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Catalogue of Trees, Plants, Seeds, Bulbs. 
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Useful Tables for Planters, Farmers and Gardeners. 
Quantity of Seed Required to Sow an Acre of Ground. 
Pounds to Acre. 
Alfalfa or Lucerne 25 to 30 
Asparagus 5 
Barley — Broadcast 125 to 150 
Beans, Dwarf or Bush — Hills 40 
Beans, Dwarf or Bush — Drill.s 80 
Beans, Tall or Pole — Hills 25 
Beet— Garden 10 
Beet — Field 8 
Broom Corn — Drills 12 
Buckwheat — Broadcast 35 
Cabbage, in beds, to cover an acre after 
transplanting K 
Carrot — Drills 3 
clover. Red alone — Broadc.ast 10 
Clover, White alone— Broadcast 8 
Clover, Alsike — Broadcast 6 
Corn, Sweet or Field — Hills 15 
Corn, to cut green for fodder — Drilled or 
Broadcast 125 
Cucumber — Hills 2 
F'lax (when wanted for seed) 30 
I'iax (when wanted for fiber) ... . ■ 50 
Grass, Kentucky Blue (for pasture) 45 
“ Kentucky Blue (for lawns) . . . 60 to 80 
“ Orchard 4° 
“ English Rye 5° 
“ Italian Rye 30 to 40 
" Red Top 30 
“ Timothy 20 
Pounds to Acre. 
Grass, Mesquite (in the chaff) 
“ Hungarian 
“ Millet, German 
“ Menlo Park Lawn Mixture 
“ Johnson Grass or Evergreen Millet 
Hemp — Broadcast 
Melon, Water — Hills 
Melon, Musk — Hills 
Oats — Broadcast ' 
Onion Seed, in Drills 
“ Sets, in Drills 
" Seed, for Sets 
Parsnip, in Drills 
Peas, in Drills 
Peas — Broadcast 
Potatoes, in Hills 
Pumpkin, in Hills 
Radish, in Drills 
Rye — Broadcast 
Spinach, in Drills 
Squash, Bush varieties, in Hills 
Squash, Running varieties, in Hills . . . . 
Tomato — In beds to transplant 
Turnip and Ruta-Baga — Drills 
Turnip and Ruta-Baga — Broadcast 
Vetches — Broadcast 
Wheat — Broadcast 
Wheat, in Drills 
25 to 
40 to 
2 to 
35 
25 
60 
30 
50 
3 
2 
80 
5 
250 
30 to 40 
5 
TOO 
200 
500 to 600 
too 
10 
4 
3 
K 
2 
3 
150 
100 
75 
Number of Trees, Plants, etc., required to set an acre at given distances. 
Distance apart 
each way. 
1 foot ■ • 
2 " . . . . 
3 " ■ ■ ■ 
4 . . . . 
5 . . . . 
6 'I . . . . 
y . . . . 
8 “ . . . . 
9 " . . . . 
10 . . . . 
No. of 
plants. 
43., 560 
10,890 
4,840 
2,722 
1,742 
1,210 
888 
680 
537 
435 
Distance apart 
each way. 
12 feet .... 
14 
15 
16 
18 
20 
25 
30 
35 
40 
Average Profitable Longevity of Fruit-Plants under High Culture. 
No. of 
plants. 
302 
222 
176 
108 
% 
35 
27 
Aples 
Blackberry . . . . 
Currant 
Gooseberry . . . . 
Orange and Lemon 
Peach 
25 to 40 years. 
8 to 1 2 “ 
20 “ 
20 “ 
50 or more. 
8 to 12 years. 
Pear 5° to 75 years. 
Persimmon, or Kaki, as long as an apple tree. 
Plum 20 to 25 years. 
Raspberry 8 to 12 
Strawberrv 3 “ 
Average Distances for Planting. 
Distance apart 
each way. 
Apirles — Standard 30 to 40 feet. 
'■ Pyramidal 15 to 18 
“ Dwarf (bushes) 10 “ 
Pears — Standard 20 to 25 " 
“ Pyramidal 16 to 18 “ 
“ Dwarf to “ 
Cherries — Standard 18 to 20 
“ Dukes and Morellos 16 to 18 
Plums — Standard 16 to 18 “ 
“ Pyramidal 10 to 14 ‘ 
Peaches . . . 
Apricots . . . 
Nectarines 
Quinces . . , 
Currants . . 
Gooseberries 
Raspberries 
Blackberries 
Strawberries 
Distance apart 
each way. 
. . 16 to 18 feet. 
. . i6to 18 “ 
. . 16 to 18 “ 
. . 10 to 12 “ 
• ■ 3to 4 ‘‘ 
. . 3to 4 
. . 3 to 4 
. . 6to 7 “ 
. . iK to 3 “ 
A Rule to Find the Number of Plants Required for an Acre. 
Multiply the width by the breadth, in feet, and see how many times the number is contained in 43,560, the 
number of square feet in an acre. For instance, plants set 2x3 feet, each plant would require six square feet — 
43,560 divided by 6 gives 7,260 — the number of plants required for an acre at the above distances. 
