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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



VEGETABLE PLANTING TABLE FOR A FAMILY OF SEVEN — Continued. 



March, 1912 



VEGETABLE 



VARIETY 



DATE OF PLANTING 



QUANTITY 



CROP MATURED 



REMARKS 



*Eggplant 



Black Beauty 



Put out plants in 

 May 



6 plants 



00 days 



Plants 2 feet apart. 



Lettuce 



Wayahead 

 Cos 



March 31 

 April 15 

 May 1 

 May 15 

 June 1 

 July 1 



1 row, 3 pkt. 

 1 row, \ pkt. 

 1 row, J pkt. 

 1 row, j pkt. 

 1 row, j pkt. 

 1 row, j pkt. 



40 to 50 days 



Transplant to make head. Shade with 

 cheesecloth in hottest weather. Crop, 

 25 heads to row. 



Muskmelon 



Emerald Gem 



Fordhook 



Long Island Beauty 



May 9 to 15 

 according to 

 weather 



25 hills, j pkt. each 

 variety 



90 to 120 days 



Plant in hills, 4 feet apart each way, 12 

 seeds to hill. Thin to two vines to hill. 

 To elude striped beetle cover each hill 

 with box with cheesecloth top, or plant 

 radishes with melon seeds. When vines 

 are 2 feet long, spray with Bordeaux and 

 arsenate of lead every two weeks until 

 fruit ripens. Pinch vines back when 

 3 feet long. Crop, about 100 fruits. 



Onion 



Prizetaker 



April 4\ 

 April 24 j 



1 pt. sets, 2 rows 



100 days 



Plant sets 2 inches deep in rows 2 feet 

 apart. Crop, \ bushel 



Parsley 



Triple Curled 



April 15 



1 row, 5 pkt. 



60 days 



Soak seeds; cover lightly with soil. Slow 

 to germinate. 



"Parsnip 



Hollow Crown 



April 15 



2 rows, 5 pkt. 



After frost 



Scatter seeds thinly in rows, or thin after 

 plants start. Crop, about 100. 



Peas 



Early of Earlies 



Gradus 



Telephone 



Telephone 



Gradus 



Gradus 



Thos. Laxton 



April 1 

 April 1 

 April 15 

 May 1 

 June 1 

 June 15 

 July 1 



2 double rows, 1 qt. 

 2 double rows, 1 qt. 

 2 double rows, 1 qt. 

 2 double rows, 1 qt. 

 2 double rows, 1 qt. 

 2 double rows, 1 qt. 

 2 double rows, 1 qt. 



50 to 60 days 



For early peas (up to May 1st) scatter 

 manure in trench, sow peas directly on 

 this manure and cover 3 inches. For 

 succession, make new planting when the 

 last one is 2 inches high. Crop: about \ 

 bushel to each planting. 



*Pumpkin 





May 15 



10 hills 



15 weeks 



Hills 6 feet apart. 



Radish 



Cooper's Spark- 

 ling 



April 1, and every 

 2 weeks 



1 row, 5 pkt. 



25 to 40 days 



Plant seeds \ inch deep. Short crop — 

 plant between rows of longer crops. 



Spinach 



Boddington's Im- 

 proved 



New Zealand 

 Viroflay 



March 31 

 April 15 

 May 1 

 August 15 



4 rows, \ oz. 

 4 rows, j oz. 

 4 rows, \ oz. 

 4 rows, ; oz. 



35 to 40 days 



One inch deep, rows \\ feet apart. Cut 

 first planting 3 times, then remove (June 

 15th) to plant corn. Let New Zealand 

 grow all summer. 



Squash 



Vegetable Marrow 

 *Hubbard 



May 15 

 May 15 



6 hills, \ pkt. 

 6 hills, \ pkt. 



50 to 60 days 

 no to 120 days 



Plant in hills, 4 feet apart, 1 2 seeds to hill. 

 Thin to 2 vines per hill. Crop, 50 each. 



Tomato 



Earliana ) 

 Beefsteak 

 Golden Morn) 



May 10 



24 plants 



90 days 



Set plants 3 feet apart. Pinch back to 

 one stalk, tie to stakes or trellis. 



*Turnip 



Early Milan, white 



April 15 



1 row, \ pkt. 



60 to 90 days 



Half-inch deep. 



* Were not planted in garden described in text; all else is an actual recast of last year's work. 



One day's harvest. September 23. An ample supply for the family's needs Looking across the strawberry patch on June 25. The peas are in the background 



