158 The Principles of Vegetable- Oar dening 



vegetables ordinarily sown in drills show that the quantity re- 

 quired is often much less than that recommended by seedsmen. 

 The following figures indicate the extent to which this is true, 

 the quantities recommended being taken from Henderson^s new 

 " Gardening for Profit:" 



Peas.—OnQ quart to 100 feet of drill recommended ; 850 feet 

 of drill used four quarts of McLean's Advancer, or one quart to 

 every 212X feet ; 850 feet of American Wonder required three 

 and one-half quarts, or one quart to about 245 feet of drill ; 850 

 feet of McLean's Little Gem used three quarts, or one quart for 

 every 283% feet ; 850 feet of Rural New-Yorker used three and 

 one -fourth quarts, or one quart for over 261 feet of drill ; 850 

 feet of Cleveland's Alaska required three quarts, or one quart for 

 283% feet. The following figures will show that our sowings 

 were thick enough : one pint of McLean's Advancer contains 

 1,600 seeds. A pint sowed a trifle over 106 feet of drill, giving 

 something over fifteen peas for every foot of drill, or a plant 

 every four-fifths of an inch. 



Badislies. — One ounce for 100 feet of drill recommended; 

 1,000 feet of drill, sown thickly to Early Long Scarlet Short-top, 

 required nine and one-half ounces of seed. In this case the rec- 

 ommendation is not extravagant. 



Beets. — One ounce to 50 feet of drill recommended. Long 

 Dark Blood, Eclipse and Bassano each required four ounces of 

 seed for 334 feet of drill, or an ounce for 83% feet, and the sow- 

 ing was much too thick. An ounce of Long Dark Blood beet 

 contains about 1,300 fruits or seed, or over fifteen and one-half 

 fruits to each foot of drill, as we sowed them. 



Parsnip. — One ounce to 200 feet of drill is recommended ; 

 1,000 feet of drill of Hollow Crown took four ounces of seed, 

 or an ounce to 250 feet of drill. The sowing was made in very 

 hard ground, where a thick growth of seedlings is necessary in 

 order to break the crust. The sowing was over twice too thick. 



Carrot. — One ounce for 150 feet of drill recommended ; 566 

 feet in hard ground used one and one -half ounces of seed, or 

 an ounce for over 377 feet of drill, and even then the stand was 

 much thicker than desirable. 



