SCHEirs Quality Seeds 
They Grow Better • They Yi eld Better ■ They Are Absolutely the Best 
BRED FOR QUALITY AND BRED TO YIELD 
NEW CROP-VITALITY TESTS MADE-READY FOR PLANTING 
There have been MORE of Schell's Quality Seeds planted every year than each preecdiiiK year, 
without a single exception. Why is it? Not because they are cheaper in price than others, for they are 
not; we cannot grow the best seeds cheaply; to do anything better costs more. I never offer any bargain 
seeds, for I never have them. But because they produce the highest-quality vegetables ancl crops of all 
kinds, is why gardeners, farmers, Horists, and all who entrust their seed orders to me stay with me year 
after year, and others are coming continually as they learn that Schell's Quality Seeds Grow Better 
and They Yield Better. 
This is what I hear from my new customers after the first order — read it: 
J. O. Russell, N. J., writes, Februarj' 24, 1915: "Dear Sir: 1 was highly pleased with the seeds I 
received from you last year. (Note this next paragrai^h of his letter.) Your seeds were most satisfactory 
of all I had, and the returns were double that of seeds from other parties. Vou may expect my order in 
the near future when I decide on what I wish to plant this season." 
Send your order to me — do not compare prices, compare quality. Too much depends on the crop to 
run the risk of cheap seeds. 
START RIGHT. ORDER SCHELL'S QUALITY SEEDS 
Planting Table for Vegetables and Plants 
I give the following planting table a.s a Buide for my customers. 
Be careful to watch the depth; this is vcrj- important. Seed sown too deep or not deep enough may mean the failure of that 
seed to germinate properly. For instance — if the soil is wet and cold in the spring, and you get the Corn just a trifle deeper than it 
should be. it will rot in the ground and fail to grow. The same is true of Lima Beans and the tender-podded Yellow Beans. Don't 
get the seed too deep. 
DistFince apart in the 
row 
Depth to 
cover 
3 in., transplant in i 
year 
2 ft. 
Thin to 4 in. 
1 in. 
5 or 6 in. 
2 in. 
Thin to 3 plants to a 
pole 
I in. 
Thin to s in. 
2 ft. 
I in. 
16-24 i"' 
Tliin to 5 in, 
6 in. 
Kin. 
in. 
Scatter is seeds in 
hill; thin out later 
2 in. 
>2in. 
Thin to 6-ro in. 
Scatter 15 seeds in hill; 
tliin out later 
Thin to 4 in. 
Thin to f) in. 
Thin to 5 in. 
20 in. 
("Continuous row 
12-18 in. 
><in. 
ySin. 
,'<in. 
y/m. 
' 2 in. 
3 B in. 
4 in. 
Thin to 3 in. 
3 ft. 
Red. 2 ft. 
Black. ft. 
Thin to 5 in. 
jin. 
2 or 3 in. 
T in. 
y, in. 
15-20 in. 
Have crown 
level with 
ground 
Variety 
Asparagus Seed 
Asparagus Plants. . . 
Bean, String 
Bean, Lima — 
Pole 
Bush 
Beet , 
Blackberry Plants.. . 
Cabbage and Cauli- 
flower Plants. . . . 
Carrot 
Celery Plants 
Corn, Sweet 
Cucumber 
Currant and Goose' 
berry Plants. . . , 
Eggplant Plants 
Lettuce 
Melon, Musk 
Melon, Water 
Onion Seed 
Parsley 
Parsnip 
Pepper Plants 
Peas 
Potato 
Radish 
Rhubarb Plants 
Raspberry Plants. . . . 
Spinach 
Squash; Pumpkin. . . 
Strawberry Plants . . . 
For horse cultivation 
have rows 
2K ft. apart 
4 ft. apart 
2y ft. apart 
4 X 4 ft. apart 
2y< X ly ft. apart 
2; 2 ft. apart 
8 ft. apart 
2}4 ft. apart 
2y ft. apart 
3-4 ft. apart 
4 ft. apart 
5 X s or 6 X 4 ft. apart 
5 X 5 ft. apart 
2y X 2y ft. apart 
2y ft. apart 
6 X 4 ft. apart 
8 X 8 ft. apart 
2>2 ft. apart 
ft. apart 
2M ft. apart 
2M ft. apart 
3-4 ft. apart 
3 ft. apart 
2y2 ft. apart 
4 ft. apart 
6 ft. apart 
2M ft. apart 
8x8ft. (Bush Squash 
4x4 ft.) 
4 ft. apart 
For hoe or wheel- 
lioe cultivation 
have rows 
Tomato Plants 1 4 x 4 ft. apart 
1 ft. apart 
3 ft. apart 
2 ft. apart 
4 X 3 ft. aiiart 
2 x iM ft. apart 
1 ft. apart 
6 ft. apart 
2 ft. apart 
1 ft. apart 
2-3 ft. apart 
Same 
Same 
5 X 4 ft. apart 
2 X 2 ft. ai)art 
ili-2 ft. apart 
Same 
Same 
T2-15 in. apart 
I ft. apart 
1 ft. apart 
2 ft. aijart 
2^-3 ft. apart 
2-2y ft. apart 
I ft. apart 
3 ft. apart 
5 ft. apart 
I ft. apart 
Same 
3 ft. apart 
4 X 3 ft. apart 
Time to make first 
planting in Pa. out- 
doors. (See footnote.) 
March- April. 
March-April 
May 10-15 
May 20-25 
March-April 
April; or in the fall 
Early kinds. April; late 
kinds, June 
March-April 
Early crop. May; late 
crop, early July 
First sowing, early May 
May IS 
April; or in the fail 
June I 
M arch-April 
May 15 
May 15-20 
March-April 
Early Ajjril 
March-April 
June I 
March-April 
Early, March-April; 
late, May-June 
March-April 
Marcli-April 
Karly si)ring 
March-April (or fall) 
May 15-20 
April (Pot-grown 
plants in August.) 
May 2S-Junc i 
Note. — Planting-time varies according to season and locality; dates given above are only approximate, and are based on the 
latitude of Pennsylvania: allow about five days difference for each 100 miles north or south of this state.. Do not work soil in ^ 
sprints wliile it is very wet and sotrgy; wait. Plants set in autumn must be well mulched with strawy manure, leaves, etc., during 
the first winter. Successional plantings of Corn. Peas, Beans, Beets, Lettuce, Radish, etc., may be made right along during the 
summer after the dates given for the first planting. 
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