Make A Home Garden For Health, Pleasure and Profit 
The possibilities of a home garden should be given more 
attention by Florida farmers and townspeople. 
In traveling through farming sections and small towns of 
Florida it is strange to find so few home gardens providing 
a bountiful supply of good wholesome, fresh vegetables for 
the home table. Florida climate and soils are favorable to 
producing the finest home gardens in the United States. 
Unlike any other state in the Union, in Florida fresh vege¬ 
tables can be grown every month in the year. 
Even if it were possible to purchase vegetables more 
cheaply than to produce them, yet would it not be much 
more desirable to have a large variety of fresh vegetables 
of your own growing available at a moment’s notice in 
your own garden? 
In Florida, a well-kept garden can be had with little 
effort and small expense and, as many test plantings have 
revealed, will yield a return several times as large as that 
from an equal area devoted to any other crop that could 
be grown on Florida farms. 
Doctors, nurses and dieticians all advise the use of a 
plentiful supply of fresh vegetables in the diet in order to 
provide the essentials which are so necessary for the health 
and well-being of the human system. Experts tell us that 
vegetables contain a higher percentage of these body¬ 
regulating essentials, such as mineral salts, vitamins and 
roughage, than are contained in any other food or food 
product. Statistics prove that people who eat lots of fresh 
vegetables throughout the year have less sickness and 
fewer doctor bills to pay than people who use fresh vege¬ 
tables sparingly. 
Make a home garden this season. It will be a source of 
health, pleasure and profit to you and your family. 
How To Plant Home Garden Vegetables in Florida 
HOW TO USE THE FOLLOWING TABLE 
Many mistakes may be avoided by following directions 
given in this table. The time requirements indicated for 
crops to reach edible size varies, of course, according to 
the season, varieties and soil conditions. Allowance also 
must be made for the relative estimate of the yields, due 
to climatic and soil conditions. However, the averages in¬ 
dicated in the table will be found to be fairly accurate for 
Florida growing conditions on the basis of many years of 
observation. 
VEGETABLES 
Number of 
Running Feet 
of Row for 
Family of Five 
Seeds or Plants 
to Provide for 
Family of 
Five 
Depth to 
Cover 
in 
Inches 
Space 
Between 
Rows 
Set Plants or 
Thin Out to 
Inches 
Approximate Time 
Required to Produce 
Crop from Seed or 
Transplanting (Days 
Beans (Bush) . 
200 ft. 
4 lbs. 
2 in. 
2 ft. 
2 to 3 in. 
42 to 55 
Beans (Pole) . 
80 to 100 hills 
% lb. 
2 in. 
3 to 4 ft. 
3 ft. (hills) 
65 to 70 
Beans (Bush Lima).... 
40 ft. 
1 lb. 
1 in. 
2% to 3 ft. 
1 ft. (hills) 
65 to 75 
Beans (Pole Lima). 
20 hills 
Vs lb. 
1 in. 
3 ft. 
2 ft. (hills) 
88 to 1)0 
Beet . 
80 ft. 
2 oz. 
Vs to 1 in. 
18 in. 
2 to 3 in. 
681o 76 
Broccoli . 
20 ft. 
1 pkt. 
Vs to 1 in. 
2 Y% ft. 
24 in. 
115 
Brussels Sprouts . 
20 ft. 
1 pkt. or 15 
Vs in. 
2 Vz ft. 
24 in. 
90 
Cabbage . 
60 ft. 
36 
Vs in. 
2 to 3 ft. 
12 to 15 in. 
80 to 110 
Chinese Cabbage . 
20 ft. 
1 pkt. 
% in. 
2y> ft. 
12 in. 
85 
Cantaloupe . 
10 hills 
1 pkt. 
y z to 1 in. 
4 ft. 
4 ft. (hills) 
70 to 100 
Carrot . 
40 ft. 
Vs oz. 
Vs in. 
iy 2 to 2 ft. 
2 to 3 in. 
75 to 92 
Cauliflower . 
20 ft. 
36 
Vs in. 
2 to 3 ft. 
2 ft. 
100 
Collards . 
50 ft. 
1 pkt. or 30 
Vs in. 
2 to 3 ft. 
18 in. 
60 
Corn (Sweet) . 
200 ft. 
1 lb. 
2 in. 
3 ft. 
12 in. 
65 to 80 
Corn (Roasting Ear)... 
300 ft. 
1 lb. 
2 in. 
3 ft. 
18 to 24 in. 
68 to 85 
Cucumber . 
10 hills 
1 pkt. 
% in. 
4 to 5 ft. 
2 to3 ft. (hills) 
42 to 52 
Eggplant . 
30 ft. 
12 
Vs in. 
4 to 5 ft. 
36 in. 
115 to 125 
Endive (Escarolle) .... 
40 ft. 
1 pkt. 
Vs in. 
2 ft. 
12 in. 
70 
Kale . 
20 ft. 
1 pkt. 
Vs in. 
2Vo ft. 
12 in. 
70 
Kohl Rabi . 
60 ft. 
1 pkt. 
l A to Vs in. 
iy 2 to 2 ft. 
4 to 6 in. 
50 
Leek. 
50 ft. 
1 oz. 
Vs in. 
U/o ft. 
3 to 4 in. 
80 
Lettuce . 
150 ft. 
1 oz. 
Vi in. 
iy 2 to 2 ft. 
10 to 12 in. 
60 to 74 
Mustard . 
40 ft. 
1 pkt. 
Vs in. 
2 ft. 
12 in. 
60 
Okra . 
75 ft. 
2 oz. 
% to 1 in. 
2 Vz to 3 ft. 
15 to 18 in. 
42 to 45 
Onion . 
SO ft. 
1 oz. 
V\ to Vs in. 
18 in. 
3 to 4 in. 
110 to 140 
Onion Sets . 
40 ft. 
lqt. 
1 in. 
12 in. 
2 in. 
30 to 60 
Parslev . 
50 ft. 
1 pkt. 
Vi to y, in. 
15 to 18 in. 
4 in. 
90 to 100 
Parsnip . 
50 ft. 
1 pkt. 
Vs to 1 in. 
15 to 18 in. 
2 to 4 in. 
120 
Peas (English or Garden) 
200 ft. 
3 lbs. 
2 in. 
2Vs ft. 
1 in. 
50 to 55 
Pepper . 
20 ft. 
12 
Vs in- 
3 ft. 
1 ft. 
110 to 125 
Potatoes . 
200 ft. 
15 lbs. 
4 in. 
3 ft. 
6 in. 
75 to 80 
Pumpkin . 
12 hills 
1 pkt. 
Vs in. 
4 to 6 ft. 
4 ft. (hills) 
65 to 75 
Radish . 
50 ft. 
3 pkts. 
Vs in. 
18 in. 
1 to 4 in. 
21 to 25 
Rhubarb . 
20 ft. 
6 
Vs to % in. 
3 ft. 
3 ft. 
125 
Rutabaga . 
40 ft. 
1 pkt. 
Vs in. 
2 ft. 
6 in. 
90 
Salsify . 
25 ft. 
Vz oz. 
1 to 1% in. 
15 to 18 in. 
2 to 4 in. 
120 
Spinach—Bloomsdale .. . 
75 ft. 
1 oz. 
Vs in. 
12 in. 
2 to 4 in. 
35 
Spinach—New Zealand.. 
25 ft. 
1 oz. 
% to 1 in. 
3 ft. 
20 in. 
55 
Squash (Bush). 
12 hills 
1 pkt. 
Vs to 1 in. 
4 to 5 ft. 
2 ft. (hills) 
42 to 50 
Squash (Running)..., 
10 hills 
1 pkt. 
% to 1 in. 
8 to 10 ft. 
5 to6 ft. (hills) 
100 to 110 
Swiss Chard . 
40 ft. 
Vs oz - 
y 2 to 1 in. 
iy 2 to 2 ft. 
6 in. 
75 to 80 
Tomato . 
150 ft. 
1 pkt. or 48 
Vs in. 
3 to 4 ft. 
3 ft. 
SS to 110 * 
Turnip . 
60 ft. 
1 pkt. 
Vs in. 
15 to 20 in. 
2 to 4 in. 
35 to 50 
Watermelon . 
10 hills 
1 pkt. 
Vz to 1 in. 
8 ft. 
72 in. 
90 to 100 
2 THE KILGORE SEED COMPANY, Florida's Leading Seedsmen 
