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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



Makch, 1912 



SPRING SOWING 



Potato, Bovee . . . . 

 Peas, First of All 



Peas (late) 



Lettuce, Crisphead . 



Kohlrabi 



Corn, Golden Bantam . 

 Chard (for greens) . 

 Onions (seeds) Prizetaker . 

 Onions (sets) . 

 Carrots, Chantenay 

 Beets, Eclipse . 

 Beets, Eclipse . . . . 



Parsley, Early curled dwarf 

 Bush string beans, Fordhook 



SUMMER SOWING 



Bush beans . . . ... 



Carrots 



Lettuce 



Beets 



Endive 



Corn 



Parsley 



Peas 



Radishes 



Spinach 



Turnips 



FIRST PICKED 



LAST PICKED 



March 31 

 March 31 

 April 28 

 April 1 

 April 1 

 April 4 

 April 1 

 April 1 

 April 1 

 April 1 

 April 12 

 May 2 



( April 27 (trans- 1 

 < planted from , 

 (_ house) J 



April 29 



August 10 

 August 5 

 August 3 

 August 1 

 August 1 

 August 1 



August 1 



August 1 



.August 1 



August 1 



August 1 



June 24 

 June 8 

 July 3 

 June 16 

 June 20 

 July 16 

 June 16 

 July 31 

 May 30 

 June 14 

 June 15 

 June 30 



June 30 



June 27 



October 7 



October 7 (heads) 



September 28 



October 16 



October 15 

 \ transplanted for 

 < house 



September 17 



August 28 



October 15 



October 16 



July 3° 



June 24 

 July 28 

 July 13 

 July 21 

 July 30 

 out* 

 out 



July 31 

 out 

 out 

 out 



transplanted 



July 16 



October 23 



out 

 out 

 out 



October 15 



out 



out 



*The word "out" is used in the last column to indicate a crop that would continue to bear if left in 

 the ground, but which we preferred to pull and use young. 



Corn — An extra early sort, sown a 

 month ahead of corn weather, bore from 

 the middle to the end of July. 



Bush string beans — An early variety 

 sown the end of April, yielded from the 

 end of June to the middle of July, and 

 were pulled out before they started in on 

 their second yield. 



Parsley — Sown indoors, and trans- 

 planted to the garden April 27th; leaves 

 were picked as needed from the end of 

 June until it was transplanted to make 

 way for later sowings. 



THE MIDSUMMER SEEDING 



Garden number one having been cleared 

 off, the ground, manured and redug. 



was ready to be replanted. At first glance 

 it would seem that there are not many 

 vegetables on the list that could be suc- 

 cessfully sown as late as August 1st, but 

 those tested by ourselves form quite an 

 array. Bush beans, carrots, lettuce, beets, 

 endive, corn, parsley, peas, radishes, spin- 

 ach and turnips all gave satisfactory re- 

 sults when sowed in August. They were 

 put in as near the first of the month as 

 possible, to make all the growth possible 

 before frost. The hardy ones caused no 

 anxiety, as they endured several light 

 frosts. These were carrots, lettuce, beets, 

 endive, parsley, spinach and turnips. The 

 tender sorts, such as bush beans, cucumbers 

 and corn were saved from the cold by 



Vegetables, picked before they get old and tough, are the priceless advantages of the home gardener 



a covering of old rugs and similar mate- 

 rial. 



Bush beans — From an August first sow- 

 ing we made good pickings of first quality 

 beans before frost caught them. Those 

 sowed August 10th yielded from October 

 7th to October 23 d. 



Peas — The August 1st sowing of peas 

 yielded full sized pods in less than seven 

 weeks. These were an extra early sort. 

 The crop, however, was not nearly so 

 heavy as from spring sown seed. In an 

 unfa voi able season they probably would 

 not bear enough to pay for sowing. 



Carrots — Very small roots were the result 

 of seed sown August 1st. These were of 

 good size for pickling and for soups, etc. 



Lettuce, planted in early August bore 

 leaves large enough to use before the mid- 

 dle of September, and well formed heads 

 from the first week in October until the 

 ground was cleared. 



Corn — An extra early sort sown August 

 1st, matured by the middle of October. 



Radishes, sown at various times in August 

 are out of the way for the fall sown seeds. 



As we could not duplicate the cool, moist 

 conditions of spring for the germination 

 of our August seeds, we did the next best 

 thing and firmed the soil well after sowing. 

 This helps to draw the moisture in the soil 

 where the seedlings can use it. When they 

 had made a start the surface was stirred 

 to form a mulch. 



THE FALL SOWING FOR SPRING 



Last on the list was our fall planted 

 garden. It was no hardship to spend a 

 mellow October day in sowing these seeds. 

 To do the same thing on a raw day in March 

 or April would have been far less pleasant. 

 Although some were winter killed and 

 others produced the same results as from 

 spring sown seeds, there were still others 

 that showed a decided gain on seeds sowed 

 in April. Lettuce, chard, parsnips, carrots, 

 and celery gave us the best return. 



Lettuce, sown the last week of October 

 began to produce small heads the middle 

 of May and was in full bearing by the 

 middle of June. This was a gain on the 

 spring sown seed. 



Chard yielded stalks large enough for 

 cooking in early June. At this time spring 

 sown chard was yielding leaves only. 



Parsnips were not used till fall. They 

 made an early start and by the middle 

 of June the tops measured over a half yard. 



Carrots — Produced roots of useful size 

 at the end of June. 



Celery — Yielded excellent stalks the 

 following fall. 



All these seeds were sowed the last week 

 in October. As soon as the ground was 

 frozen we covered the fall sown seeds 

 with straw and manure. The rows were 

 made as far apart as space permitted, to 

 allow freedom in working the soil in the 

 spring. When planted too close it is 

 harder to cultivate and the weeds are more 

 likely to get ahead of us. The mulch 

 was taken off in March and the soil stirred 

 as soon as the ground was sufficiently dry. 





