HOME VEGETABLE GARDENING 
VEGETABLES FOR HOTBED CULTURE 
KIND AND VARIETY 
DISTANCE 
APART TO 
PLANT 
DAYS RE- 
QUIRED TO 
YIELD CROP 
COMPANION 
CROPS 
Bean, Triumph of Frame 
) 
45-50 
Bean, Early Wonder .... 
y 4x8" 
42-45 
1 Radishes 
Bean, Dwarf French Forcing 
f 
45-50 
F Cress 
J Parsley 
Beet, Electric 
40-45 
Carrots 
Beet, Crosby’s Egyptian . 
> 2x6" 
45-50 
Onions from 
set 
Beet, Eclipse 
J 
50-52 
Kohlrabi to 
follow 
Carrot, French Forcing 
i T v G 1 " 
45-50 
Lettuce 
Carrot, Gold Ball 
5 o-S 5 
Radish 
Spinach 
Kohlrabi, White Vienna . 
2 x 6 " 
55 - 6 o 
Beets, Car- 
Lettuce, Grand Rapids 
) 
35-45 
rots 
Radishes 
Lettuce, Big Boston 
y 6 x 6 ” 
40-50 
Carrots 
Lettuce, Mignonette . 
f 
45-55 
Beets 
Radish, Rapid Red .... 
Radish, French Forcing . 
j- 1x4” 
\ 18-25 
Lettuce 
Radish, Early Frame .... 
t 
Carrots 
Radish, Icicle . 
[ 2x4 
\ 25-35 
Beets 
Spinach, Thick-Leaved 
2 X 4" 
30 
Radishes, 
Onions 
Note. All vegetables grown under glass will thrive better after February 1 st 
than earlier during the winter. 
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