1942 GARDEN GUIDE 















TOMATO, Improved 
Pearson. Best for Cali- 
icotniaw ekt. 10c, 1 ‘oz: 
$1.00, 1% lb. $3.50. 
LETTUCE, New York 
Market Improved. Wide- 
ly used popular variety. 
Pkt. 10c, 1 oz. 20c, 1% lb. 
65c. 
BEET, Detroit Dark Red. 
Tender, high quality 
beet. Pkt. 10c, 1 oz. 25c, 
lf lb. 65c. 
HELP UNCLE SAM 
Have a Defense Garden 
FOOD FROM HOME GARDENS 
VITAL IN NATIONAL DEFENSE 
Defense gardens—producing at home the 
vital protective foods consumed by the 
owners — have now become a national 
necessity. In the critical times ahead ev- 
ery garden owner who grows his family’s 
food will be of real service to his country. 
He will: 
% Profit by offsetting to a considerable 
extent the rising cost of living. Disap- 
pearance of all surpluses, and higher 
prices for fresh vegetables are consid- 
ered a certainty by defense authorities. 











* By taking his own requirements off the 
market, he will release supplies and 
help keep down prices for those who 
cannot grow their own food. 
* Help his country escape production shortages and distribution tie-ups. The pro- 
duction of one garden is small, but the 5,000,000 gardens of 1917-19 produced 
528,000,000 pounds of food, which required no transportation, no market space, or 
sales effort. Harvested at the kitchen door, it was consumed by those who 
grew it. 
% Cooperate in feeding Europe. Our country has agreed in 1942 to furnish one- 
fourth of the food supply of Great Britain—enough to feed 10,000,000 people—6 to 
8 per cent of our total annual production. At the same time American demand 
is growing. 
% Help in making food supplies available to our huge and well-fed military forces. 
Defense Gardeners — Avoid These Mistakes! 
Do not wastefully sacrifice your landscape beauty, or destroy your 
ornamentals for a defense garden. Utilize space which is now either 
wasted or little developed. Harmonize plantings of vegetables and 
flowers and satisfying results will be brought about. 
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