1902 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
211 
EVERYBODY’S GARDEN. 
All-Season’s Garden. —A study of 
the diagram on page 207, Fig. 75, will 
give in brief a plan for the farm, subur¬ 
ban or village garden, that with modifi¬ 
cations as circumstances may require, 
will furnish a varied and abundant sup¬ 
ply of vegetables the whole year round. 
With the diagram and seed catalogues 
before you, select as noted below, or 
vary as desired, the seeds for one- 
fourth acre. Make your selections now, 
have the hotbeds as previously describ¬ 
ed, started in good time, and cold 
fiames ready for use. “What to do and 
just how to do it,” will follow in suc¬ 
ceeding articles. Do not get alarmed at 
the heavy task assigned, as a record of 
labor in a three-fourths acre garden 
showed but a few days of time outside 
the marketing. In this arrangement 
three-fourths of the ground can be culti¬ 
vated by horse-power if desired. Nu¬ 
merous varieties are named, but are 
given with the view of keeping up a 
constant supply from Spring until Win¬ 
ter when, with a few feet of cellar space 
or a cheaply constructed shed, the sup¬ 
ply of forced vegetables can go on un¬ 
interruptedly until they are again 
grown in the open ground. A few days’ 
labor with a little careful thought will 
make it by far the most valuable quar¬ 
ter acre on the farm, and the suburban 
or village home with less ground will 
lind it proportionately profitable. 
Location and Soil. —Let this be a fa¬ 
vored spot, convenient to the house if 
possible. Warm and sunny with south 
or east slope, protected from north and 
west if practicable, but not shaded by 
trees; rectangular in shape for conveni¬ 
ence in cultivation, with length north 
and south, or at least row the vegetables 
in that direction for best possible re¬ 
sults from the sun’s rays. The ideal soil 
would be a heavy sandy loam, with sec¬ 
ond choice of good clay loam, but hav¬ 
ing neither first nor second choice, then 
take the best you have, and like Na¬ 
poleon, make circumstances. But have 
the garden anyway, whether round, 
square or crooked. 
Fitting the Ground. —If heavy clay 
soil, turn under deeply as much coarse 
manure as possible. This in general will 
be good treatment for all soils for the 
first year, but especially for heavy clay, 
or clay loam, only do not forget a gener¬ 
ous top-dressing of fine manure. Air- 
slaked lime, 500 to 750 pounds to the 
quarter acre, will prove very valuable 
in correcting soil acidity, which is far 
too often the condition. It will loosen 
the hard soils, and bind the thin light 
sands, and in either case it will not be 
amiss. Ashes, leached or unleached, 
will do the same work, so if possible to 
obtain use the lime or ashes, as a top¬ 
dressing on the furrows, and work thor¬ 
oughly into the soil. Plow the ground 
as early as possible, but if heavy soil, 
not until the soil at bottom of furrow 
will crumble to some extent when work¬ 
ed in the hand (not like putty), else it 
will bake. Lighter soils can be plowed 
if quite wet, but let it be done as early 
as possible; then use the harrow at 
every opportunity until planting time. 
Plow lengthwise by back furrowing 
from the center, thus avoiding dead fur¬ 
rows. After lime or ashes have been 
thoroughly worked in, then spread on 
the fine manure and harrow again, and 
when pretty sure that you have it well 
fitted, then Keep right on fitting, until 
ready to plant. 
The Diagram as shown represents the 
entire garden occupied by first plant¬ 
ings, both permanent beds, and crops to 
be followed by successions. Then refer¬ 
ring to issue of March 1, page 171, ger¬ 
mination and maturity tables, it will be 
in no way difficult to keep the succes¬ 
sions so that very little ground will go 
to waste. Tomatoes, early cabbage, let¬ 
tuce, egg plant and pepper should be 
started in the hotbed. The seed list and 
diagram are very comprehensive, and 
may at first stagger some of our good 
readers, but when the permanent beds, 
as asparagus, rhubarb, etc., are fully es¬ 
tablished, fresh vegetables will be at 
hand 365 days in the year. It will re¬ 
quire time to grow the rhubarb and as¬ 
paragus to forcing age, but the chicory, 
celery, sea kale, etc., can be forced next 
Winter. Now as the pickling and can¬ 
ning season is well provided for, it will 
pay to study the scheme well before 
casting it aside. However, it can be 
simplified at pleasure by eliminating un¬ 
desirable sorts, but, of course, at the ex¬ 
pense of a continuous supplying variety. 
The children’s garden will be a special 
subject to follow with the planting of 
the all-season’s garden. 
LIST OF SEEDS AND PLANTS. 
Asparagus roots, Palmetto 
Asparagus seed . 
Pole Lima beans. 
Hush Limas . 
Kidney beans . 
Green pod beans. 
2 ounces 
...14-pint 
...%-pint 
....1 pint 
. .1 quart 
Gomen wax beans.1 quart 
Cabbage, early and late, each.1 packet 
Cauliflower .l packet 
Carrot, early and late.1 ounce 
Celery .2 packets 
Celeriac .] packet 
Cucumbers, early and late, each...l packet 
Corn, early .l pint 
Corn, medium .l pint 
Corn, late .1 quart 
Endive .1 ounce 
Eggplant .l ounce 
Kohl rabi .1 ounce 
Lettuce .2 packets 
Muskmelon .l packet 
Watermelon .l packet 
Prizetaker onion .14-pound 
Onion sets .l quart 
Pickling onion seed.1 ounce 
Beets, early and late, each.2 ounces 
Cress .l ounce 
Chicory .l ounce 
Dill .l packet 
Lavender .l packet 
Sage .i packet 
Seakale .1 ounce 
Parsley .l ounce 
Parsnip .14-pound 
Pepper .i packet 
Peas, extra early, medium, late, each, 
2 quarts 
Radish .l ounce 
Radish, Winter .1 ounce 
Rhubarb roots .25 
Spinach .14-pound 
Salsify .2 ounces 
Mustard .2 ounces 
Squash, early .l ounce 
Squash, Winter .l ounce 
Tomatoes, early and late, each.1 packet 
Turnip .2 ounces 
Potatoes .14 to %-bushel 
Strawberry plants .125 
Raspberry plants, red.75 
Black raspberry plants.50 
Pie pumpkin .l ounce 
Michigan. j. e. morse. 
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BIT III HATO The Golden Fleece 
HLIf UH I O A Perfect Wonder 
Originated In Genesee Co., New Y'ork. Yielded the past season 108 bushels per 
acre, while the yield o f others was but 85 to 50 bushels. Spikes or breast contain three 
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to 44lbs. to bushel. Owing to its remarkable stooling qualities J% bushels will 
seed an acre. Descriptive catalogue on application. Prices, by mail, postage 
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JOHNSON & STOKES, Seedsmen, PHILADELPHIA, PA. 
LIME FERTILIZER 
Special preparation giving splendid satisfaction. 
Correspondence solicited THE SNOW FLAKE 
LIME CO., Bowling Green, Ohio. 
Fresh Burned Ground Lime 
for “Bordeaux Mixture," Bug Exterminator, White¬ 
washing. Disinfecting purposes and for Lime Fer¬ 
tilizer. For full Information, address 
THE SENECA WHITE LIME CO., Fostoria, O. 
SANDERSON’S 
FERTILIZERS 
For ALL Crops, ALL Soils. 
Write for Free Circulars, etc. 
SANDERSON FERTILIZER AND CHEMICAL CO. 
Works and Office: New Haven, Conn. 
Use Nitrate Of Soda 
CORN, WHEAT, FRUIT and VEGETABLES. 
You get your share of profit when yoti use 
this Standard Higli-Grado Ammoniate. 
Formulas and other valuable information free. 
WILLIAM S. MYERS, Director, 
13 John Street. Chilean Nitrate Works, New York. 
- For Money Crops 
W THE LARGEST CROPS OF 
SWEET, FODDER, OR FIELD CORN 
ARK GROWN BY USING IN EITHER THE HILL OR DRILL, WITH¬ 
OUT OR WITH STABLE MANURE, A LIBERAL QUANTITY OF 
WHICH SUPPLY AT JUST THE RIGHT TIME THE PLANT 
FOOD NEEDED IN ORDER TO INSURE THE EARLY 
MATURITY OF BOTH STALK, EAR, AND KERNEL 
0Li\d test '‘BRADLEY’S” this year 
