Quick-reference chart for vitamins in 
vegetables fresh from your garden 
Prepared from material furnished by Michigan State College and Cornell University (N. Y.) 
Excellent sources of vitamin A (important for promotion of 
bodily health and vigor and resistance to infection): 
Green Snap Beans Garden Cress Peas 
Beet Greens Dandelion Greens Green and Red 
Green Sprouting Escarolle Peppers 
Broccoli (Broad Leaved Pumpkin 
Raw Green Cabbage Batavian Endive) Spinach 
Chinese Cabbage Kale Squash 
Carrots Green Lettuce Swiss Chard 
Green Celery Mustard Greens Tomato 
Collards Parsley Turnip Greens 
Excellent sources of vitamins B and G (important for stim- 
ulation of appetite and digestion): 
Green Snap Beans Collards Peas 
Beet Greens Dandelion Greens Radish 
Green Sprouting Kale Spinach 
Broccoli Lettuce Tomato 
Cabbage Mustard Greens Turnip 
Carrots Turnip Greens 
Excellent sources of vitamin C (important for promotion of 
proper growth, especially in children, and for anti-scurvy): 
Brussels; Sproyts Kohl Rabi Radish 
Raw Cabbage Mustard Greens Rutabaga 
Cauliflower Parsley Spinach 
Chinese Cabbage Green Peas Tomato 
Collards Green & Red Turnip 
Dandelion Greens Peppers Turnip Greens 
Especially valuable in the diet because high in most of the 
important vitamins: 
Green Snap Beans Collards Mustard Greens 
Green Sprouting Dandelion Greens Peas 
Broccoli Kale Spinach 
Raw Cabbage Green Lettuce Tomato 
Carrots Turnip Greens 
For the junior gardeners in your home..... 
A plan fora vegetable and flower garden 
BACK OF GARDEN 
9 in. 
Radish 
Leaf lettuce 9 in. 
Carrot ! 9 in. 
Swiss chard Tit. 
Bush Beans 1 ft: 
Lilliput Zinnias 1 ft. 
| 
Dwarf Marigolds 9 in. 
A garden of this size (4 feet wide by 6 feet long) will 
give a world of pleasure to boys and girls between the 
ages of six and twelve. The vegetables and flowers 
suggested are easy to grow and easy to care for. 
With very little help, a boy or girl can lay out this 
simple garden using a ruler or yardstick for spacing and 
to make the rows straight, leaving the number of inches 
indicated between rows. 
Gardening is now being taught children in thousands of 
schools throughout the country. Individuals or groups 
who would like to see this worthwhile educational ac- 
tivity develop in their localities can get helpful informa- 
tion from the National Garden Institute, 1368 North 
High St., Columbus 1, Ohio. 
