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BETTER FRUIT 



June 



muskmelons, one-fourth row; Burpee's Early White 

 Spine cucumber, one-fourth row; Summer squash, 

 one- fourth row; Hubbard squash, one-fourth row. 

 Row 8, Early White squash, one-half row; Small 

 Sugar pumpkin, one-half row. Row 9, Golden Ban- 

 tam sweet corn, three-fourths row; Dwarf Lima 

 beans, one-fourth row. Row 10, Spark's Earliana 

 tomato, one-half row; Chalk's Early Jewel tomato, 

 one-half row. Row 11, Early York cabbage, one- 

 fourth row; Burpee's Dry Weather cauliflower, one- 

 half row; Surehead cabbage, one-fourth row. Row 

 12, Late potatoes. Row 1.3, Improved Refugee 

 beans, one-half row; Extra Early Red Valentine 

 beans, one-half row. Row 14, Burpee's Stringless 

 Greenpod beans, one-half row; Dwarf Horticultural 

 beans, one-half row. Row 15, Prosperity peas, one- 

 third row; Improved Senator peas, one-third row; 

 Mammoth Melting Sugar peas, one-third row. Row 

 16, Early Jersey Wakefield cabbage, one-half row; 

 Burpee's Best Early cauliflower, one-half row. 

 Row 17, Deacon lettuce, one-eighth row; Dwarf 

 White heart lettuce, one-eighth row; Scarlet Turnip 

 radish, one-fourth row; Burpee's Golden Tom 

 Thumb popcorn, one-half row. Row 18, Crosby's 

 Early Twelve-Rowed corn, one-half row; Burpee's 

 Early Cosmopolitan corn, one-half row. Row 19, 

 Crosby's Egyptian beets, one-fourth row; Edmond's 

 Early beets, one-fourth row; Large Round Leaved 

 corn salad, one-fourth row; Chantenay carrots, one- 

 fourth row. Row 20, Best Extra Early and Nott's 

 Excelsior peas, one-half row each. Row 21, Im- 

 proved Guernsey parsnips, one-half row; Emerald 

 parslay, 20 feet; remainder, Sandwich Island Mam- 

 moth salsify. Row 22, Early potatoes, one row. 

 Row 23, Giant Gibraltar onion seed, one-half row; 

 Red Wethersfield onion seed, one-half row. Row 

 24, Globe onion sets, one-fourth row; Victoria 

 spinach, one-half row; onion sets, one-fourth row. 

 Row 25, Deacon lettuce. Dwarf White Heart let- 

 tuce. Rapid Red radish, French Breakfast radish. 

 Scarlet Button radish. First in Market, one-sixth 

 row each. 



Seeds at a total cost of $4.70 were used 

 during the season of 1909, as follows: 



Beans, one packet Dwarf Lima, one packet Bur- 

 pee's Stringless Greenpod, one packet Extra Early 

 Red Valentine, one packet Improved Refugee, one 

 packet Dwarf Horticultural; beets, one ounce 

 Edmond's Early, one ounce Crosby's Egyptian; 

 cabbage, one packet Burpee's All Head, one packet 

 Early Jersey Wakefield; carrots, one ounce Chan- 

 tenay; cauliflower, one packet Burpee's Dry 

 Weather, one packet Burpee's Best Early; celery, 

 one packet Golden Self Blanching; corn salad, one 

 packet Large Round Leaved; sweet corn, one 

 packet Golden Bantam, one packet Crosby's Early 

 Twelve- Rowed, one packet Crosby's Early Cosmo- 

 politan; pop corn, one packet Burpee's Golden 

 Tom Thumb; cucumber, one packet Burpee's White 

 Spine; egg plant, one packet Black Beauty; endive, 

 one packet Green Curled; leek, one packet Long 

 Mezieres; lettuce, one packet each Grand Rapids, 

 Deacon, Burpee's Iceberg, Dwarf White Heart; 

 muskmelon, one packet Burpee's Fordhook; onions, 

 one packet each Prizetaker, Red Wethersfield, Bur- 

 pee's Giant Gibraltar; parsley, one ounce Emerald; 

 parsnip, one ounce Improved Guernsey; peas, one 

 packet each Prosperity, Burpee's Best Extra Early, 

 Nott's Excelsior, Improved Senator, Mammoth 

 Melting Sugar; peppers, one packet each Tabasco 

 and Sweet Upright; pumpkin, one ounce Small 

 Sugar; radishes, one packet each Scarlet Button, 

 Rapid Red, Scarlet Turnip, French Breakfast; sal- 

 sify, one packet Sandwich Island Mammoth; spin- 

 ach, one packet Victoria; squash, one packet Early 

 White Bush, one packet Hubbard; tomtatoes, one 

 packet each Spark's Earliana, Chalk's Early Jewel, 

 Stone, Dwarf Champion; spearmint, one packet. 



A summary of the labor account of 

 the garden for 1909 showed: Team work. 



plowing, harrowing and leveling, nine 

 and one-quarter hours; one horse work, 

 cultivating, seven and seven-twelfths 

 hours; hand work, planting, cultivating, 

 spraying, weeding, thinning and layering 

 strawberry runners, thirty and seven- 

 twelfths hours; a grand total of forty- 

 seven and five-twelfths hours of labor. 



A carefully kept record of the amount 

 of production in each variety, together 

 with the market value of each, follows: 



Beets, Crosby's Egyptian and Edmond's 



Early, 8 dozen % .80 



Carrots, Chantenay, 66 dozen 3.30 



Lettuce. Dwarf White Heart and Deacon, 

 105 heads 2.75 



Radish, Scarlet Turnip, Rapid Red, French 



Breakfast and First in Market, 42 dozen.. 8.40 



Peas, Best Extra Early, Prosperity, Improved 

 Senator, Mammoth Melting Sugar and 

 Nott's Excelsior, 238 pounds 11.90 



Parsnip, Improved Guernsey, 25 dozen 1.25 



Parsley, Emerald, fair supply. 



Potatoes, early and late, 1,458 pounds 12.15 



Popcorn, Burpee's Golden Tom Thumb, 21 



pounds 1.26 



Corn, Crosby's Early Twelve-Rowed and 



Burpee's Early Cosmopolitan, 32 dozen.. 3.50 

 Onions (from seed). Giant Gibralter and 



Red Wethersfield, 152 pounds 1.90 



Onions (from sets). Globe, 10 dozen 50 



Salsify, Sandwich Island Mammoth, 20 



dozen 2.00 



Beans, Improved Refugee, Extra Early Red 



Valentine, Burpee's Stringless Green Pod 



and Dwarf Horticultural, 160 pounds. . . . 9.60 



Sweet Corn, Golden Bantam, 33 dozen 3.20 



Cabbage, Early Jersey Wakefield and Sure 



Head, 370 pounds 3.70 



Cauliflower, Burpee's Dry Weather and Bur- 

 pee's Best Early, 33 heads . 1.65 



Tomatoes, Spark's Earliana and Chalk's 



Early Jewel, 422 pounds 10.55 



Strawberries, Marshall, Haverland, Clark's 



Seedling and Senator Dunlap (all blossoms 



removed) 



Muskmelon. Burpee's Fordhook, 4 dozen.... 1.35 

 Cucumber, Burpee's White Spine, 194 slicing, 



1243 pickling 6.50 



Squash, Hubbard and Early White Summer, 



170 specimens 6.36 



Pumpkin, Small Sugar, 147 specimens 1.46 



Rhubarb, 1^ dozen 15 



Total value of product $98.38 



To team work, 914 hours at $4 per day $ 3.70 



To work with one horse, 7%2 hours at $2.50 



per day 1.90 



To hand labor, 30%2 hours at $2 per day. . . . 6.11 



To insecticides 1.00 



To garden seeds 4.70 



To raising plants 1.75 



Total expense $19.16 



Total net profit $79.22 



Using the experience of both seasons 

 the following cultural suggestions on 

 farm garden crops, with recommended 

 varieties, are offered: 



Figure 10— CROSS SECTION OF A HOTBED 



