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ENCYCLOPEDIA OF PRACTICAL HORTICULTURE 



Farmer's TegetaMe GardeB 



Another plan is presented by W. H. 

 Wicks, of Moscow, Idaho. The sugges- 

 tion provides for a plot 290 feet long by 

 75 feet wide, with the rows running 

 lengthwise of the plot 



Varieties of YegetaWes Planted 



First Row. Conover's Colossal aspara- 

 gus, one-half row; rhubarb, one-fourth 

 row Hyatt's Victoria, one-fourth row St. 

 Martin's. 



Second Row. Hollow crown parsnips, 

 one-third row; Emerald parsley, one-third 

 row; Sandwich Island Mammoth salsify, 

 one-third row. 



Third Row. Prizetaker onions, one- 

 half row; large Rouen leek, one-fourth 

 row; Australian Brown onion, one-fourth 

 row. 



Fourth Row. Golden Self-Blanching cel- 

 ery, one-half row; onions, one-half row. 



Fifth Row. Onion sets, one-fourth row; 

 Deacon lettuce, one-fourth row; *Long 

 Standing spinach, one-half row. 



Sixth Row. Early potatoes, one row; 

 radishes, one-fourth row each — French 

 Breakfast, Celestial, Scarlet Turnip, New 

 White Icicle. 



Seventh Row. Peas, Nott's Excelsior. 



Eighth Row. Crosby's Egyptian beets, 

 one-fourth row; Blood Red beets, one- 

 fourth row; Golden Ball carrots, one-half 

 row. 



Ninth Row. Late potatoes. 



Tenth Row. Grand Rapids lettuce, one- 

 fourth row; Giant Fringed Endive, one- 

 half row; Improved Guernsey parsnips, 

 one-fourth row. 



Eleventh Row. Early York Cabbage, 

 one-fourth row; Best Early cauliflower, 

 one-fourth row; Fordhook Bush Lima 

 beans, one-fourth row; "Burpee" Im- 

 proved Bush Lima beans, one-fourth row. 



Twelfth Row. Prosperity peas, one- 

 third row; Horsford Early Market, one- 

 third row; Telephone peas, one-third row. 



Thirteenth Row. Extra Early Refugee 

 beans. 



Fourteenth Row. Bismarck Black Wax 

 Prolific beans, one-half row; Dwarf Hor- 

 ticultural beans, one-half row. 



Fifteenth Row. American Drumhead 

 Savoy cabbage, one-half row; Tall Green 

 Curled Scotch kale, one-half row. 



Sixteenth Row. Burpee's Danish Prize 

 Brussels sprouts, one-fourth row; Tabas- 

 co peppers, sixteen hills; Sweet Upright 

 pepper, twenty hills; Early Freedom to- 

 matoes, one-half row. 



Seventeenth Row. Golden Bantam 

 sweet corn, one-half row; Cory Early 

 sweet corn, one-half row. 



Eighteenth Row. Early Long Purple 

 ggplant, one-half row; Spark's Earliana 

 tomatoes, one-half row. 



Nineteenth to Twenty-fourth Row. 

 Burpee's Extra Early White Spine cucum- 

 ber, 12 hills; Early White Bush summer 

 squash, 10 hills; Hubbard squash, 12 

 hills; Small Sugar pumpkin, 12 hills; 

 Cole's Early watermelon, 24 hills; Ford- 

 hook muskmelon, 26 hills. 



Note. — Rows are three feet apart ex- 

 cepting the vine crops, which are six feet 

 apart. 



Compositioii of Vegetables 





Water 



Aab 



Nitrogen 



Phosphoric 

 Acid 



Potash 



Artichokes 



Asparagus Stems » 



Beans, Lima 



Per cent 

 81.60 

 93.96 

 68.46 

 87.23 

 88 47 

 90.52 

 88.59 

 90.82 

 78 90 

 78.33 

 95 99 

 92.93 

 76.68 



Per cent 

 99 



67 

 1.69 

 0.76 

 1.04 

 1.40 

 1.02 

 0.81 



1 09 

 1.02 

 0.46 

 0.50 

 1.87 



Per cent 

 0.36 

 0.29 



Per cent 

 0.17 

 0.08 



Per cent 

 0.48 

 0.29 



Beans, string , 









Beets, red , 



Cabbages , 



Oarrofes , 



Cauliflower 



Ctorogi, tubers , 



OlioroKi, whole plant , 



'"6*.24" 

 0.38 

 0.16 

 0.13 

 1.92 



*0.09 



*0.11 



0.09 



0.16 



0.19 



*0.44 



*0.43 



0.61 



0.36 



0.64 



OucumbOTs , , 



Eggplant 



Horseradisb, root. 



16 



0.12 



0.24 



36 



0.07 



1.16 



