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HOUSE AND GARDEN 
July, 1913 
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Be quite sure, in all that is done to 
make a wild garden, that this faithful 
adherence to nature’s very own ways, 
guides. This will keep out of such a gar¬ 
den every jarring note — and the real 
beauty of this or any garden is in this 
lovely harmony which nature herself al¬ 
ways achieves when left to herself. 
A Small Vegetable Garden that Paid 
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bunches of as fine celery as was ever 
grown were used between October 25th 
and December 5th. 
The following table gives the total 
yield and average value of the different 
vegetables harvested from the plot: 
Lettuce, New York head, 89 heads 
( a} 30c. per doz. $2.22 
Radish, White Icicle, 1,013 radishes 
@ 5c. per doz. 4.22 
Early celery, Golden Self-Blanch¬ 
ing, 48 bunches @ 40c. per doz. . 1.60 
Cabbage, Savoy Drumhead and 
Winningstadt, No. 55, @ 2c. per 
lb. 1.10 
Beet greens, 3 bunches @ 10c. per 
bunch . .30 
Beets, Eclipse, 15J 4 doz. @ 10c. per 
doz. 1.55 
Swiss chard, Large Ribbed White. 
26 plants @ 2c.52 
Cauliflower, Early Snowball, 16 
heads, No. 32, @ 5c. per lb. 1.60 
Cauliflower, Early Snowball, 
planted late, 4 heads, No.,3... .15 
Eggplant. Black Beauty, 4 fruits 
@ ioc.40 
Pepper, Chinese Giant, 55 @ 25c. 
per doz. 1.12 
Late celery, Giant Pascal, 47 bu. @ 
80c. per doz. 3.10 
Beans, Fordhook Favorite, No. 14, 
@ 2c. per lb.28 
Turnips, Early Red, 3 doz. @ 5c. 
per doz.15 
Onions, Yellow Globe Danvers, No. 
70, @ 15c. per lb. 1.05 
Total.$19-36 
During the whole season cultivation 
was given this garden as often as it was 
needed and watering was done from the 
city mains either by irrigating the row or 
sprinkling, whenever occasion demanded. 
Almost constant sunshine in our arid cli¬ 
mate promotes rapid plant growth. A dry 
atmosphere and growing plants require 
considerable water, so that, while many of 
our scientific farmers claim that too much 
water is ordinarily used, which is un¬ 
doubtedly true, we find that in well- 
drained soils with rapidly growing plants 
a great deal of water may be used to ad¬ 
vantage in our gardens. 
No record was kept during the season 
of the amount of labor expended on this 
plot. This would undoubtedly be desira¬ 
ble, but for one who is gardening for fun 
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