Useful Tables. 



The following tables may be useful to the P'armer and Gardener in showing the number of 

 plants or trees that may be raised on an acre of ground, also the quantity of seed required for 

 an- acre, with the number of plants that can be grown from an ounce of seed, should the weather 

 be favorable and the seed be preserved from the destruction of insects. We would, however, 

 recommend a slight increase in the quantities to allow for these contingencies. The number of 

 square feet contained in an acre of ground is 43,560 feet. 



NUMBER OF PLANTS OR TREES TO THt ACRE AT GIVEN DISTANCES. 



by I ft. 



DISTANCE APART 



>^ f t 



I " 



^% 



2 

 2 



3 

 3 

 3 



NO. OF PLANTS. 



174,240 



43.560 



19,360 



21,780 



10,890 



6,969 



by I ft 14,520 



" 2ft 7,260 



4,840 



2,722 



DISTANCE APART. NO. OF PLANTS. 



5 ft 1,742 



6" 1,210 



8" 680 



9" ■• 537 



10" 435 



12 " 302 



15" 193 



20" 103 



25 " 70 



30" 48 



QUANTITY OF SEED USUALLY SOWN TO THE ACRE. 



Parley, broadcast 3 bu. 



Beans, Dwarf, in drills I j/^ bu. 



" Pole, in hills 10 qts. 



Beet, in drills. 6 lbs. 



Broom Corn, in hills .... 8 qts. 



Buckwheat, broadcast i bu. 



Cabbage in beds to transplant ^ lb. 



Carrot, in drills 4 " 



Corn Salad, in drills 6 •' 



" Field, in hills 6 qts. 



" Sweet, in hills ... 8 " 



" " or Field (for soiling), diills. I 

 " '* " " " broadcast. 2 



Cucumber, in hills 2 



Melon, Musk, in hills 3 



" Water, in hills 4 



Oats, broadca'^t 3 



Onion (for bulbs), in drills 6 



j Onion (for sets), in drills 30 



j " Sets (small), in drills ID 



Parsnip, in drills, 



bu. 



lbs. 



bu. 

 lbs. 



Peas, in drills 2 



" broadcast 3 



Potatoes (cut tubers) lO 



Pumpkins, in hills 4 



Radish, in drills 8 



Rye, broadcast 2 



Sage, in drills lo 



Salsify, in drills 8 



Spinach, in drills 15 



Squash (bush varie^ties), in hills 4 



" (running varieties), in hills.. .. 3 

 Turnip, in drills I|^ 



" broadcast 2 



Tomato (to transplant) "% 



Wheat, broadcast 2 



lbs. 

 bu. 

 lbs. 

 bu. 



lbs. 



bu. 

 lbs. 



QUANTITY OF GRASS SEEDS USUALLY SOWN TO THE ACRE. 



White Clover, alone 10 lbs. 



Red •' " 15 



Lucerne" " 20 " 



Alsike " " 10 " 



Timothy, alone i^ bu. 



Hungarian I " 



Millet I 



Blue and Green Grass 3 



Rye " 2 



Orchard " 3 



Red Top or Herd " 3 



Mixed Lawn " 4 



bu. 



bu. 



NUMBER OF PLANTS PRODUCED FROM ONE OUNCE OF SEED. AS FOLLOWS 



. about 500 Kale about 



. " 2,000 Leek " 



. " 2,000 Lettuce - " 



2,000 repper 



Asparagus . 

 Broccoli. . . 

 Cabbage. . . 

 Cauliflower 

 Celery . . . . 

 Egg Plant. 

 Endive. . . . 



3,000 ! Tomato " 



1 ,000 I Sage " 



3,000 I Thyme " 



2,000 

 1,000 

 3,000 

 1,000 

 2,000 

 1,000 

 5,000 



Spring Grove Nurseries and Seed Farm, Riverton. 



The Plant Department at Riverton contains one of the largest and finest collections of plants 

 in the country. Especial attention is paid to the introduciion of the best new varieties. Nearly 

 fifty acres are devoted to the growing of Plants, Bulbs, and Flower Seeds, and upwards of 50,- 

 000 square feet of glass are employed in the propagation and cultivation of plants for the green- 

 house, conservatory and garden. The seed tests are here made to insure the sending out of only 

 the highest percentage of germinating seeds. The Seed and Trial Grounds are under our 

 personal supervision. Every new variety is fully tested, and all new and choice varieties grown 

 with great care for seed stock, thu^ insuring piir customers f^t all tinles frbm loss by spurious 

 v'a;HeUep Qr detwtiv^ seeda* 



