SEED GROWERS 



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REFERENCE TABLES 



APPROXIMATE NUMBER OF SEEDS PER POUND 



ASPARAGUS 22,650 



BEANS 1,600 



BEET 22,600 



BRUSSELS SPROUTS 104,000 



CABBAGE 135,000 



CARROT 317,000 



CAULIFLOWER 169,000 



CELERY 1,130,000 



COLLARDS 90,000 



CORN, SWEET 2,000 



CUCUMBER 15,170 



EGG PLANT 108,000 



ENDIVE 261,000 



KALE 130,000 



KOHLRABI 130,000 



LEEK 174,000 



LETTUCE 348,000 



MUSKMELON 19,000 



WATERMELON 5,200 



MUSTARD 294,000 



OKRA 8,000 



ONION 112,000 



PARSLEY 158,000 



PARSNIP 99,000 



PEAS 2,000 



PEPPER 70,000 



PUMPKIN 1,800 



RADISH 54,000 



RHUBARB 22,600 



SALSIFY 43,500 



SPINACH 48,000 



SQUASH, SUMMER 4,800 



SQUASH, WINTER 2,000 



TOMATO 160,000 



TURNIP 204,000 



RUTABAGA 143,000 



NUMBER OF PLANTS TO THE ACRE AT GIVEN DISTANCES 



Dis. Apart 



No. Plants 



Dis. Apart 



No. Plants 



12 

 12 

 12 

 16 

 18 

 18 

 18 

 18 

 20 

 20 

 24 

 24 

 24 

 30 

 30 

 30 

 30 

 30 

 30 

 30 

 36 

 36 

 36 

 36 



X 1 in 522,720 



X 3 in 174,240 



X 12 in 43,560 



X 1 in 392,040 



X 1 in 348,480 



X 3 in 116,160 



X 12 in 29,040 



X 18 in 19,360 



X 1 in. 313,635 



X 20 in 15,681 



X 1 in 261,360 



X 18 in 15,520 



X 24 in 10,890 



X 1 in 209,088 



X 6 in 34,848 



X 12 in 17,424 



X 16 in 13,068 



X 20 in 10,454 



x24 in 8,712 



X 30 in 6,970 



X 3 in 58,080 



X 12 in 14,520 



X 18 in 9,680 



X 24 in 7,260 



36 

 42 

 42 

 42 

 48 

 48 

 48 

 48 

 48 

 48 

 60 

 60 



36 in. 4,840 



42 in 12,446 



24 in 6,223 



36 in 4,148 



12 in 10,890 



18 in 7,790 



24 in 5,445 



30 in 4,356 



36 in 3,630 



48 in 2,723 



36 in 2,901 



48 in 2,178 



60 X 60 in 1,743 



8 X 1 ft 5,445 



8 X 3 ft 1,815 



8 X 8 ft 680 



10 X 1 ft 4,356 



10 X 6 ft 726 



10 X 10 ft 435 



12 X 1 ft 3,630 



12 X 5 ft 736 



12 X 12 ft 302 



16 X 1 ft 2,7232 



16 X 16 ft 170 



APPROXIMATE NUMBER OF FEET OF ROW PER ACRE AT GIVEN DISTANCES 



Dis. between rows 



Feet of TOW 



Dis. between rows 



Feet of row 



18 in 29,010 



24 in 21,758 



30 in 17,427 



36 in 14,526 



42 in 12,439 



48 in 10,853 



