YOUR GARDEN 
REALLY good garden whether it be large or small is a source of satis¬ 
faction all through the year. Those who have never experienced the pleasure 
of having fresh vegetables from their own garden have indeed a treat in 
store for them. 
Much of the success of your garden depends on the care and forethought 
with which it is planned. Be ready to plant at the proper time in the 
spring, have your seeds, fertilizers and tools. 
Don't make the mistake of carefully planning your garden, doing all the 
digging, fertilizing, etc., and then spoiling your chances of success by plant¬ 
ing poor seed of unknown quality and poor germination. Plant fresh seed 
of strong vitality and the kinds that will give you the highest quality vege¬ 
tables and most beautiful flowers. 
The list below will be a good guide for the vegetables to plant. 
WHAT TO RAISE IN A COMPLETE GARDEN 
Below we have made some suggestions as to what to raise in a complete vegetable garden, and about the quantities required for an ordinary family. 
The amounts and varieties should be varied to meet your own needs and tastes. As you study the catalogue, you can be sure that what we say about 
yield, quality and so forth is all based on our actual experience. 
Asparagus. Set out 100 to 200 roots, 2 feet apart, rows 4 feet apart. Mary Washing¬ 
ton is the best variety. 
Beans. About 30 feet of row of wax or green pod varieties for early use. Pencil Pod 
or Sure Crop for Wax, Tendergreen or Bountiful for Green Podded; Y lb. 
seed of each, 15 hills Scotia, for later use; 1 pkt. 150 feet of row. Bush Lima, using 
1 lb. seed, or, if preferred, 25 hills Pole Limas, Ideal; Yz lb. of seed required. 
Beets. About 40 feet of row, 1 oz. of seed required, Crosby’s Egyptian. Make a 
second sowing in July of Detroit Dark Bed for late use and canning, or sow “Long 
Season” beet, which remains tender all through the season. 
Broccoli. 25 plants, or 1 pkt. seed. Italian Green Sprouting. Plant the same time 
as Cauliflower. 
Brussels Sprouts. 25 plants, or 1 pkt. seed. Long Island Improved. 
Chinese Cabbage. Excellent for salad. 30 ft. Sow 1 pkt. of seed in July. Chihli 
is the best. 
Cabbage. If early cabbage is desired, it is better to buy the plants. For late crop 
the seed is sown in May. We recommend Golden Acre for first early (forced plants); 
Savoy, Enkhuizen Glory or Sleaford Market for late fall and winter use; Large 
Late Copenhagen for kraut. 1 pkt. seed of each or 25 plants of early and 100 plants 
of late kinds. (We can furnish cabbage plants. See page 82). 
Carrots. If used as a vegetable, 25 feet of row; if merely for flavoring, 10 feet of 
row, 1 pkt. seed; Bed Cored Chantenay or Tendersweet. Make a sowing of Nantes 
about the first of August for late fall use. 
Cauliflower. 50 plants Snowball or 1 pkt. of seed. 24 plants Italian Purple or sow 
1 pkt. of seed. 
Celery. 100 or 200 plants each of Golden Pascal, Golden Plume and Salt Lake; 1 pkt. 
seed of each kind. Better to buy plants than try to raise them. See page 82. 
Cucumbers. 10 hills Harris’ Perfection, Longfellow, or China; 1 pkt. seed. For 
pickles 5 hills (1 pkt.) Double Yield. 
Egg Plant. 12 to 15 plants, or 1 pkt. seed; Black Beauty. 
Kohl Rabi. Early White Vienna, 1 pkt. 
Lettuce. White Boston, New York No. 515, New York No. 12 and Salamander are 
best heading varieties. Non-heading or loose-leaf varieties may be sown in the 
open ground at intervals during the spring and summer. Prizehead and Black 
Seeded Simpson are good loose-leaf varieties. Mignonette makes small firm heads. 
1 pkt. seed of each variety. 
Muskmelons. Those who have good soil and a sunny situation can raise fine musk- 
melons. The Aristocrat, Delicious or Bender’s Surprise are the best. 15 hills 
will be enough. 1 pkt. seed. 
Okra. 10 feet of row; 1 pkt. of seed. 
Onions. Green onions for early spring use are raised by planting sets. Set out a 
quart of white sets about 2 inches apart in the row. Large onions can also be 
raised in this way. If dry onions are required for fall and winter use, they can be 
raised by setting out Ebenezer sets or by sowing the seed. Riverside Sweet Spanish 
makes a large mild onion and is easy to grow from seed or plants (see page 34). 
Sow 1 oz. seed in the spring, or set out 2 qts. of Ebenezer onion sets. 
Parsley. 5 feet of row, 1 packet of seed. 
Peas. If an abundance of peas is desired, so as to have them practically every day 
during the pea season, it will require the following; 1 lb. Gradus or Thos. Laxton, 
1 lb. Laxton’s Progress, 1 lb. Dwarf Alderman, Midseason Giant or Advancer, 1 lb. 
Alderman. Sow 3 or 4 weeks later 1 lb. Dwarf Alderman. 
Pepper. 1 doz. plants of Harris’ Earliest or Harris’ Early Giant or “King of the 
North.” If “hot” peppers are required, plant Hot Portugal. 
Potatoes. For early, 300 to 500 feet of row; Irish Cobbler. 1 pk. to Yz bu. seed. For 
late, Golden Rural, or Green Mountain. 
Radish. Early Scarlet Globe, Firecracker and Icicle are the best. 1 oz. each. It is 
well to sow some radish seed in August for fall use. 
Rhubarb. 1 doz. roots set 3 feet apart. MacDonald. 
Salsify. 50 feet of row, 1 oz. of seed. 
Spinach. 100 feet of row will produce a good lot of spinach if it is on rich ground. 
1 pkt. Nobel Giant Leaf or Viking, 1 pkt. King of Denmark or Long Standing 
Bloomsdale or Special Summer Savoy for spring sowing, and 1 oz. Long Standing 
Bloomsdale for wintering over. Sown September 1st, spinach will be ready for use 
in the late fall and will last over with slight protection and be available for use as 
soon as the snow goes off in the spring. 
Squash. For summer use 8 or 10 hills Giant Summer Straightneck and Mammoth 
White Bush Scallop or Italian Vegetable Marrow. For fall and winter, Delicious, 
Quality and Table Queen are excellent. 1 pkt. each. 
Swiss Chard. For greens, 20 feet of row; 1 pkt. seed. Fordhook Giant. 
Sweet Corn. About 50 hills each. Canada Gold or Harris’ Extra Early Bantam, 
Buttercup or Golden Bantam, Mimins’ Hybrid or Bantam Evergreen, Golden 
Country Gentleman or Long Island Beauty. If you want to prolong the season 
still more, plant Golden Bantam or Buttercup 6 weeks later than the first sowing. 
Yz lb. of seed of each kind. 
Tomatoes. 25 plants of an early variety, such as Bonny Best, 50 plants of a later 
kind, such as Stone, Success, Pritchard’s Scarlet Topper, or Rutgers. 
Turnips. Purple Top White Globe and Yellow Stone are excellent kinds. Sow in 
August. 1 pkt. seed of each kind. For winter use sow Macomber in late June or 
first of July. 
Watermelons. We do not advise amateur gardeners to raise watermelons in the 
Northern States unless they have light soil and plenty of room. Winter Queen, 
Stone Mountain and the new Wonder Melon are good for the North and Kleckley 
Sweets for further South. 
Witloof Chicory or “French Endive.” Sow 50 to 100 feet of row; 1 oz. of seed. 
Roots should be dug and forced during the winter. 
Herbs for Flavoring. Every garden should have some Dill, Sage, Thyme, Summer 
Savory and Sweet Marjoram. 
Note: There are many less common vegetables which you may find you want in your 
garden, such as Leek, Fennel, Endive, Celeriac, Cress, Kale, Mustard for salad, 
etc. You will find these all described in this catalogue. 
“THE GERMINATION IS MARKED 
ON EVERY PACKAGE OF HARRIS’ SEEDS" 
EVERY package of Harris’ Seeds is marked with the percent which the seed germinated 
in test. 
This is a service which we have given our customers for the past 25 years and until re¬ 
cently we were the only seedsmen who so marked their seeds. Now it is required by New 
York State law on all vegetable and field seed offered for sale in the State. We also put the 
test on all flower seeds , which is not required by law. 
‘ -cil n£r bc"re6p<$n$Tfcic wf the crop. 
If the purchaser dots not accept the seeds under these 
conditions, they must be returned at once. J. H. Co.. Inc. 
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^Joseph Harris Co.<§§l 
| MGRETON FARM COIDWATER, HX 
According to our Tests %- 
ft __ 96 per cent 
! of this seed germinates 
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A SIMILAR LABEL 
APPEARS ON EVERY PACKAGE 
Of course the figures vary. 
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