THE WILLIAM EWING CO., LIMITED 
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 
Turnip 
60-80 plants . 
1 pint 
2 ounces 
}4 ounce . . . . 
% ounce. . . . 
1 ounce 
]/i ounce. . . . 
% ounce . . . . 
Seeds or 
Plants 
required for 
100-ft. row. 
M pint. . , 
)/2 ounce . 
\4 ounce. 
]/2 ounce. 
]/2 ounce . . . 
I ounce. . . . 
I oimce. . . . 
1 quart sets. 
1 quart sets . 
1 quart sets. 
)4 ounce . . . 
ounce . . . 
pint 
ounce .... 
5 pounds . . . 
1 ounce. . . . 
1 ounce. . . . 
33 plants. . . 
1 ounce .... 
1 ounce 
1 ounce. . . . 
1 ounce. . . . 
1-2 ounces. . 
14 ounce. . . . 
Yi ounce . 
Plants thinned 
or set in rows. 
18 inches. . 
4-6 inches . 
2- 3 inches. 
18 inches. . 
1 feet 
1-2 inches. 
l}^-2feet. 
3- 6 inches . 
3 feet in hills, 15 in. in rows. 
3 feet 
IM feet 
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 
18 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 
2]/r-Z ft.; single stem method, 18 
inches 
2-4 inches 
Depth of 
planting 
of seed. 
4-6 in. 
V2-2 in. 
^-1 in. 
Hin.. . 
Vi'm.. . 
H'm.. . 
in- • • 
Yi in.. . 
1-2 in. 
1 in.. . 
Y2 in.. 
Yiva. 
J^in.... 
1 in 
1 in 
V$ in 
1 in 
in 
3 in 
J^in.... 
Yi'va--- 
2 in 
}^ in 
2-4 in. . . 
1-1 in. 
H'm.. .. 
M'm.. .. 
Y2in.... 
I-IY2 in. 
1-1 1^ in. 
Y2-I in. . 
^in.... 
H-14 in. 
Time of planting in 
open ground. 
Early Spring 
May-June 
May- June. . . . : I 
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. 1.5-Apr. 1. 
May 
June-August 15 
June; May 15 in frames 
June 
May 
May 
Hotbed in March l 
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 
May and June; hotbed March 15-April 1 
May, June, July 
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. 
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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