338 
The Garden Magazine, February, 1924 
WORKING TIME-TABLE FOR THE VEGETABLE SUPPLY 
CLASS AND VARIETIES 
SPACE TO 
BE PLANTED 
SEEDS 
NEEDED 
WHEN TO 
SOW 
READY FOR 
USE 
CROPS TO 
EXPECT 
GENERAL CULTURE 
Beans, Bush 
Bountiful (Green 
Burpee’s Stringless j Pod 
or 
Sure Crop Wax ) Ye]]ow 
Brittle wax j 
30 ft. row 
5 times 
1 pkt. 
each 
or 
1 lb. of 
any tw'o 
May 15th. and 
every other week 
up to July 1 5th. 
60 days 
from date 
of sowing 
About 1 quart 
of pods per foot 
of row 
Rows 2 feet apart, drop seeds 4 inches 
apart; cover 2 inches deep. Hill 
slightly, never cultivate while wet. 
Beans, Lima 
Fordhook Bush 
L.eviathan Pole 
50 ft. row' 
25 hills 
1 lb. 
2 lbs. 
June 1st. 
June 1st. 
100 days 
120 days 
23 qts. pods 
30 qts. pods 
Rows 2\ ft. apart, seeds 6 in. apart, 
eye dowm; cover 2 in. deep. 
Place 6 beans to hill, eye down; let 3 
strongest plants grow. 
Beets 
Detroit Dark Red 
Crimson Globe 
50 ft. row each 
1 oz. each 
April 13th. 20 
ft. row'. Repeat 
every two weeks 
60 days 
75 days 
3 dozen 
from 
10 feet of row 
Thin out plants to stand 3 inches 
apart in row. Use while young. 
Cabbage 
Copenhagen Market 
Succession 
Surehead 
Danish Ballhead 
50 plants 
50 plants 
75 plants 
75 plants 
1 pkt. 
each 
( March 15th. 
1 coldframe 
f May 1st. 
( outdoors 
1 10 days 
1 15 days 
125 days 
130 days 
As many heads as 
plants set out 
C Harden gradually and set out 2 
4 feet apart. Apr. 15th in rows 
( 2 b feet apart. 
(Transplant into permanent rows, 
l 25 feet apart each way. 
Carrots 
Amsterdam Forcing 
Chantenay 
Danvers Half Long 
30 ft. row 
30 ft. row 
50 ft. row 
2 OZ. 
h oz. 
1 oz. 
f 5 April 15th. 
| 5 May 1st. 
May 15 th. 
60 days 
75 days 
100 days 
1 dozen roots to 
3 feet of row 
| Thin to 2 in. in row. 
I hin to 3 to 4 in. in row. 
Celery 
Easy Blanching 
Fordhook Emperor 
50 ft. of row 
100 ft. of row 
1 pkt. 
each 
March 1st. 
123 days 
130 days 
100 plants 
200 p'ants 
Sow in hotbed, harden, and set out¬ 
doors in early June. Rows 3 feet 
apart, plant 6 inches apart in rows. 
Corn, Sweet 
Goi den Bantam 
PIowi.ing Mob 
Country Gentleman 
f 30 ft. row 
l 50 ft. row 
50 ft. row 
50 ft. row' 
\ lb. 
i lb. 
lb. 
i lb. 
May 30th. 
June 13th. 
June 1st. 
June 1st. 
83 days 
83 days 
95 days 
110 days 
18 ears from every 
io feet of row 
Drop seeds in rows, 2\ to 3 ft. apart. 
Thin to stand 1 ft. apart. Hill to 
support stalks. 
Cucumber 
Fordhook Famous 
12 hills 
1 pkt. 
Juneist.and 15th 
6 hills each time 
60 days 
12 fruits per hill 
Hills 3 ft. apart, 6 or 8 seeds to hill, 
reduce to 3 sturdiest plants. 
Lettuce 
Black Seeded Simpson 
Wayahead 
All Seasons 
Wonderful Crisphead 
Kingsholm Cos 
20 ft. 
40 ft. 
20 ft. 
20 ft. 
20 ft. 
1 pkt. 
each 
March 15th. 
f March 15th. 
i April 1 5th. 
April 20th. 
April 25th. 
May 1st. 
60 days 
60 days 
60 days 
75 days 
85 days 
75 days 
Vi head per run- 
j ning foot of row 
2 plants per foot 
March 13th sow in coldframe, to set 
outdoors April 13th. Other sowings 
outdoors. Rows 2 ft. apart, plants 
8 to 12 in. apart in row, according 
to size of heads. 
Onion 
White Silverskin 
Yellow Globe Danvers 
Prizetaker 
f 30 ft. sets 
( 23 ft. seeds 
30 ft. seeds 
23 ft. seeds 
1 pint 
1 pkt. 
1 pkt. 
1 pkt. 
April 1st. 
April 13th. 
April 15th. 
April 15th. 
60 days 
85 days 
85 days 
100 days 
200 scallions 
15 lbs. bulbs 
60 lbs. bulbs 
40 lbs. bulbs 
Space rows 18 in. apart, Sets 3 in. 
apart in row. Cover seeds lightly. 
Thin out seedlings to 3 to 4 in. 
apart. 
Peas 
Markft Surprise 
Little Marvel 
Thos. Saxton 
Potlach 
50 ft. 
50 ft. 
50 ft. 
30 ft. 
1 lb. 
each 
March 13th. 
April 15th. 
April 13th. 
April 15th. 
55 days 
60 days 
65 days 
80 days 
6 to 8 qts. of pods 
for every 10 ft. of 
row 
Rows 2j ft. apart. Cover seeds 2 to 
3 in. deep. These are dwarfs, but 
vines bear better if supported by 
wire or brush. 
Radishes 
Rapid Red 
Icicle 
Chartier 
40 ft. 
60 ft. 
40 ft. 
1 OZ. 
2 OZ. 
I OZ. 
April 15th. and 
repeat eve.ry 
week up to June 
1st. 10 ft. row. 
30 days 
35 days 
45 days 
12 roots from 
every 2 to 3 ft. of 
row 
Sow short rows often. Cover seeds 
j inch deep. Thin out to stand 2 to 
4 in. apart. 
Spinach 
Long Season 
New Zealand 
50 ft. 
15 ft. 
I OZ. 
1 pkt. 
April 1st. 
April 15th. 
30 days 
75 days 
1 bushel 
cut all summer 
Rows 18 in. apart. Cover seeds J in. 
deep. Allow for 5 ft. of spreading. 
Squash 
Cocozelle Bush 
Warted Hubbard 
20 ft. 
10 hills 
i pkt. 
i pkt. 
June 1st. 
60 days 
120 days 
23 to 30 fruits 
3 to 4 per hill 
Rows, or hills 2 ft. apart. Cover 
seeds \ in. Thin out Bush to 1 ft. 
Allow Hubbard 3 plants per hill. 
Tomatoes 
Bonny Best 
Livingston’s Globe 
Livingston’s Stone 
12 plants each 
1 pkt. 
each 
April 1st. 
in 
hotbed 
90 days 
100 days 
120 days 
6-8 lbs. per plant 
8-10 lbs. per plant 
12 lbs. per plant 
Set plants 3 ft. apart each way, prune 
to 3 strongest branches, train to 
stakes 5 ft. tall. 
Turnips 
Purpletop White Globe 
American P. T. Rutabaga 
50 ft. 
30 ft. 
i pkt. 
1 pkt. 
(25 ft. April 1st. 
( 25 ft. July 1st. 
June 1st. 
50 days 
30 days 
100 days 
1 doz. to 3 ft. row 
1 doz. to 3 ft. row 
1 doz. to 5 ft. row 
Rows 2 ft. apart. Cover seeds \ in. 
Thin to 4 in. 
Rows 2J ft. apart. Thin to 6 in. 
