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T HE GARDEN MAGAZINE 
January, 1917 
DEPENDABLE RADISHES FOR SPRING, SUMMER AND WINTER 
TOMATOES AS ONLY AMERICA CAN GROW THEM 
One packet sows 39 feet of row. .'Vn ounce each of an extra early round and long white, 
plus a packet each of a summer and winter variety will provide for the whole year. 
VARIETIES 
FIRST 
ROOTS 
READY 
IN 
50% 
READY 
D.AYS 
LATER 
SIZE OF TOPS 
WHEN OF 
EATABLE SI/E 
KEEPING 
QUALI- 
TIES* 
Extra Early Scarlet Turnip 
30 days 
7 days 
8-10 small leaves 
good 
\\ hite Box 
32 days 
10 days 
large 
excellent 
Sparkler 
27 days 
6 days 
6-8 medium leaves 
good 
Hailstone 
24 days 
5 days 
6 small leaves 
fair 
Snowball 
25 days 
5 days 
6 small leaves 
fair 
Rapid Red 
22 days 
4 days 
4-6 small leaves 
excellent 
Crimson Giant Globe .... 
26 days 
7 days 
8-10 large leaves 
fair 
Vick’s Scarlet Globe .... 
31 days 
10 days 
8-10 large leaves 
good 
W hite Olive Shape! 
25 days 
7 days 
6-8 small leaves 
fair 
Scarlet Olive Shaped .... 
25 days 
9 days 
6-8 medium leaves 
good 
french Breakfast 
25 days 
7 days 
6 small leaves 
good 
Icicle 
35 days 
8 days 
8-10 large leaves 
excellent 
Long Scarlet Short Top 
40 days 
5 days 
8-10 large leaves 
good 
Cincinnati Market 
40 days 
10 days 
8-10 large leaves 
excellent 
Lady Finger 
42 days 
10 days 
big tops 
excellent 
Chartiers i summer 
40 days 
10 days 
big tops 
excellent 
White Chinese or Celestial ) 
67 days 
72 days 
large leaves and tops 
excellent 
Round Black Spanish f ” 
75 days 
90 days 
mea. leaves, large top 
excellent 
♦Note: “Fair” sorts deteriorate at end of first week. “Good” sorts stand 10 days-2 
weeks. “Excellent” sorts are good as long as they last. 
CABBAGES FOR GENERAL USE 
A packet of cabbage seed contains more than enough to raise all the plants you and 
your neighbor can use. For the average home garden, a dozen plants of an early and 
of a midseason sort and two dozen each of a late and a Savoy cabbage fill all requirements. 
VARIETY NAME 
NirMBER 
DAYS FROM 
SEED TO 
HEADS 
TYPICAL 
SHAPE 
MOST SUITABLE SOIL 
Early Jersey Wakefield. 
100-110 
Conical 
Medium light for early planting 
Eureka First Early . 
100-110 
Round 
Medium light for early planting 
Allhead Early 
120-125 
Flatround 
Medium light for early planting 
Copenhagen Market 
100-110 
Round 
Strong, medium heavy 
All Seasons .... 
130-135 
Round 
Grows well in any good soil 
Succession .... 
135-140 
Flatround 
Medium light to fairly heavy. Not 
too wet 
Premium Flat Dutch 
150-160 
Flat 
Medium light to fairly heavy. Not 
too wet 
Danish Ballhead 
150-160 
Round 
Strong soil, free from stem rot 
bacteria 
Impr. American Savoy. 
150-160 
Round 
Average good 
Danish Round Red. 
150-160 
Round 
Strong, rather heavy 
THE FITTEST AMONG LETTUCES 
One packet each of an early, midseason and late variety generally contains enough 
seeds for a season’s sowings in the small home garden. One ounce will sow a row. 150 
feet long. All heading varieties must be transplanted or “ thinned” out, to form heads. 
VARIETIES 
FIRST 
READY 
FOR USE 
HABIT 
OF 
GROWTH 
COLOR OF PLA.NT 
Early Loose-Leaf 
Black Seeded Simpson 
Grand Rapids 
Prizehead 
50 days 
48 days 
56 days 
Spreading 
Upright 
Upright 
Light yellowish green 
Light green 
Brownish, green and bronze 
Early Butterhead 
Black Seeded Tennisball 
Black Seeded Big Boston 
Wayahead 
Naumburger 
56 days 
56 days 
52 days 
57 days 
Spreading 
Upright 
Upright 
Upright 
Deep yellowish green 
Light green, brown edge 
Dark yellow green 
Dark green, brown spots 
Midseason Butterhead 
California Cream Butter 
411 
Speckled Dutch Butter 
66 days 
61 days 
68 days 
Upright 
Spreading 
Upright 
Dark green with large brown spots 
Dark green 
Light green, red tinge on edge of leaves 
Late Butter and Crisp- 
head 
Brown Dutch 
Iceberg 
New York 
Crisp as Ice 
70 days 
56 days 
60 days 
65 days 
Spreading 
Upright 
Upright 
Upright 
Dark green, with brown tints 
Light green, pink edges 
Dark green 
Dark green with bronze shades 
Cos Lettuce 
Paris white 
67 days 
Upright 
Dark green 
ji. 
Remark: “First ready for use” stands for typical plants perfectly developed. 
The average packet of standard sorts (.not novelties) contains 500 seeds of which, as a 
rule, 300 plants can be raised. One dozen plants each of an early pink and purple sort 
and two dozen plants of two main crop varieties supply all the tomatoes a family of six 
can eat. with a surplus of 5 bushels for canning — under favorable soil and season conditions 
NAMES OF SORTS 
FIRST 
FRUIT 
RIPENED 
AFTER 
DIAMETER 
(INCHES) 
WEIGHT 
OF 
AVERAGE 
FRUIT 
IN 
OUNCES 
SEASON OF 
BEARING 
AVERAGE 
NUMBER 
FRUITS 
PER 
PLANT 
CROSS 
SECTION 
STALK TO 
BLOSSOM 
Red or Scarlet 
Spark's Earliana 
100 days 
2i 
2 
6 
Short, 2 pickings 
15 
Chalk’s Early Jewel 
108 days 
3i 
21 
7 
Long, 4 pickings 
19 
Stone 
116 days 
3i 
21 
9i 
Late, 3 pickings 
20 
Coreless 
120 days 
31 
3 
91 
Late, 3 pickings 
15 
Dwarf Stone 
114 days 
2! 
2i 
6{ 
Late, 3 pickings 
12 
Pink or Purple 
June Pink 
98 days 
2J 
2i 
6 
Short. 2 pickings 
15 
Beauty 
108 days 
3 
21 
7 
Early. 3 pickings 
16 
Globe 
114 days 
3 
21 
71 
Early, 4 pickings 
18 
Magnus 
116 days 
31 
21 
7 
3 pickings 
20 
Trucker’s Favorite 
116 days 
3 
2i 
65 
Late. 3 pickings 
16 
BEETS THAT ARE FIT TO BE EATEN 
The regulation packet will sow 20 feet of row. For a constant supply sow a fifteen 
foot row every week from the middle of .April until August first. One ounce each of an 
early midseason and late sort provides enough beets throughout summer, fall and winter. 
VARIETY NAME 
READY 
FOR 
USE 
IN 
“FIT” 
CONDI- 
TION 
NOTES 
Eclipse 
Crosby’s Improved Egyptian 
Detroit Dark Red 
Electric 
Fireball 
Crimson Globe .... 
Early Model 
Columbia 
Edward’s Early .... 
Black Red Ball .... 
60 days 
62 days 
65 days 
65 days 
68 days 
70 days 
70 days 
75 days 
78 days 
80 days 
10 days 
15 days 
20 days 
28 days 
30 days 
20 days 
10 days 
30 days 
30 days 
30 days 
Tough when overgrown 
Uniformly sweet while young 
The ideal early beet for home gardens 
Rapid grower of steady quality 
Always sweet, flavor hard to beat 
Develops over a long season 
Stringy when over grown 
Ideal late beet for poor soil 
The ideal main crop sort 
Good even after over grown 
THE REIGNING DOZEN 
BUSH BEANS 
The average packet will sow 30 feet of row. For a constant supply sow a fifteen foot 
row every week from May 15th until July 15th. One quart of seeds will grow all the 
beans that will be needed for a family of five. 
VARIETY NAME 
READY 
FOR 
TABLE I.N 
LENGTH 
OF POD 
(INCHES) 
SEASON 
OF 
BEARING 
Bountiful 
60 days 
65 
6 weeks 
Hodson Green Po! 
80 days 
7 
Until frost 
Full Measure 
65 days 
6 
4 weeks 
Fordhook Favorite 
70 days 
55 
5 weeks 
Keeney’s Stringless Refugee 
80 days 
5 
Until frost 
Stringless White Wax 
70 days 
5 
5 weeks 
Burpee’s New Kidney Wax 
60 days 
65 
6 weeks 
Sure Crop Wax 
65 days 
65 
Until frost 
Hodson Wax 
75 days 
61 
Until frosl 
Pencil Pod Black Wax 
70 days 
5 
Short 
Brittle Wax 
65 days 
55 
6 weeks 
Keeney’s Stringless Refugee Wax 
75 days 
5 
Until frost 
ONIONS OF SPECIAL MERIT 
One packet each of an early white, large early yellow and late red generally supplies 
all the onions for moderate use in an average family. A packet sows 25 feet of row which. 
on good soil, yields j bu. of ripe onions. An ounce of seed will sow 200 feet of row. 
VARIETY NAME 
BITLBS 
DEVELOP 
FULLY 
IN 
SHAPE 
OF 
CLASS 
AVERAGE 
WEIGHT 
PER BULB 
(OUNCES) 
AVERAGE 
YIELD IN 
POUNDS 
FER 15 FT. 
ROW 
White Portugal 
110 days 
Semi-round 
4 
125 
Southport White Globe .... 
120 days 
Globe 
55 
17 
Flat Ifellow Danvers .... 
108 days 
Semi-round 
45 
14 
Yellow Globe 
116 days 
Globe 
6 
181 
ikiuthport Yellow Globe 
126 days 
Globe 
75 
235 
Prizetaker 
135 days 
Globe 
7 
21 
Red Wethersfield 
135 days 
Semi-round 
7! 
23 
Southport Red Globe .... 
135 days 
Globe 
7i 
24 
Australian Brown 
125 days 
Semi-round 
55 
18 
White Queen 
95 days 
Flat 
3 
9 
Mam. Silver King 
110 days 
Flat 
5 
17 
Gigantic Gibraltar 
125 days 
Globe 
75 
23 
AN EXPERIMENT GARDEN! 
Assuming that you are to spend only ^2.50 on your vegetable garden, by way of an experiment, here would be my selection of 
(]uantities and varieties that may be depended on to yield the largest returns for time and money invested: — 
I Pint Beans, Bountiful Green Pod. 
I Pint Beans. Sure Crop Stringless Wax 
I Oz. Beets. Detroit Dark Red. 
I Doz. plants Cabbage, Copenhagen Market. 
z Doz. plants Cabbage, Danish Ballhead. 
1 Pint b. Corn, Golden Bantam. 
I Pkt. Lettuce, Black Seeded Tennisball. 
I Pkt. Lettuce, All Seasons. 
I Pkt. Onion. Yellow Globe Danvers. 
J Pint Peas, Thos. Laxton. 
I Pint Peas, Alderman. 
I Oz. Radish, White Icicle. 
1 Oz. Radish, Chartiers. 
2 Doz. plants Tomato, Globe. 
I Doz. plants Tomato, Chalk's Karly Jewel. 
I Doz. plants Tomato, Stone. 
