Useful Gardening 
Information 
Quantities Of Vegetable Seeds To Be 
Sown Per Acre And Smaller Areas 
Artichoke. 
Asparagus. 
Beans, dwarf. 
Beans, lima. 
Beans, pole. 
Beets, garden. 
Broccoli. 
Brussels Sprouts. 
Cabbage. 
Carrot. 
Cauliflower. 
Celery. 
Celeriac. 
Chicory. 
Citron. 
Coflards. 
Corn, Sweet. 
Cress or pepper grass. 
Cucumber. 
Egg Plant. 
Endive. 
Gourd. 
Kale or Borecole. 
Kohl Rabi. 
Leek. 
Lettuce. 
Mangel Wurzel. 
Melon, Musk. 
Melon, Water. 
Mustard. 
Okra. 
Onions. 
Onion Sets. 
Parsley. 
Parsnip. 
Peas. 
Pepper. 
Pumpkin. 
Radish. 
Rhubarb. 
Ruta Baga. 
Ruta Baga. 
Salsify or Veg. Oyster 
Spinach._. 
Squash, running. 
Tomato. 
Turnip. 
1 oz. to 500 plants. . . 
1 oz. to 50 ft. drill. . 
2 lbs. to 100 ft. drill. . 
2 lbs. to 100 hills. 
2 lbs. to 100 hills. 
1 oz. to 50 ft. drill. . 
1 oz. to 2,000 plants.. 
1 oz. to 2,000 plants.. 
1 oz. to 2,000 plants.. 
1 oz. to 100 ft. drill. . 
1 oz. to 2,000 plants.. 
1 oz. to 2,000 plants.. 
1 oz. to 3,000 plants.. 
1 oz. to 200 ft. drill. . 
4 oz. to 100 hills. 
1 oz. to 2,500 plants.. 
lib. to 100 hills. 
y oz. to 100 ft. drill. . 
1 oz. to 50 hills. 
1 oz. to 1,000 plants.. 
1 oz. to 150 ft. drill. . 
2 oz. to 100 hills. 
y oz. to 150 ft. drill. . 
y oz. to 200 ft. drill. . 
1 oz. to 100 ft. drill. . 
oz. to 100 ft. drill. . 
1 oz. to 100 ft. drill. . 
1 oz. to 60 hills. 
1 oz. to 30 hills. 
1 oz. to 180 ft. drill. . 
1 oz. to 400 plants. . . 
1 oz. to 100 ft. drill. . 
1 qt. to 20 ft. drill. . 
1 oz. to 150 ft. drill. . 
1 oz. to 200 ft. drill. . 
2 lbs. to 100 ft. drill. . 
1 oz. to 2,000 plants.. 
yib. to 30 hills. 
1 oz. to 100 ft. drill. . 
1 oz. to 75 ft. drill. . 
1 oz..to 150 ft. drill. . 
Broadcast. 
1 oz. to 75 ft. drill. . 
1 oz. to 100 ft. drill. . 
2 oz. to 100 hills. 
1 oz. to 1,000 plants.. 
1 oz. to 150 ft. drill. . 
Per Acre 
4 to 5 lbs. 
1 to 1 y 2 bu 
12 qts. 
12 qts. 
5 to 6 lbs. 
H lb. 
H lb. 
H lb. 
4 lbs. 
12 oz. 
1 lb. 
1 lb. 
3 lbs. 
4 to 5 lbs. 
4 oz. 
12 to 15 lbs 
2 to 3 lbs. 
2 to 3 lbs. 
4 oz. 
4 y 2 lbs. 
3 or 4 lbs. 
4 oz. 
2 lbs. 
4 lbs. 
4 to 5 lbs. 
5 to 6 lbs. 
4 to 5 lbs. 
4 to 5 lbs. 
5 to 6 lbs. 
12 to 15 bu. 
6 lbs. 
5 lbs. 
2 y 2 to 3 bu. 
3 oz. 
4 to 6 lbs. 
8 to 10 lbs. 
1 lb. 
2 to 3 lbs. 
10 lbs. 
12 to 15 lbs. 
3 to 4 lbs. 
y lb. 
2 lbs. 
Time Required for Maturity of Different Garden Crops 
Reckoned from Day of Planting the Seed 
Beans—String.45 to 65 days Melon—Water. 120 to 140 days 
Beans—Shell 65 to 75 days Melon Musk. 120 to 140 days 
Beet-Table..ZIZ.' 65 days Onion. 135 to 150 days 
Beets-Stock .. 150 days Pepper. 140 to 150 days 
Cabbage-Early. 105 days Radish. 30 to 40 days 
Cabbage—Late. 150 days Squash-Summer.... 60 to 65 days 
Cauliflower. 110 days Squash—Winter 125 days 
C orn . 70 to 120 days Tomato. 150 days 
Egg Plant . 150 to 160 days Turnip. 60 to 70 days 
Lettuce-Heading. 65 days Spinach, average time 45 to 65 days 
Most Popular Annual Flowers For Cutting 
Sweet Alyssum, white 
Aster, white, pink, purple 
Bachelor Button, blue 
Calendula, yellow 
Carnation, pink, red variegated 
Calliopsis, yellow, orange 
Candytuft, white 
Cosmos, white, pink, 
Eschscholtzia, yellow 
Gaillardia, yellow, red 
Gpysophila, white 
Helichrysum. (Everlasting) orange, 
pink, yellow 
Larkspur, blue, pink 
Marigold, yellow 
Mignonette, green 
Nasturtium, yellow, orange, pink 
Pansy, blue, yellow, white 
Phlox Drummondii, all colors 
Poppy (Shirley) all colors 
Scabiosa, all colors 
Snapdragon, all colors 
Stocks, all colors 
Sweet Peas.white, red. lavender, pink 
Verbena, all colors 
Zinnia, orange, rose, scarlet 
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