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 o 



f vitamins B and G (important for 



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 Sprouts 



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 for a vegetable and flower garden 



BACK OF GARDEN 



Radish 



Leaf lettuce 



Carrot 



Swiss chard 



Bush Beans 



Lilliput Zinnias 



Dwarf Marigolds 



9 in. 



9 in. 



9 in. 



1 ft. 



1 ft. 



1 ft. 



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. 



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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. 



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