January. 1913 



THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



239 



Aug. 29 — Tomatoes, 30c; eggplant, 45c. 



" 30 — Tomatoes, 25c; eggplant, 10c. 

 butter beans, 55c . 



" 30 — (H) Tomatoes, 20c.; butter 

 beans, 20c; sweet potatoes, 

 20c 



" 31 — (H) Tomatoes, 5c; Hub. 

 squash, 25c; turnip greens, 



ioc 



Sept. 1 — Tomatoes, ioc; butter beans, 

 20c.; sweet potatoes, 50c. . 



" 1 — (H) String beans, ioc; pep- 

 pers, 5c; tomatoes, 5c; 

 Sweet potatoes, ioc. 



" 2 — Eggplant, 20c; radishes, sc. . 



" 4 — Tomatoes, 5c; mango pep- 

 pers, 30c 



" 4 — (H) Tomatoes 25c; string 

 beans, ioc 



" 5 — Tomatoes, sc. ; eggplant, 20c. 



" 6 — Tomatoes, 15c. ; eggplant, 20c. 



" 6 — (H) Tomatoes, sc; butter 

 beans, 15c 



" 7 — Sweet potatoes .... 



" 7 — (H) Tomatoes .... 



"9 — Sweet potatoes, 



" 9 — (H) Sweet potatoes, 20c; to- 

 matoes, ioc 



" 11 — (H) Tomatoes, ioc; rad- 

 ishes, 15c; eggplant, ioc. . 



" 11 — Tomatoes, 5c; radishes, 25c; 

 eggplant, 15c; .... 



" 12 — Tomatoes, 45c; eggplant, ioc 



" 12 — (H) Tomatoes, $1; peppers, 

 5c; radishes, ioc. . 



" 13 — One Hubbard squash, prem- 

 ium at Fair .... 



" 13 — Premium on butter beans, 

 peppers and eggplant 



" 16 — Tomatoes, 15c; eggplant, 

 ioc; mango peppers, 50c; 

 Hubbard squash, 1, 25c 



" 16 — (H) Tomatoes, ioc; turnips, 

 20c; Hubbard squash, 25c 



■75 

 90 



60 



40 

 80 



Sept. 17 — Tomatoes, ioc; string beans, 



15c 



" 19 — Tomatoes, 15c; sweet pota- 

 toes, 20c 



" 20 — Tomatoes, 55c; cabbage, 20c. 

 " 21 — (H) Tomatoes, ioc; celery, 



25c. ... 

 " 21 — (H) Tomatoes, Si; onions, 



25c; cabbage, 13c. . 

 " 22 — (H) Tomatoes, ioc; sweet po- 

 tatoes, 20c 



" 23 — Tomatoes, ioc; sweet pota- 

 toes, 20c; eggplant, 20c 



" 23 — (H) Tomatoes 



" 24 — Tomatoes, ioc; sweet pota- 

 toes, 25c; turnips, sc . 

 " 25 — Tomatoes, 15c; eggplant, ioc 

 " 25 — (H) Tomatoes, 20c; eggplant 



ioc 



" 26 — Tomatoes, 45c; mango pep- 

 pers, 75c 



" 26 — (H) Tomatoes, ioc; turnips, 



ISC 



" 27 — (H) Sweet potatoes 



' 28 — Tomatoes 



29 — Tomatoes, 35c; sweet pota- 

 toes, 50c 



(H) Tomatoes, ioc; radishes, 



ioc 



1 — (H) Tomatoes, 20c; radishes, 

 Sc; eggplant, ioc. . 

 Tomatoes, 30c; eggplant, ioc 

 Mango peppers .... 

 Tomatoes, 50c; sweet pota- 

 toes, 60c 



(H) Tomatoes, ioc; sweet 

 potatoes, 40c; celery, 20c; 

 radishes, ioc 



IS 



29 



30 



" 29 



35 



Oct. 1 



45 



" 6 



55 



" 7 





" 9 



15 







" 9 



00 





50 





00 



ESTM 





Beets 



55 



Turnips 



35 



30 



50 



40 



3° 



Total $ 46.95 



ESTIMATE OF VEGETABLES ON HAND OCT. 10 



Squashes 4,00 



Tomatoes . . i . 40 



Celery, 300 stalks pitted in hotbed frame 



to blanch, doing nicely; at 5c. . . . 15. 00 



Kale 2 . 00 



Eggplant .50 



Lima beans, dry for seed 2.00 



Kentucky Wonder pole beans, seed . . .25 



Total S 3115 



Oct. 10 — Vegetables sold and used at 



home 46.95 



Total value, vegetables grown . $ 78.10 



Total plants sold and used . . . 81.55 



EXPENSE ACCOUNT 



Rent of lot 



Manures — Stable, poultry, and liquid 

 manures 



Man and horse labor, plowing and hoeing 



Commercial fertilizers 



Seed sweet potatoes, 3 barrels .... 



Vegetable seeds . . 



Vegetable seeds 



Vegetable seeds 



Muslin for hot beds and coldframes 



My own time, 120 days, two hours each 

 day, at ioc. per hour, common labor 

 price 



Total expenses 

 Total plants and vegetables 

 grown 



SiS9-6s 



$ 10.00 



6 

 8 



90 

 00 



2 

 12 



90 

 18 



1 



00 



3 



2 

 4 



5° 

 35 

 94 



24- 



00 



Total vegetables used at 

 home 



2.50 



Net profit on less than \ acre 



$159 



75 



65 

 67 



$ 73 

 15 



98 

 95 



$ 58 



°3 



A Long Island Vegetable Garden- By Alice Cooper Bensel, n 



Amityville, 

 Island, 



Y. 



IN THE fall of 1901, the site of our 

 home was chosen on not very promising 

 land, near the creek and bay, which 

 suits our aquatic tastes. Of course 

 we must have a garden, and so a beginning 

 was made, rather hopeless at first, for being 







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If you would have all the strawberries, you first use 

 fish net as protection from the birds 



(For which one of the $100 frizes was awarded) 



near the water there was sand in plenty. 

 The first trees were planted and the little 

 garden started in the spring of 1902. We 

 were novices and conditions were not very 

 favorable, so many disappointments met us. 

 As time passed, we learned some things to 

 be avoided, and others to be done. The 

 land had to be fertilized and wind-breaks 

 thought of; the young fruit trees needed 

 to be helped; the many insect enemies had 

 to be met and vanquished ; and above all, the 

 ground needed to be kept open, to coun- 

 teract the suffering caused by lack of rain. 



As the years passed, our labor began to 

 tell, and we made new ventures; new trees, 

 more vines, and other vegetables were 

 planted, so that the garden now provides 

 bountifully for our needs. It is not too 

 much to say that hardly a day passes during 

 the year when we do not have something 

 on our table which is "home grown." In 

 summer the garden provides practically 

 everything that can be desired, and so 

 much better than that which can be bought. 



It has always been our policy to let noth- 

 ing be wasted which can possibly be saved, 

 so that when we have more than enough 

 for our own wants, the surplus is sent to 

 the local grocer, who is glad to get the fresh 



fruit and vegetables, for which he pays 

 market prices. 



What pleasure is there greater than to 

 leave the cares of the household for a while 



Some of the few fruit trees with corn just beginning 

 to grow 



