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BETTER FRUIT 



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Fhoto by C. C. Vincent 



Figure 1— ONE-HORSE FLANKER 



be stocky, strong and vigorous when 

 they leave the frame. If plants are 

 poorly grown or growth retarded very 

 little is gained by the use of a frame. 



Succession cropping was carefully prac- 

 ticed both years in this garden. As soon 

 as one crop was gathered another crop 

 was immediately planted. By judicious 

 management three crops can be taken 

 from the same ground in one season. 

 Every ef¥ort should be made to utilize 

 the space in the garden at all times. By 

 knowing the habits of the plants used 

 plantings can be made which will give 

 the greatest variety of vegetables on the 

 minimum amount of space. 



Cultivation was begun as soon as the 

 rows became well marked. It was con- 

 tinued at frequent intervals throughout 

 the season. Frequent cultivations are 

 necessary to destroy weeds and main- 

 tain moisture. It aids materially in lib- 

 erating plant food by breaking the soil 

 in small particles. A crust should not 

 be allowed to form on the soil in the 

 garden. It is assumed that a fruit grower 

 would do the cultivation at odd times, 

 which would not interefere with the reg- 

 ular work. 



Seeds used in the garden for 1908, at a 

 total cost of $5.55, were as follows: 



Asparagus, one ounce Conover's Colossal; beans, 

 one quart Fordhook Bush Lima, one quart Burpee's 

 Improved Bush Lima, two quarts Extra Early 

 Refugee, one quart Bismark Black Wax Prolific, 

 one quart Dwarf Horticultural; beets, one ounce 

 Crosby's Egyptian, one ounce Blood Red; cabbage, 

 one packet Early York, one packet American Drum- 

 head Savoy; carrots, one ounce Golden Ball; cauli- 

 flower, one packet Best Early; celery, one packet 

 Golden Self-Blanching; corn, one packet Early 

 Cory, one packet Golden Bantam; cucumber, one 

 packet Burpee's Extra Early White Spine; egg 

 plant, one packet Early Long Purple; endive, one 

 packet Giant Fringed; kale, one packet Tall Green 

 Curled Scotch; leek, one packet Large Rouen; let- 

 tuce, one packet Deacon, one packet Grand Rapids; 

 muskmelon, one packet Fordhook; watermelon, one 

 packet Cole's Early; onion, one packet Prizetaker, 

 one packet Australian Brown, two quarts sets; 

 parsnips, one packet Hollow Crown, one packet 

 Improved Guernsey; parsley, one packet Emerald; 

 peas, one quart Prosperity, one quart Nott's Excel- 

 sior, one quart Horsford's Early Market, one quart 

 Telephone; peppers, one packet Tabasco, one packet 

 Sweet Upright; potatoes, one-half bushel; pumpkin, 

 one packet Small Sugar; radishes, one packet 

 French Breakfast, one packet Celestial, one packet 

 Scarlet Turnip, one packet New Icicle; rhubarb, 

 Wyatt's Victoria, St. Martins; salsify, one packet 

 Sandwich Island Mammoth ; brussels sprouts, one 

 packet Burpee's Danish Prize; squash, one packet 

 Early White Bush Summer, one packet Hubbard; 

 spinach, one ounce Long Standing; tomato, one 

 packet Spark's Earliana, one packet Early Free- 

 dom; turnip, one packet Scarlet, one packet New 

 Icicle. 



A summary of the labor account of the 

 garden in 1908 gave the following: Team 



work, plowing, harrowing and leveling, 

 five hours; work with one horse, culti- 

 vating, four and one-half hours; hand 

 work, planting, cultivating, spraying, 

 thinning and weeding, fifty-five and one- 

 half hours; a total of sixty-five hours 

 of labor. 



A carefully kept record showed the 

 production and market value of each 

 variety of vegetable grown during the 

 season to be: 



Celery, Golden Self Blanching, 213 bunches .$11.54 

 Cabbage, Early York and American Drum- 

 head Savoy, 18 heads 1.75 



Scotch kale, Tall Green Curled, fair supply. 

 Peppers, Tabasco and Sweet Upright, 95 



specimens 1.20 



Tomatoes, Earliana, 142 pounds 3.55 



Cucumbers, Burpee's Extra Early White 



Spine, 127 slicing and 100 pickling 3.08 



Squash, Summer and Hubbard, 47 specimens 2.04 



Pumpkin, Small Sugar, 110 specimens 6.60 



Watermelon, Cole's Early, 2 specimens 50 



Muskmelons, Fordhook, 6 dozen 2.10 



Egg plant. Early Long Purple, 2 dozen 60 



Cauliflower, Best Early, 11 heads 1.10 



Salsify, Sandwich Island Mammoth, 25 dozen 2.50 

 Onions (from sets), Prizetaker and Austra- 

 lian Brown, 20J^, dozen 1.03 



Lettuce, Deacon and Grand Rapids, 343 heads 5.76 



Spinach, Long Standing, 129 heads 50 



Potatoes, early and late, 475 pounds 3.63 



Radish, French Breakfast, Celestial and Scar- 

 let Turnip, 34J4 dozen 10.13 



Carrot, Golden Ball, 64 dozen 3.20 



Beet, Crosby's Egyptian and Blood Red, GVz 



dozen 65 



Peas, Horsford's Early Market, Nott's Excel- 

 sior and Prosperity, 136 pounds 6.80 



Parsnips, Hollow Crown and Improved 



Guernsey, good supply, record lost. 

 Parsley, Emerald, fair supply. 



Leeks, Rouen, 12^, dozen 63 



Endive, Giant Fringe, 145 heads 7.25 



Sweet corn, Golden Bantam and Cory Early, 



28 ears 24 



Beans, Extra Early Refugee and Dwarf Hor- 

 ticultural, 43 pounds 5.61 



Total value of produce raised $82.19 



To team work, plowing, harrowing and level- 

 ing, 5 hours at $4 per day $ 2.00 



To work with one horse, iyi hours at $3.50 



per day 1.13 



To hand labor, 55^. hours, at $2 per day. . . . 11.10 



To insecticides .• 1.00 



To garden seeds 5.55 



To raising plants 4.00 



Total expense $25.78 



Total net profit $57.41 



In 1909 the varieties of vegetables 

 planted, with the space allotted to each, 

 was as follows: 



Row 1, Asparagus, one-half row; rhubarb, one- 

 half row. Row 2, Late potatoes, one-half row; 

 strawberries. Row 3, Late potatoes, one-half row; 

 Clark Seedling strawberries. Row 4, Late potatoes, 

 one-half row; Marshall and Senator Dunlap straw- 

 berries. Row 5, Late cabbage. Row 6, Golden 

 Bantam sweet corn. Row 7, Burpee's Fordhook 



