If you would gather a continuous supply of such vegetables as these, make your planting plan now 
Grow Your Own Vegetables 
PLANNING FOR AN ADEQUATE SUMMER-LONG SUPPLY FOR A FAMILY OF FIVE—WHAT 
VARIETIES TO SELECT FROM AND HOW MUCH SEED AND SPACE THEY WILL REQUIRE 
by F. F. Rockwell 
[This ts the first of a series of articles which will cover in a thorough and practical way the subject of amateur vegetable gardening. The aim is 
to furnish information covering every detail of what to do and in such a form that it will be clear to the very beginner just how to do it. Each article 
and its tabular data will give the information needed at the time of its publication, so as not to confuse the home-gardener with an overwhelming quantity 
of detail; that is, the reader will learn what is to be done at the proper time for doing that particular thing. Those who follow the suggestions made, 
frort: the selection of seed to the storing of winter vegetables, may confidently expect a successful garden .] 
T HERE are thousands of people in this country who are 
missing one of the greatest comforts of this life—a supply 
of fresh, home-grown vegetables, merely because of a miscon¬ 
ception, or no conception at all, regarding the amount of space 
a home vegetable garden would require. Of course, everyone 
realizes that he could grow one or two vegetables in his garden, 
however small that may be, but he vaguely believes that an 
enormous amount of land would be required to really do the thing 
properly—and it isn’t much use doing it by halves. 
Let me assure all these groping thousands, therefore, at the 
outset, that all the vegetables your family of five will eat this 
coming summer can easily be grown in a garden 50 x 100 feet. 
The expense is trifling, the time readily found in the lengthening 
days, and the resulting luscious fresh vegetables, brought in with 
the dew still sparkling upon their sleek fat sides, will open your 
eyes to a new joy of living. 
The altogether inexperienced person may quickly learn to be 
a successful “grower.” There is no mystery, not even a difficult 
art, about learning to grow successfully all the usual table vege¬ 
tables. In the great majority of cases those who try, and do not 
succeed, fail because they have attempted to follow some special 
“method” before they had mastered or even ascertained the few 
Varieties the author has tried and found true, given in the order of their ripening. Names in capitals are recommended for the main crop. 
Quantities indicate amount of seed or number of plants needed for a 50-ft. row. 
Asparagus.Barr’s Mammoth; Palmetto. 
Bean, dwarf.Extra Early Red Valentine; Improved 
Refugee; Golden Wax; (lima) Burpee’s.. 
Bean, Pole.Golden Cluster Wax; Old Homestead; 
(lima) Early Leviathan. 
Beet.Edmand’s Early; Eclipse; Crimson Globe. 
Broccoli.White French (resembles cauliflower but 
hardier). 
Cabbage.(Early) Jersey Wakefield; Glory of Enkhui- 
son; Early Summer; Succession ; (Savoy) 
Perfection Drumhead; (Red) Mammoth 
Rock. 
Carrot.Early Scarlet Horn; Danvers Halflong; 
Oxheart. 
Cauliflower.(Spring) Early Snowball; (Autumn) Algiers. 
Celery.(Earliest) White Plume; Golden Self-blanch¬ 
ing ; (best for winter) Giant Paschal. 
Com.Golden Bantam (early and sweet); Cory; 
Stowell’s Evergreen. 
Cucumber.Extra Early White Spine; Fordhook Fa¬ 
mous.. 
Egg Plant.Black Beauty. 
Endive.Broad Leaved Batavian. 
Kale (or Bonesole)... Dwarf, Curled Scotch. 
Kohlrabi.Early White Vienna. 
Leek.American Flag. 
Lettuce. .Big Boston; (Loose-head) Simpson; Mign¬ 
onette (recommended); New York; (Cos) 
Paris White. 
50 
Melon, Musk. 
I pt. 
i Pt- 
Melon, Water. 
Okra. 
I OZ. 
Onion. 
40 
Onion Sets. 
40 
Parsley. 
Parsnip. 
Peas. 
25-40 
Pepper. 
i oz. 
Potato. 
25 
Pumpkin. 
IOO 
Radish. 
i pt. 
Rhubarb. 
Salsify. 
i oz. 
25 
£ oz. 
Spinach . 
25 
i oz. 
Squash. 
£ oz. 
50 
Tomato. 
Turnip. 
(Green-flesh) Netted Gem; (salmon-flesh) 
Emerald Gem.. 
Cole’s Early; Sweet Heart. 
(For northern states) Perfected Perkins’ 
Long-Pod; (southern states) White Velvet 
White Portugal; Red Weathersfield; Yel¬ 
low Danvers; Prizetaker. 
(You can get at the hardware stores). 
Emerald. 
Imperial Guernsey. 
.(Dwarf early) Alaska; Gradus; Boston 
Unrivaled. 
.Ruby King. 
Early Rose; Early Harvest; Green Moun¬ 
tain; Vermont Gold Coin. 
, Dunkard; Quaker Pie. 
Scarlet Button; Early White Turnip; 
Crimson Globe. 
.Myatt’s Victoria. 
Sandwich Island Mammoth. 
.Victoria; (for summer) New Zealand; (for 
continuous cutting Swiss Chard (Beet) is 
especially recommended). 
.(For summer) Bush Fordhook; Delicata; 
(winter) Hubbard. 
.(Earliest) June Pink; Fordhook First; 
Matchless. 
. Petrowski; Golden Ball; (Rutabaga) 
Purple-top Yellow. 
i oz. 
i oz. 
25 
h oz. 
1 pt. 
£ oz. 
| oz. 
1 pt. 
25 
i pk. 
J oz. 
i oz. 
25 
f oz. 
£ oz. 
h oz. 
20 
} oz. 
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