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BULLETIN 1427, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
Table 3. — Data in regard to planting, yield, etc., of vegetables in the acre garden 
at the Northern Great Plains Field Station, Mandan, N. Dak., from 1920 to 
Year 
Date 
planted 
Row 
length 
or 
number 
of hills 
(feet) 
Planting 
distance 
(inches) 
Stand 
(per 
cent) 
Date 
when 
first 
ready 
Yield 
Vegetable, class, and 
variety 
Total 
Per 100 
feet of 
row, or 
10 hills 
Unit of 
measure 
Cauliflower, early: 
Burpee's Best Early. 
Do . 
1920 
1921 
1922 
1923 
1924 
1920 
1921 
1922 
1923 
1924 
1923 
1924 
1920 
1920 
1921 
1922 
1922 
1923 
1924 
1920 
1921 
1922 
1923 
1924 
1920 
1920 
1921 
1921 
1921 
1922 
1922 
1922 
1923 
1923 
1923 
1924 
1924 
1924 
1924 
1920 
1921 
1921 
1922 
1923 
1924 
1920 
1921 
1922 
1923 
1924 
1920 
1921 
1921 
1922 
1922 
1923 
1923 
1924 
1924 
Mar. 15 
Mar. 17 
Mar. 15 
...do 
...do 
Apr. 15 
Apr. 20 
Apr. 27 
May 1 
Apr. 20 
Mar. 15 
...do 
Apr. 28 
...do 
Apr. 22 
Apr. 25 
...do 
Apr. 21 
Apr. 22 
Apr. 28 
Apr. 22 
Apr. 25 
Apr. 21 
Apr. 22 
Apr. 28 
May 4 
Apr. 22 
May 6 
May 18 
Apr. 25 
May 9 
May 22 
Apr. 21 
May 4 
May 18 
Apr. 22 
May 7 
May 28 
Mar. 15 
May 16 
Apr. 30 
May 15 
May 12 
May 6 
May 7 
May 3 
May 18 
May 22 
May 23 
May 28 
May 3 3 
May 6 
June 2 
May 9* 
June 2 
May 1 
May 25 
May 7 
May 29 
160 
160 
160 
160 
160 
160 
160 
160 
160 
160 
160 
80 
640 
960 
1,920 
.1, 280 
480 
1,760 
1,760 
320 
320 
320 
320 
320 
160 
480 
320 
320 
320 
320 
320 
320 
320 
320 
320 
320 
320 
320 
80 
1,240 
480 
960 
1,440 
1,440 
1,440 
160 
160 
320 
320 
320 
2,560 
1,280 
1,280 
1,280 
1,280 
1,280 
1,120 
1,280 
1,120 
36 by 24. 
...do 
...do 
...do 
...do 
...do 
...do 
...do 
...do 
...do 
...do 
...do 
18 by 3.. 
18 by 2-. 
...do 
...do 
...do 
...do 
...do 
36 by 3.. 
...do 
...do 
...do 
...do 
36 by 1- 
— do 
..-do 
...do 
...do 
...do 
...do 
...do 
...do 
...do 
...do 
...do 
—do 
...do 
36 by 24. 
36 by 20. 
... do 
...do 
...do 
...do 
36 by 5.. 
— do 
—do 
...do 
...do 
36 by 20. 
... do 
...do 
...do 
...do 
...do 
...do 
—do 
—do 
90 
65 
95 
10 
98 
65 
12 
85 

^98 
100 
75 
65 
75 
75 
100 
85 
95 
98 
65 
90 
95 
90 
98 
50 
85 
100 
100 
98 
75 
75 
65 
90 
75 
75 
90 
95 
95 
100 
98 
100 
95 
98 
98 
90 
98 
75 
98 
100 
100 
80 
85 
98 
75 
85 
100 
100 
65 
100 
June 22 
June 29 
July 7 
Aug. 14 
July 24 
Sept. 28 
46 
28 
135 
4 
106 
8 

81 

92 
112 
9 
135 
226 
388 
773 
124 
1,332 
1,195 
67 
97 
335 
450 
429 
7 
22 
24 
11 
14 
45 
71 
44 
39 
52 
40 
88 
71 
76 
179 
800 
( 2 ) 
( 2 ) 
1,125 
1,138 
1,068 
135 
75 
300 
500 
457 
242 
30 
470 
700 
700 
920 
648 
1,230 
1,270 
28.8 
17.5 
84.4 
2.5 
66.3 
5.0 

50.6 

57.5 
70.0 
11.3 
21.1 
23.5 
20.2 
60.4 
25.8 
75.7 
67.9 
20.9 
30.3 
104.7 
140.6 
134.1 
4.4 
4.6 
7.5 
3.4 
4.4 
14.1 
22.2 
13.8 
12.2 
16.3 
12.5 
27.5 
22.2 
23.8 
223.8 
64.5 
"~78.T 
79.0 
74.2 
84.4 
46.9 
93.8 
156.3 
142.8 
9.5 
2.3 
36.7 
54.7 
54.7 
71.9 
57.9 
96.1 
113.4 
Pounds. 
Do. 
Do 
Do. 
Do.... 
Do. 
Do . 
Do. 
Cauliflower, fall: 
Snowball... . 
Do. 
Do 
Do 
Sept. 10 
Do. 
Do... 
Dry Weather 
Eggplant: 
Black Beauty 
Do 
Aug. 7 
July 27 
Sept. 2 
Sept. 28 
...do 
Sept. 21 
Sept. 2 
...do 
Sept. 6 
Sept. 15 
Sept. 28 
Sept. 21 
Sept. 26 
Sept. 22 
Oct. 8 
June 22 
July 1 
June 21 
June 28 
July 1 
June 24 
July 1 
July 22 
June 18 
June 26 
July 10 
July 3 
July 15 
July 22 
Aug. 15 
July 14 
Do. 
Fruits. 
Do. 
Onions: 
Australian Brown.. . 
Southport Yellow 
Globe. 
Do 
Do 
Pounds. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Australian Brown . . . 
Southport Yellow 
Globe. 
Do 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Parsnips: 
Guernsey . 
Do. 
Improved Guernsey . 
Do 
Do. 
Do. 
Do 
Do. 
Do 
Do. 
Peas: 
Alaska 
Quarts. 
Notts Excelsior 
Alaska. ... _ 
Do. 
Do. 
Notts Excelsior 
Do 
Do. 
Do. 
Alaska 
Do. 
Notts Excelsior 
Do 
Do. 
Do. 
Alaska 
Do. 
Notts Excelsior 
Do 
Do. 
Do. 
Alaska . . ... 
Do. 
Notts Excelsior 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Peppers: 
Ruby King 
Fruits. 
Potato: 
Early Ohio. .. 
Pounds. 
Do 
Do 
Do 
July 18 
July 14 
Aug. 11 
Sept. 28 
Sept. 21 
Sept. 26 
Sept. 23 
Aug. 22 
Aug. 11 
Aug. 18 
Aug. 23 
Aug. 9 
Aug. 23 
Aug. 4 
Aug. 18 
Aug. 28 
Sept. 9 
Do. 
Do 
Do. 
Do - 
Do. 
Rutabagas: 
Golden Neckless 
Do 
Do. 
Do. 
Do 
Do. 
Do 
Do. 
Do 
Do. 
Sweet corn: 
Golden Bantam 
Do 
Ears. 
Do. 
Do 
Do. 
Do 
Do. 
Do.... 
Do. 
Do 
Do. 
Do.... 
Do. 
Do 
Do. 
Do 
Do. 
2 Yield good, but data were lost. 
3 One half planted May 3 and the other half May 16. 
i Only 5 per cent stand obtained. Replanted May 20. 
