22 The J. Bolgiano Seed Company, Baltimore, Md. 



CULTURAL NOTES 



FOR THE 



VEGETABLE GARDEN 



We receive each year, both from farmers and from those who cultivate a small home garden, many requests 

 for information on individual gardening problems. 



And so, we are adding to our catalogue this year these cultural notes and suggestions, based on inquiries in 

 these letters received, in the hope that they may prove to be a help, and that this catalogue may come to be 

 used as a guide and a source of information by our friends and customers. These notes are written mainly for 

 the amateur gardener starting possibly to cultivate a plot of ground, but contain also many helpful sugges- 

 tions to the practical farmer. 



We wish to be of service and if the answer to a question is not to be found here, if you will write to us, we 

 will consider it a pleasure to be of all the assistance we can. 



It is evident to the reader that information given mast be general in character. This is a large country and 

 statements which would apply in Florida could hardly hold true in Maine. The basis of these notes is condi- 

 tions in the state of Maryland, and the reader must use his good judgment based on information given 

 below in making allowances for the section in which he lives. 



Location of the Garden 



The ideal spot for a garden is on a gentle slope of loamy soil on high ground facing south or southeast and 

 protected from the prevailing cold winds by a windbreak. To be successful, a garden plot must have at least 

 five hours of sunlight a day. It must be fairly well drained and have deep soil. A good indication of a desir- 

 able garden location is where weeds grow profusely. 



Location is not always a matter of choice, but a garden may be produced on many spots which at first glance 

 do not appear at all likely. Much depends on the gardener. Wet or soggy ground may be drained; land 

 covered with stones or refuse appear far more promising when cleared, and it is- surprising what preparation 

 will do the soil. 



Planning the Garden 



One of the interesting things about the garden is the variety and quantity which it is possible to obtain if 

 a study is made of follow crops and sequence of planting of garden vegetables. A comparatively small space 

 may be made to produce almost continuously from early spring until late fall. To do this it is necessary to 

 plan the garden. 



The conditions which must be considered are, section of the country, size of the garden and the taste 

 of the individual gardener. Allowance must be made that in certain sections of the country some of the 

 follow crops suggested would not mature. The size of the garden is a limiting factor as it sometimes becomes 

 a matter of decision between two equally desired vegetables, lacking space for both ; and the individual taste 

 of the gardener enters into the planning as some of the best vegetables suggested may not be to his liking. 



To allow the gardener, to best advantage, to make a choice of vegetables, there is listed below suggestions in 

 starting seed in order to plant them in the open ground at the earliest possible date. By comparison of this 

 information with the column showing number of days from seeding to maturity on the planting table the 

 gardener has the means of figuring out the greatest use of his space and of confining it to vegetables to the 

 individual liking. 



1. Seed which may be planted in hot beds or seed flats before the time of outdoor planting. 



(A) These vegetables may be planted before the ground is warm and Avhen there is still danger from late 

 frosts. 



Early Cabbage Early Beet 



Lettuce . Kohl Eabi 



