Drecr's Garden Calendar. 



USEFUL TABLES, 



The foJJowinrj tohles may he useful to the Farmer and Gardener in shovi-ng (he number of 

 plants or trees that niny he raised on an acre of rji^ound ; also, the quantity of seed rfnuired for 

 an acre, irlth the nuraher of plants that can he grou:n from an ounce of seed, should the veather 

 be favorable and the seed, be preserved from the destruction of insects, ^ye would, hoirever rerom- 

 •mend a slight increase on the quantities to allow for these contingencies. 



NTIMBEE OF PLANTS OR TREES TO THE ACRE AT GIVEN DISTANCES. 



DISTAXCE 



NO. OF PLANTS. DISTAXCE APART. 



+ ft 174,240 



1 '' 43,560 



U " 19,3G0 



2 " bv 1 ft 21,780 



2 "...■. 10,890 



2+ " 6,969 



3 " bv I ft 14,520 



3 " " 2 '' 7,260 



3 " 4,840 



4 " 2,722 



5 " 1,742 



6 ft 



8" 



9 " 



10" 



12 " 



15 " 



18" 



20" 



25 " 



30" 



Ny. OF PLANTS. 



L,210 

 680 

 537 

 43o 

 302 

 193 

 134 

 103 

 70 



QUANTITY OF SEED TTST7ALLY SOWN TO THE ACRE. 



Beans, Dvrarf, drills li bu. ' Onion Sets fsmalli, drills 10 



" Pole, hills i " Parsnip, drills 5 



Beet, drills 4 lbs. Peas, drills 2 



Broom Corn, hills S qts. i " broadcast 3 



Buckwheat, broadcast 1 bu. ; Pumpkins, hills 



Cabbase, hills 4 lb. 



Carrot^ drills 3 " 



Corn Salad, drills 6 " 



" Field, hills 6 qts. 



" Sweet, hills 8 " 



bu. 



lbs. 

 bu. 



Cfor soiling), drills 3 bu. 



Cucumber, hills H lbs. 



Melon, Musk, hills 2 " 



" Water, " 3 " 



Onion (for bulbs), drills G " 



" f for sets), drills 30 " 



3 lbs. 



Potatoes (cut tubers i, hills 10 bu. 



Radish, drills 5 lbs! 



Ptve, broadcast 11 bn.' 



Salsify, drills g' lbs! 



Spinach " 15 "' 



Squash (bush varieties;, hills 3 " 



" (running varieties), hills 2 " 



Turnip, drills.... 1^ « 



" broadcast 2 " 



Tomato ('to transplant) 1 " 



Wheat, broadcast 2 bu. 



QUANTITY OF GRASS SEEDS USUALLY SOWN TO THE ACRE. 



White Clover 10 lbs. 



Red " 15 " 



Lucerne " 20 " 



Alsike " 15 " 



Timothy, alone i bu. 



Hungarian 1 " 



Millet 



Blue and Green Grass. 

 Eye " . 



Orchard " 



Red Top or Herd " . 

 Mixed Lawn " . 



1 bu. 



NUMBER OF PLANTS PRODUCED FROM ONE OUNCE OF SEED, AS FOLLOWS: 



Asparagus about 5n0 Kale about 2 000 



Broccoli 



Cabbage 



Cauliflower 



Celery 



Egg Plant.. 

 Endive 



^000 Leek 

 2,000 ■ Lettuce. 

 2,000 Pepper.. 

 3,000 Tomato. 



1,000 Sage 



3,000 Thvrae.. 



1,000 

 3,000 

 2.000 

 3.000 

 1,000 

 5,000 



Novelties and Special Varieties in Vegetable Seeds for 1880, will be found in our 

 ment following page 80 in this Garden Calendar. 



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