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VEIRYTMSHG FOR FARM AHD GARDEH I 
PLANTING TABLE 
Quantity of seeds or number of plants required for loo feet of row, with distance to plant, 
times for planting, and period required for the production of the crops. In column 3, 
where seed is sown, plants are thinned to given distance for better quality. 
Kind of Vegetable. 
Asparagus plants . 
Beans, bush 
Beets 
Cabbage, early . . . 
Cabbage, late .... 
Carrot 
Cauliflower 
Celery 
Corn, sweet. 
Cucumbers . 
Egg Plant . . 
Lettuce. . . . 
Melon, Musk 
Melon, Water 
Onion, seeds 
Onion, sets 
Onions, transplanted. 
Egyptian Perennial . . 
Parsley 
Parsnip 
Peas 
Pepper 
Potato, Irish 
Pumpkin 
Radish 
Rhubarb, plants 
Salsify 
Spinach 
Squash, Summer 
Squash, Winter 
Swiss Chard 
Tomato 
Seeds or 
Plants 
required for 
100-ft. row. 
60-80 plants . 
1 pint 
2 ounces 
ounce .... 
% ounce ... 
1 ounce 
14, ounce ... 
14 ounce .... 
]/2 pint . . 
ounce . 
M ounce. 
ounce . 
Turn 
ip. 
]/2 ounce . . . 
1 ounce. . . . 
ounce .... 
1 quart sets . 
1 quart sets. 
1 quart sets . 
yi ounce . . . . 
ounce . . . . 
3^ pint 
ounce 
■5 pounds . . . . 
1 ounce 
1 ounce 
33 plants .... 
1 ounce 
1 ounce 
1 ounce 
1 ounce 
1-2 ounces . . . 
]/i ounce 
Plants thinned 
or set in rows. 
18 inches. . 
4-6 inches . 
2- 3 inches. 
18 inches. . 
2 feet 
■2 inches. 
1J4-2 feet. 
3- 6 inches. 
J4 ounce . 
Depth of 
planting 
of seed. 
4-6 in. . 
H-2 in. 
J^-1 in. 
3 feet in hills, 15 in. in rows. 
3 feet 
IMfeet 
Leaf, 4-6 in 
Head, 8-10 in 
Hills, 4^6 feet 
Hills, 6 feet : 
2 inches 
1 inch 
3 inches 
1 inch 
2 inches 
3- 4 inches 
2 inches 
1 8 inches 
12-15 inches 
Hills, 6 feet 
1 inch 
3 feet 
2 inches 
4- 6 inches 
Hills 3-4 feet 
Hills 6 feet 
8-10 inches 
2J^-3 ft.; single stem method, 18 
inches 
2-4 inches 
J^in.. 
Hin.. 
14 in.. 
H in.. . 
1-2 in. 
1 in.. . 
V2 in. . 
in. . . 
Viin... 
1 in. . . . 
1 in.. . . 
Min... 
1 in.. . . 
H in. . . 
3 in. . , . 
% in.. 
3^ in. . . 
2 in.. . . 
H'm. . . 
2-4 in. . 
1-1 in 
Vom... 
14 in 
1-1 M in. 
l-VA in. 
H-1 in.. 
^in. 
Time of planting in 
open ground. 
Early Spring 
May- June 
May-June 
May; seed started in hotbed Mar. 15. . 
June 15-July 1 ; seed started May 15 . . 
May, June 
Same as Cabbage 
May and June; seed started in hotbed 
March and April 
May- June 
May 25-June 
May 25-June; hotbed Mar. 15-Apr. 1 
May 
June-August 15 
June; May 15 in frames 
June 
May 
May 
Hotbed in March 
September 
May ■ 
May 
May, June 
June; start in hotbed March 15 
May 
June 
May, June, August 
Early Spring 
May 
May and August 
May and June 
May and June 
May 
Ready for 
use after 
seed sown. 
2-3 yrs. 
50-65 dys. 
60-80 dys. 
90-130 dys. 
120-150 dys. 
75-110 dys. 
100-130 dys. 
120-150 dys. 
75-100 dys. 
60-80 dys. 
100-140 dys. 
60-90 dys. 
60-90 dys. 
120-150 dys. 
100-120 dys. 
130-150 dys. 
90-100 dys. 
130-150 dys. 
May and June; hotbed March 15-April 1 
May, June, July 
90-120 dys. 
125-160 dys. 
60-80 dys. 
100-140 dys. 
80-140 dys. 
100-140 dys. 
20-40 dys. 
1-3 yrs. 
120-180 dys. 
40-60 dys. 
60-80 dys. 
120-160 dys. 
60-80 dys. 
140 dys. 
60-80 dys. 
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