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AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



March, 1913 



early crops, Summer plantings, Winter keeping, etc. The 

 lettuce that would be the quickest to give results in the 

 Spring, if sown in mid-Summer would only "bolt" to seed 

 at once; and it would be poor economy to plant an early 

 forcing carrot for one's Fall and Winter supply. 



GOOD VARIETIES OF VEGETABLES 



The First Crop varieties are indicated in ordinary type, 

 the Main Crop varieties in italics. Asparagus: Palmetto; 

 Bean, dwarf: Stringless Green Pod, White Wax; Bountiful, 

 Rust-proof Golden Wax; Bean, pole: Burger's Stringless, 

 Sunshine Wax; Bean, Lima dwarf: Henderson's Bush, Bur- 

 pee Improved; Bean, Lima pole: Early Leviathan, Giant 

 Podded; Beet: Early Model, Columbia; Broccoli: Early 

 White French; Borecole (Kale) : Dwarf Green Scotch; 

 Brussels Sprouts: Dulkeith, Danish Prize; Cabbage: 

 Wakefield, Succession; Cabbage, Winter: Danish Round- 

 Head, Perfection Savoy; Carrot : Chantenay, Danvers, Core- 

 less; Cauliflower: Best Early, Dry Weather; Celery: Gol- 

 den Self-Blanching, Winter Queen; Corn: Golden Bantam, 

 Howling Mob; Peep o' Day, White Evergreen; Cucumber: 

 Davis Perfect; Egg Plant: Black Beauty; Endive: Giant 

 Fringed; Kohl-rabi : White Vienna; Lettuce: Grand Rap- 

 ids, New York; Wayahead, Iceberg; Leek: American Flag; 

 Melon, Musk: Netted Gem, Spicy; Melon, Water: Coles 

 Early, Halbert Honey; Onion : Silver Skin, Prizetaker, 

 Southport Yellow; Okra : White Velvet; Parsley: Emerald 

 Gem; Parsnips: Improved Hollow Crown; Peas: Best Ex- 

 tra Early, Boston Unrivaled; Gradus; Pepper: Early Ne- 

 apolitan, Ruby King; Potato: Irish Cobbler, Green Moun- 

 tain; Pumpkin: Quaker Pie; Radish: Rapid Red, Crimson 

 Globe, Icicle; Rhubarb: Wyatt's Victoria; Salsify: Mam- 

 moth Sandwich Island; Spinach: Victoria, New Zealand; 

 Swiss Chard: Giant Lucullus; Squash, Summer: Scalloped 

 Bush, Delicata; Squash, Winter: Hubbard, Delicious; To- 

 mato : Bonny Best, Matchless; Turnip : Early White Milan, 

 Petrowski. The above varieties form a reliable list. 



The planting plan having been made out, and your seeds 

 ordered, there remains another thing you should do before 



the soil is ready for actual planting. Make out a "work 

 list," showing, in order, the dates of the various sowings 

 and plantings you expect to make, the amount, and the va- 

 riety. Simply take a sheet of paper and rule it off thus: 

 WORK SHEET 



DATE 



VEGETABLE 



VARIETY 



AMI'. 



April 1st 



it a 



Etc. 



Beets (P) 



Lettuce 



1 1 



Ey. Model 

 Grand Rapids 



Wayahead 



2 Rows 

 1 " 

 1 " 







When this is filled in, you are ready to go ahead, con- 

 scious that everything is right in plain sight before your 

 eyes, at any time. The dates, of course, are approximate. 



FOOD FOR THE HIGH-SPEED GARDEN 



It must not be imagined for a moment, however, that 

 the garden can be "speeded up" in this way, vastly increas- 

 ing the product, without putting into the hopper more raw 

 material, in the shape of available plant food, and moist- 

 ure to carry it to its destination; nor that it can be done with 

 lax, half-way methods of cultivation. The garden must be 

 enriched as thoroughly as possible. Before plowing — and 

 if it is large enough for a horse to turn around in, your 

 garden should be plowed rather than spaded — a good dress- 

 ing of old, well-rotted stable manure, three inches deep, 

 should be evenly spread over the surface. After plowing 

 and before harrowing (raking), a 4-8-10 fertilizer (that is, 

 one containing 4 per cent Nitrogen, 8 per cent available 

 Phosphoric Acid, and 10 per cent Potash) should be spread 

 on at the rate of 1,000 to 1,500 lbs. to the acre — 250 to 300 

 lbs. for a garden 100x150 feet. You can save money, and 

 get a better fertilizer, by buying the raw materials and do- 

 ing your own mixing. Besides this, for the best results, you 

 will want 25 to 50 pounds of Nitrate of Soda, for top- 

 dressing plants, increasing both size and earliness, and 25 

 to 50 pounds each of bone flour, and "tankage," or cotton- 

 seed meal, to mix and put in the hills or rows for vine-plants, 

 tomato, pepper, egg-plant, cabbage, and other transplanted 

 plants which require it. 



A home vegetable garden with a little vineyard in combination 



