1904 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
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KINDS AND VARIETIES—As to kinds of vege¬ 
tables our likes and dislikes are so varied that to sug¬ 
gest just what should be planted is to miss the mark 
nine times out of 10. In the home garden, our espe¬ 
cial favorites usually go into the best ground and re¬ 
ceive nearly or quite all the care and culture, leaving 
the less favored ones to care for themselves. I give 
below a list of the leading kinds, with some of their 
best varieties or strains, hoping that all may find 
something to their liking. As nearly as possible the 
vegetables are arranged alphabetically with the 
amount of seed required for a given area or certain 
number of plants: Asparagus; Palmetto, Argenteuil, 
one ounce seed to 50 feet of drill, for number of plants 
PHILADELPHIA ROSE, MAILING PLANT. REDUCED. Fig. 78 
See Ruralisms, Pape 190. 
to acre, see chart. Bush beans; Golden Wax, Black 
Wax, Stringless Green Pod, one pint to 100 feet of 
row. Bush Limas; Burpee’s Quarter Century, Dreer’s 
Kumerle, one pint to 100 feet of row, three pecks per 
acre. Pole Limas; Panmure (extra early), King of the 
Garden, Burpee’s Willow Leaf, 20 quarts per acre in 
hills 4x4 feet. Beets; Crosby’s Egyptian (early), De¬ 
troit Dark Red, Dark Stinson, medium or late, one 
ounce to 100 feet of drill. Brussels sprouts, same cul¬ 
ture as cabbage, except in Autumn the leaves should 
be broken down to give the little heads room to set 
and expand. Set plants three feet by 18 inches in the 
row. One ounce of seed will give 4,000 plants and 
upward. 
Cabbage; Wakefield, under its- various names; this 
is doubtless the best early cabbage in cultivation. Old 
Flat Dutch, Drumhead, Danish Ballhead, late. One 
ounce to 300 feet of drill will give 2,000 plants; 8,000 
to 14,000 plants to the acre owing to early or late va- 
lieties. Cauliflower; Early Snowball is standard. The 
same amount of seed is required as for cabbage. Cel¬ 
ery, Golden Self-Blanching, early; Evans' Triumph, 
late, White Plume. One ounce of seed to 300 feet of 
drill will yield 5,000 plants. Carrots; Early Scarlet 
Horn, Oxheart, Chantenay, late. One ounce of seed to 
200 feet of drill. 
Corn, sweet; Peep o’ Day, extra early, Sheffield 
Sugar, Early Minnesota, second early, White Ever¬ 
green, Zigzag, Shoe Peg and Ferry’s Early Evergreen 
for medium and late. This latter is considered earlier 
and superior to Stowell’s Evergreen. One pint to the 
100 hills, 12 quarts to the acre in hills 4x4 feet. Cu¬ 
cumbers; Japanese, Long White Spine, Boston Pick¬ 
ling, Fordhcok Famous. Two ounces of seed to 100 
hills. Lettuce; Grand Rapids (open head), Big Bos¬ 
ton, Butterhead, Cream Butter, and Iceberg are all 
good, but there are many more, perhaps, of equal 
merit. One ounce lettuce seed to 300 feet of drill. 
Muskmelons; Long Island Beauty, Maule’s Superior 
Rocky Ford, Melrose, Osage. Two ounces of seed to 
100 hills, two pounds per acre. Watermelon; Mclver, 
Halbert Honey, Sweetheart. Four ounces of seed to 
the 100 hills. Onions; Prizetaker, Red Globe Danvers, 
Yellow Globe Southport. One ounce of seed to 200 
feet of drill. Parsnips; improved Half Long and 
Guernsey. One ounce of seed to 200 feet of drill. Peas; 
Earliest and Best, Gradus, Telephone, Laxton’s Evo¬ 
lution. Sow one quart to the 100 feet of row. Rad¬ 
ishes; for hotbeds Burpee’s Extra Early Olive Shape, 
Open ground, Early Scarlet Globe, Long Cardinal and 
Non Plus Ultra, White Summer. For Winter, Scarlet 
China and White Spanish. Spinach (early), Savoy 
Leaved, late, Long Standing Prickly and Prickly Win¬ 
ter. One ounce to 100 feet of drill, eight pounds per 
acre in drills. 
Salsify; Mammoth Sandwich Island; same quantity 
of seed as for spinach. Summer squashes; White and 
Yellow Scalloped, Fordhook, Golden Crookneck. Win¬ 
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ter, Boston Marrow, Red and Green Hubbard. Early 
varieties require four ounces of seed to 100 hills, late 
varieties double the above amount. Tomatoes; for 
early the Fordhook. Fancy, Chalk’s Jewel and Earli- 
ana head the list, and one need not look farther. For 
late, the Matchless, Success and Honor Bright will be 
as good as the best. An ounce of seed will produce 
A RUBY QUEEN TWO YEARS PLANTED. FIG. 79. 
See Ruralisms, Page 170. 
3,500 plants. The above are only a few of the many 
excellent vegetables under cultivation, and from this 
list a supply may easily be had for the whole year 
through. All are thoroughly tested and will succeed 
in most localities. The chart and lists will be handy 
references, and will be useful to many. 
Michigan. J. e. morse. 
Special to Kural New Yorker Readers 
A postal card addressed as follows 
and requesting my Seed, Plant and Bulb catalogue for 1904, will bring you by return mail the best 
seed book published this year, full to overflowing with everything good, old or new, known to the hor¬ 
ticultural world, at right prices. If you have to purchase 10 cents’ worth or $100.00 worth ol seeds, 
plants, bulbs, etc., you certainly should have this catalogue before placing your order. Send that pos= 
tal today if you wish to save money and have the finest garden in your neighborhood this summer. 
