 



Burpee Im- 

 proved Bush 



April 20 to May 1 



i rowf to 5 pkg. 



45 to 60 days 



Plant 2 inches deep, 6 inches apart in rows 

 2 feet apart. Crop, 5 bushel. 





Burpee's Giant 



May 15 



24 poles to pt. 



90 to 1 20 days 



Set poles 4 feet apart, plant 5 beans to 





Podded 









each pole. Pinch off when vines reach 

 top of poles. Crop, 2 bushels. 



Beans, string 



Bountiful 



April 15 



2 rows, j pt. 



60 to 90 days 



Plant 2 inches deep, about 4 inches apart 





Hudson Wax 



May 1 



1 row, \ pt. 





in row. Best to plant frequently a few 





Bountiful 



June 1 



2 rows, § pt. 





at a time. Plant every 2 weeks if de- 





Wax 



June 15 



1 row, § pt. 





sired. Crop, 16 quarts. 





Bountiful 



July is 



1 row, J pt. 







Beets 



Crimson Globe 



April 15 



2 rows, 1 pkt. 



60 to 90 days 



Plant seed thinly in drill 1 inch deep. 







May 15 



1 row , \ pkt. 





Thin by pulling largest beets each time. 







June 15 



1 row , \ pkt. 





Winter in sand. Crop, 2 bushels. 







July is 



2 rows, 1 pkt. 

 Or about 3 ozs. for 

 all planting 







*Cabbage 



Early Jersey 



May 15 



24 plants, 2 rows 



100 to 150 days 



Buy plants, or start seed indoors: early 





Late Flat Dutch 



June 15 



24 plants, 2 rows 





var. March 1st; late, May 1st. 



Cauliflower 



Dwarf Erfurt 



May 15 



24 plants, 2 rows 



100 to 115 days 



Buy plants or start seed indoors March 1st. 



Carrot 



Harbinger 



April 1 



5 pkt., 1 row 



70 to 100 days 



Plant seed thinly f inch deep in rows. 







April is 



j pkt., 1 row 





Thin out by pulling largest for use. 





Half Long 



May 1 



2 pkt., 2 rows 





Winter in sand. Crop, 1 bushel. 



Corn 



Golden Bantam, 



April 24 



4 rows, 1 pkt. 



90 to 100 days 



Plant early and late varieties (Golden 





Holmes Delicious 



May 10 



4 rows, 1 pkt. 





Bantam, Holmes Delicious, etc.) in 





StowelFs Evergreen 



May 10 



50 hills, 1 pt. 





rows 2 inches deep, 2 feet apart in rows. 





Stowell's Evergreen 



June 1 



10 hills, \ pt. 





Main crop in hills, 3 stalks to hill, hills 





Stowell's Evergreen 



June 15 



10 hills, i pt. 





3 feet apart. Remove suckers. Abun- 





Golden Bantam 



July 1 



4 rows, 1 pkt. 





dant supply from July 25 to frost. 



Cool and Crisp 

 Cool and Crisp 

 White Spine 



May 1 

 May 15 

 June 15 



S hills, 5 pkt. 

 S hills, 5 pkt. 

 S hills, 5 pkt. 



50 to 75 days 



Hills 4 feet apart. Spray with Bordeaux 

 and arsenate of lead 3 or 4 times. Crop: 

 about 25 to 50 to a hill 



: Were not planted in garden described in text. 



f "A- row," as shown on the plan, is twenty-five feet long. 



