40 The Principles of Vegetable- Gardening 



parsley, sweet and Irish potatoes, and nearly a dozen different 

 kinds of sweet herbs. 



"The garden was planted as shown by the cuts. In ^he 

 larger garden (Fig. 5) tomatoes followed peas, turnips the wax 

 beans, early lettuce for fall use took the place of Refugee beans. 

 Corn salad succeeded lettuce. The spinach was followed by 

 cabbage, while turnips, beets, carrots, celery and spinach gave a 

 second crop in the plot occupied by Gradus peas and Emperor 

 William beans. Winter radishes came after Telephone peas, 

 Paris Golden celery was planted in between the hills of StowelPs 

 Evergreen corn, and gave a good crop for home use without 

 blanching. The plot of early corn was sown to turnips. The 

 hotbed was used during the late fall and winter to store some 

 of the hardy vegetables, and the latter part of October there 

 were placed in it some endive, escarole, celeriac, and the remain- 

 ing space was filled up by transplanting leeks, chives and parsley. 



" The value of the garden and the cost of the same are shown 

 in the following table: 



Products for home use 



Products sold 



Products given away . 



Plants sold 



Plants given away . . 



$54 24 

 65 75 

 11 36 

 3 75 

 3 45 



Total 



$138 55 



Expenses 



Plowing and harrowing 



Manure 



Seeds 



Insecticides 



Labor 



$3 00 

 2 00 



10 00 

 1 20 



42 00 



Total 



$58 20 

 $80 35" 



Profit 



Probably the general farmer, more than any other person, 

 needs to be urged to have a good vegetable -garden. Professor 



