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The J. Bolgiano Seed Company, Baltimore, Md. 



3. Seeds which may be planted in the garden in succession in the open. 



Stringless Beans Corn 



Lettuce 



Beets 

 Carrots 

 Peas 

 Spinach 



Radish 

 Turnip 



For succession planting allow about two weeks between each planting. This will give a continuous 

 supply of ripe vegetables of any of the above varieties. 



One point always to be borne in mind is, in follow crops on the same ground, do not plant the same 

 vegetables. For example, do not follow cabbage in the same ground that cabbage has just been raised. The 

 reason for this is that plant disease is more easily developed and continued if this is done. 



Time Of Planting 



Map No. 1. Outline map of the United States, showing zones based on the average date 

 of the last killing frost in the spring. The time of planting for the various vegetables is 

 determined for every section by the dates given on this map. 



The accompanying planting tables, together with the frost -zone maps, are based upon records of the 

 United States Weather Bureau covering a period of 20 years and are intended to serve as a guide for deter- 

 mining the earliest dates that the various garden crops may be planted in the spring; also the latest dates 

 that it will be safe to plant certain crops and have them mature before the first killing frost in the autumn. 

 It should be borne in mind that there is a difference of several days in the frost occurrence within each 

 zone; this is due to differences in altitude and latitude, and also to the proximity of bodies of water and 

 large tracts of timber. 



In zones, A, B, C, and parts of zone D, cabbage, turnips, spinach, kale, collards and certain varieties of 

 onions may be grown in the open ground throughout the winter. In certain parts of zone E spinach and kale 

 may be grown all winter. In zone F such crops as sweet potatoes, melons, eggplants, and peppers should be 

 planted only under the most favorable conditions, as the season is sometimes too short for their full devel- 

 opment under adverse conditions. 



