234 



THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



January, 1912 



iently plowed, so we have devoted it and 

 a portion outside of it to vegetables that do 

 not have to be renewed every year. Here 

 we established three years ago a small bed 

 of Conover's Colossal asparagus and a short 

 row of rhubarb (Linnaeus). Several rows 

 of sage and parsley plants were set out 

 and a long neglected little patch of pepper- 

 mint was cleaned up. The parsley and 

 sage plants were set out last fall and pro- 

 tected by a mulch of straw and grass. 

 The portion of the offset not occupied by 

 permanent vegetables I used as a bed in 

 which to start late cabbage, tomato and 

 other plants. Late in February, ha\ing 

 some old onions that were beginning to 

 sprout badly and rot, I sorted them out and 

 set them at the south end of the 6-foot 

 strip next the fence, which we had used as 

 an onion bed for two years. They were 

 set when the ground was wet and un- 

 protected by a light mulch. I did not 

 expect much of them but they gave a 

 surprising number of bunching onions. The 

 asparagus bed had been heavily manured 

 in the fall and some salt was scattered over 

 it and worked into the soil. Early in March 

 the coarser manure was forked and the 

 soil given a thorough working. Early in 

 May the shoots began to . push through 

 the ground and for the next month we had 

 a plentiful supply of big, tender shoots for 

 the family table. To hasten the growth 

 of the rhubarb a bottomless box was 

 placed over each plant and banked with 

 fresh horse manure. We pulled the first 

 stalks May 12th, and in all gathered 38 

 bunches. The parsley made rapid growth 

 and though the demand for it is not large 

 we found no trouble in selling the little we 

 had. Before the garden was plowed we 

 dug up a row, or part of a row, of parsnips 

 (Hollow Crown) which had been wintered 

 over. Some we sold to a grocer at 50 cents a 

 bushel ; the remainder were fed to the stock. 



In the house we had various plants 

 started in flats. All of our early plants 

 were raised this way except cabbage which 

 was started in the fall and wintered over 

 in a coldframe. We used no hotbeds 

 at all. As the weather warmed up the 

 hardier plants were given frequent airings 

 and finally put in coldframes to harden off. 



On April 17 I sowed one row of Early 

 Scarlet Horn carrot, two short rows Pro- 

 lific Early Market peas, four rows Edmands 

 Early beet, and set out one row of Boston 

 Market lettuce that had been started 

 indoors. Showers kept me out of the 

 garden for. ten days when the condition 

 of the ground necessitated replowing. 

 I used a double shovel plow and followed 

 it with the spike tooth harrow. When the 

 ground was prepared (April 27) I made 

 the first planting of 6 rows of Valentine, 

 two rows of Wardwells Kidney Wax beans, 

 two rows Kendals Early Giant corn and 

 one row mixed radish seed, using only the 

 small, quick growing sorts, such as French 

 Breakfast, Early Scarlet Turnip and Scarlet 

 Globe. More rain followed on April 28th, 

 and the night of April 30th. 



The first four days of May were clear 

 and cool, and there was light frost but not 

 enough to do any damage. The temper- 

 ature began to rise on the 5th, and by the 

 6th, had climbed to 69 degrees. During 

 the remainder of the month we had un- 

 usually hot weather, ranging in the So's 

 most of the time, and sometimes reaching 

 94 degrees. There was very little rain. 



On May 6, planted one row Stringless 

 Green Pod and one row Henderson's bush 

 lima beans, two short double rows Tele- 

 phone peas and one short row of Extra 

 Curled cress. The rows of peas were made 

 four feet apart and beans two feet. Most 

 of the smaller vegetables, like radish, 

 lettuce, carrots and beets, I usually spaced 

 18 inches between rows, but a few I placed 

 only a foot apart. 



May 8. Set out 70 plants of Early 

 Louisville Drumhead cabbage, 15 feet 

 apart, and twenty hills of Livingston's 

 Beauty tomato, set 3 feet apart and staked. 

 In each tomato hill a small forkful of 

 manure was placed. Many of the earlier 

 plantings were up by this time and some 

 should have been cultivated earlier, but 

 other work claimed our attention so that 

 the first cultivation was given May 8th. 

 Few weeds had started and about an hour's 

 work with the wheel hoe put everything 

 in good shape. From this time on we kept 

 the soil loose and mellow by frequent 

 stirring, sometimes with the wheel hoe, 

 using its several attachments, and some- 

 times with the hand hoe. We aimed to 

 cultivate after every rain just as soon 

 as the soil was workable, in order to pre- 



VEGETABLES ON HAND 



SOME IN THE GARDEN SOME STORED 



VEGETABLE 



QUANTITY 



VALUE 



Beets, large 



4? 



bushels 



S 1.80 



Young 



80 



bunches 



2.00 



Beans, Ky. Won. 



4 



quarts 



.40 



Dry-Valentine 



14 



quarts 



1.40 



Stringless 



3 



quarts 



•30 



Wax 



12 



quarts 



1 . 20 



Dwarf 



11 



quarts 



1.32 



Lima, pole 



5 



quarts 



■75 



Cabbage 



28 



heads 



1.40 



Cauliflower 



12 



heads 



1.20 



Carrots 



2 



bushels 



1 .00 



Celery 



70 



bunches 



7.00 



Endive 







2.00 



Kale 







4.00 



Lettuce 







3-5° 



Onions — old 



2§ 



bushels 



2.00 



Popcorn 



2 



bu. measured 



2.00 



Sage 



44 



bunches 



2. 20 



Spinach 







3.00 



Sunflower Seed 



I* 



quarts 



i-5° 



Tomato — green 



1! 



bushels 



1 05 



Turnips 



2 



bushels 



.80 



Canned goose- 



6 



quarts 



.60 



berries 







S42.42 



TOTAL EXPENSES 



Seeds 



Fertilizer — Manure, 5 tons at S2 



Baskets — quarts 100-30C § bu. 1 doz. 

 ■35 5 _2 5 — -75 



Poles for beans 



Stakes for tomatoes 



Canvas for protecting vegetables, 140 

 yards at 4c, S5.60; used 3 years and 

 good for one more, j cost charged to 

 this year . "' 



Twine 



Spraying material, 3lbs. arsenate of 

 lead and bordeaux mixture 



Lime, 2 barrels at 40c 



Time consumed in delivering vegetables. 

 64 trips made, average 2§ hrs. As they 

 were made for other produce than that 

 from the i-acre garden only one half the 

 cost is charged to the t-acre. 64 trips 

 of 2J hrs. each 160 hrs. J-So hrs. at 30c 



Shelling beans 115 qts. at 3c. qt. . 



Tools — wear and tear 



Labor — cultivation, gathering vege- 

 tables and preparing for market, 217 

 hrs. at 20c 



Use of team i6i- hrs. at 20c 



Total S120.31 



S 17 



1.40 



43-40 

 3-3° 



TOTAL YIELDS AND VALUES 



VEGETABLE 



QUANTITY 



VALUE 



Asparagus 



17 bunches 



$ I.70 



Beets, young 



1,778 bunches 



40.20 



old 



4i bushels 



I.80 



Beans, pole lima 



705 quarts 



13-74 



Dwarf lima 



31 quarts 



7.68 



Green string 



101 pecks 



32.l6 



Wax, string 



26J pecks 



IO.08 



Green shelled 







(other than lima) 



13! quarts 



2-75 



Beans, Dry, Wax 



12 quarts 



I .20 



Valentine 



14 quarts 



I .40 



Stringless 



3 quarts 



■3° 



Kv. Wonder 



4 quarts 



■40 



Dwarf lima 



11 quarts 



I.32 



Pole lima 



5 quarts 



■75 



Cabbage early and 







med. 



165 heads 



9.09 



late 



38 heads 



2.03 



Cauliflower, early 



19 heads 



2.05 



late 



17 heads 



1-65 



Carrots, bunch 



922 bunches 



17.90 



large 



2 bushels 



1 .00 



Celery 



70 bunches 



7.00 



Corn 



97 dozen 



14.3° 



Cress 



21 bunches 



■65 



Cucumbers 



334 



7-75 



pickles 



37° 



■95 



Eggplant 



67 



5-9° 



Endive 



54 bunches 



2.70 



Kale 



On hand $4 worth 

 sold 15 pecks 



7.00 



Lettuce heads 



45i 



6-33 



bulk 



On hand S3. 50 

 worth 323 bun. 



19-75 



Muskmelons 



58 



4-95 



Onions, bunch 



376 bunches 



6.23 



boiling 



54 bunches 



i-35 



large 



2§ bushels 



2.00 



Peas 



22 J pecks 



13-95 



dry 



S quarts 



1 .00 



Popcorn 



2 bushels 



2.00 



Parsley 



38 bunches 



1.22 



Peppers (Mango) 



6 doz. 



.60 



Parsnips 



4 bushels 



2.00 



Radish 



1,769 bunches 



29.63 



Rhubarb 



38 bunches 



i-35 



Squash 



178 



8-54 



Spinach 



On hand S3 worth 

 sold 42 pecks 



11 .40 



Sage 



58 bunches 



3.10 



Sunflower Seed 



15 quarts 



i-5° 



Gooseberries 



6 quarts 



.60 



Tomatoes 



53! pecks 



16.92 



yellow 



96 quarts 



4. So 



green 



1 J bushels 



1 -05 



Turnips 



3! bushels 



2.00 







S327.80 



