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PLANTING GUIDE for HOME and MARKET 
GARDENS 
Quantity of Seed Required for 100 Feet of Row aud Per Acre 
Required for 100 
Distance apart 
feet of 
row 
Amount 
Depth 
Rows 
of 
for 
seed 
Crop 
planting 
planted 
seed 
Plants in the row 
per 
Seed 
Plants 
Horse 
Hand 
acre 
cultiva- 
cultivation 
tion 
Inches 
Feet 
Asparagus. 
1 ounce. 
75 
1 -1% 
4 -5 
114 to 2 feet. 
18 inches. 
5 lbs. 
Beans: 
Lima, bush. 
1 pint. 
1 -1% 
1 -1% 
1 -1 Yz 
1 -1% 
1 
2%-3 
3 -4 
2 feet. 
3 to 4 inches.... 
Lima, pole. 
.do. 
3 feet. 
3 to 4 feet.... 
Snap, bush. 
.do. 
2%-3 
3 -4 
2 feet. 
3 to 4 inches. .. 
Snap, pole. 
Vz pint. 
.do. 
3 feet. 
30 11)6. 
Beet. 
2 ounces. 
2 -2% 
14 to 16 inches.. 
2 to 3 inches. 
6 lbs. 
Beet, Mangel. 
5 lbs. 
Broccoli: 
Heading. 
1 packet. 
50- 75 
Vz 
Vz 
Vz 
Vz 
Vz 
Vz 
Vz 
Vz 
Vz 
1 
21/2-3 
2%-3 
2%-3 
2y 2 -3 
2 -2Vz 
2 -2 Vz 
2%-3 
2%-3 
2%-3 
2 -2% 
2 -2% 
2 -2Vz 
2%-3 
3 - 31/2 
2%-3 
3 -3y 2 
2 to 2*4 feet. 
14 to 24 inches.... 
Sprouting. 
.do. 
50- 75 
.do. 
.do. 
.do. 
50- 75 
.do. 
.do. 
Cabbage. 
.do. 
50- 75 
.do. 
.do. 
4 oz. 
Cabbage, Chinese.... 
.do. 
18 to 24 inches... 
8 to 12 inches.... 
Carrot. 
14 to 16 inches... 
2 to 3 inches. 
2 lbs. 
Cauliflower_ 
.do. 
50- 75 
2 to 214 feet. 
14 to 24 inches. 
1 oz. 
Celeriac. 
.do. 
200-250 
18 to 24 inches... 
4 to 6 inches. 
Celery.... 
.do. 
200-250 
.do. 
.do. 
4 oz. 
Chard, Swiss. 
2 ounces. 
.do. 
6 inches. 
Chervil. 
1 packet. 
Vz 
Vz 
Vz 
Vz 
Vz 
2 
14 to 16 inches... 
2 to 3 inches. 
.do. 
18 to 24 inches... 
6 to 8 inches.... 
2 Vz lbs. 
Chives . 
14 to 16 inches... 
In clusters 
.do. 
18 to 24 inches... 
18 to 24 inches.. 
4 oz. 
.do. 
14 to 16 inches.. 
1 foot. 
5 lbs. 
Corn, Sweet.... 
M pint. 
2 to 3 feet. 
Drills, 14 to 16 inches; 
hills, 214 to 3 feet. 
Cress: 
12 lbs. 
Upland.... 
1 packet. 
Vz- y 4 
Vs- y 4 
i 
2 - 21/2 
2 -2% 
6 -7 
14 to 16 inches... 
2 to 3 inches. 
.do. 
18 to 24 inches.. 
4 to 6 inches. 
.do. 
6 to 7 feet. 
Drills, 3 feet; hills, 6 feet 
3 feet. 
2 lbs. 
Eggplant. 
1 packet. 
50 
Vz 
Vz 
1 -2 
3 
2 to 2 Vz feet. 
4 oz. 
.do. 
2y 2 -3 
2%-3 
3 -4 
18 to 24 inches... 
12 inches. 
2 lbs. 
1 pound. 
14 to 16 inches... 
2 to 3 inches. 
Cuttings. 
50- 75 
2 
2 to 2Vz feet. 
18 to 24 inches. 
1 to 2 qts.... 
25- 35 
2 -3 
3 -4 
2 to 3 feet. 
2 to 3 feet. 
Kale 
1 packet. 
y 2 
y 2 
2Vz -3 
2Vz-2 
2Vz-2 
2Vz -3 
6 -7 
18 to 24 inches.. 
12 to 15 inches. 
1 lb. 
.do. 
14 to 16 inches... 
5 to 6 inches. 
1 lb. 
.do. 
Vz-l 
V 
1 
.do. 
2 to 3 inches. 
4 lbs. 
.do. 
100 
.do. 
15 inches. 
3 lbs. 
Muskmelon.. 
.do. 
6 to 7 feet. 
Hills, 6 feet. 
2 lbs. 
.do. 
% 
1 -1 Vz 
2Vz-% 
14 to 16 inches.. 
12 inches. 
1 lb. 
2 ounces. 
3 -3% 
3 to 3*4 feet. 
2 feet. 
8 lbs. 
Onion: 
22 crates 
400 
1 -2 
2 -214 
14 to 16 inches.. 
2 to 3 inches. 
%-l 
1 -2 
2 -2% 
2 -2Vz 
2 -2% 
2 -214 
2 -2 Vz 
2 -4 
.do. 
.do. 
4 lbs. 
.do. 
.do. 
12 bu. 
1 packet. 
Vz 
%- y 4 
Vz 
2 -3 
.do. 
4 to 6 inches. 
3 lbs. 
.do. 
2 to 3 inches.... 
.do. 
18 to 24 inches.. 
.do. 
3 lbs. 
1 pint. 
l l 4 to 3 feet. 
1 inch. 
60 lbs. 
1 packet. 
50 -70 
% 
1 -2 
3 -4 
2 to 3 feet. 
18 to 24 inches. 
2 oz. 
1 ounce. 
5 -8 
5 to 8 feet. 
3 to 4 feet. 
4 lbs. 
1 ounce. 
Vz 
2 -2% 
3 -4 
14 to 16 inches.. 
1 inch. 
10 lbs. 
25- 35 
3 to 4 feet. 
3 to 4 feet. 
5 lbs. 
V 
Vz 
2 -214 
18 to 24 inches.. 
2 to 3 inches. 
8 lbs. 
2 -214 
14 to 16 inches.. 
3 to 4 inches. 
8 lbs. 
1 -1% 
1 -2 
3 -314 
4 -5 
3 feet. 
IS inches. 
Squash: 
4 to 5 feet. 
Drills, 15 to 18 inches; 
4 lbs. 
hills, 4 feet. 
1 -2 
8 -12 
8 to 12 feet. 
Drills, 2 to 3 feet; 
2 lbs. 
hills, 4 feet. 
5 pounds.... 
75 
35- 50 
2 -3 
3 -314 
3 -4 
3 to 3*4 feet. 
12 to 14 inches. 
Vz 
V 4 - % 
y 4 - % 
1 -2 
2 to 3 feet. 
1*4 to 3 feet. 
2 oz. 
2 -2t4 
14 to 16 inches.. 
2 to 3 inches. 
2 -2Vz 
8 -10 
.do. 
1 lb. 
8 to 10 feet. 
Drills. 2 to 3 feet; 
2 lbs. 
hills. 8 feet. 
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