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Planting Calendar 
MARCH 
The only vegetables to be 
planted outdoors in March 
are all early peas and onion 
sets. There are a number of 
vegetables, however, which 
may be started indoors or 
in hotbeds. 
Plant Indoors Set Out 
Artichoke, Globe. .June 1 
Cabbage, Early...April 1 
Cauliflower, Early.May 1 
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Eggplant.........May 15 
Kohlrabi.........April 15 
Lettucesu... se. ADIL 5 
Parsley... chee Mayan 
Pepper.... ae Vays 
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Plant Outdoors 
Peas, Early Smooth 
Onion Sets 
APRIL 
All the seeds mentioned 
in the March table can be 
started in April, and also 
the following: 
Plant Indoors Set Out 
Beets: amen aes en May 
Brussels Sprouts...... June 
Cabbage, Late.......June 
Cauliflower, Late... ..June 
Plant Outdoors 
Asparagus Parsley 
oots Parsnip 
Beets Peas, Early 
Carrots Wrinkled 
Cress Potatoes 
Kohlrabi Radish 
Lettuce Rhubarb Roots 
Mustard Swiss Chard 
Onion Seed Squash 
Onion Sets Turnip 
Set out Lettuce started 
indoors in March. 

MAY 
Plant Outdoors 
Asparagus Muskmelon 
Seed Watermelon 
Beans, Bush Okra 
Beans, Pole Peas, Late 
Corn, Sugar Pumpkin 
Cucumber Squash 
All the seeds mentioned 
in the April table may also 
be sown in May. 
Set out early Cabbage, 
early Cauliflower and To- 
mato plants started mdoors 
in March and April. 
JUNE 
Plant Outdoors 
Beans, Late Bush 
Beans, Late Pole 
Set out Globe Artichokes, 
Brussels Sprouts, late Cab- 
bage, Cauliflower, Celery, 
Epsplents and Peppers 
which have been started 
indoors. 
Plant Swiss Chard, Su- 
gar Corn, Lettuce, Late 
Peas, Radishes, Beets, and 
Turnips for Jate crops. 
JULY and AUGUST 
Plant Outdoors 
Stringless Green-Pod Beans 
Stringless Wax-Pod Beans 
Rutabaga ale 
Winter Radishes 
Spinach Turnip 
SEPTEMBER and 
OCTOBER 
Plant Outdoors 
Corn Salad Spinach 
Multiplying Onion. Kale 
Plant Under Glass 
Lettuce Parsley 
Early Radishes 

Practical Vegetable Culture. By Albert E. Wilkinson 
In its 308 pages all phases of vegetable culture are covered from 
sowing the seed to reaping the harvest. 135 illus. $2.00, ppd. $2.15. 

Broccoli 
A plant much resembling cauliflower but requires a longer season 
Sow I ounce of seed 
to 200 feet of row 
to develop, has more numerous and stiffer leaves, and 
smaller. Treat same as cabbage. 
Calabrese. This is the Broccoli which is served in first-class 
restaurants and hotels and is becoming popular on the family 
table. Cooked and served like cauliflower, it 
flavor and is highly praised by epicures. 
Ylb. $1.25; Ib. $4.50. 
CutturE. Sow seed in open ground April 1. Set plants out 
Pita Oce 
May 15 to June, 
cabbage. 90 days. 
See page 37. 
Rapa or Italian 
100 days. Pkt. 
CULTURE. 
has a delicious 
CALABRESE PLANTS. 
15c; WIb. 35c; Ib. $1.25. 
Sow about 
Are a Vital Factor in the National Food Produc- 
tion. It Is Patriotic—It Is Wise—To Make a 
Victory Vegetable Garden This Year. 
Vegetable Gardening is a profitable and pleasurable occupa- 
tion. There is no food in all the world that can compare with the 
fresh vegetables from your own garden. Our Prices are the 
Lowest, Consistent with the Production of Quality Seeds. 
ARTICHOKE ROOTS, Jerusalem. See page 37. 
ARTICHOKE SEEDS, Globe. Pkt. 15c. 
Asparagus, Seeds and Roots 
Roots ready after March 1 
Sow 1 ounce of seed to 40 feet of drill; 5 pounds per acre. 
7,300 Asparagus Plants are needed to plant an acre 
CuLturE. Sow seed as early in spring as soil can 
be worked, in drills 1 foot apart, and, when well 
started, thin out to 3 inches apart. When 1 to 2 years 
old, transplant into permanent beds, which should be 
well and deeply manured and trenched to a depth of 
1% feet. Set plants in rows 3 feet apart, not less than 
114 feet apart in the row. See that roots are well 
spread and set at a depth of 6 inches below level of 
bed. Cover only 2 or 3 inches, and fill in gradually 
as the plants grow. Very little, if any, should be cut 
the first year after transplanting, but a fair crop can 
be cut the second year. Every fall after the tops 
have been cut down, apply a dressing of coarse 
manure, and in the spring, fork it in. An occasional Si 
top-dressing of salt at the rate of one-half pound per Asparagus 
square yard is also beneficial. 
Mary Washington. This Asparagus, selected by the U. S. Department of 
Agriculture, Washington, D. C., has proved to be nearly rust-free. The 
shoots are thick, heavy, long, straight, rich dark green, with closely 
folded tips tinted darker. An early, heavy yielder. Shoots of exceptionally 
fme flavor. Pkt. 10c; oz. 15c; 4b. 25c; Ib. 75c. 
ASPARAGUS ROOTS, Two-Year-Old. See page 37. 

Accessories for Asparagus Culture 
Asparagus Buncher. Even where one has a 
limited amount of Asparagus to market it pays 
to use a Buncher. The Asparagus is quickly tied 
and looks uniform. With knife-guard, $3.75. 
Parcel Post weight, 8 pounds. 
Asparagus Knife. V-shaped blade. 
Post weight, 1 pound. 
Asparagus Salt. Apply in the spring, 600 to 800 
pounds per acre. For destroying weeds. 10 Ibs. 
25c; 50 Ibs. $1.00; 100 Ibs. $1.50. 
Raffia. The ideal material for tying Aspara- 
gus. Hanks (about 1 Ib.) 60c; 5 Ibs. at 
55c per Ib. 
Jute Twine. Very soft and pliable. Ball 
25c, postpaid 30c. Special price in 
quantities on application. 
Red Tape for tying Asparagus. 
No. 17-677. 1000 yds. $2.00, postpaid 
INO) 
35c. Parcel 
eads are 
oz. 35c; 
No. 17. The best. 1000 yds. $3.25, post- 
paid $3.35. 
Prices subject to change 
like late 
Salad. 
10c; oz. 
Brussels Sprouts 
A species of the Cabbage family which 
produces miniature heads from the sides of 
the stalk. These heads are a great delicacy, 
cooked in the same way as cauliflower. Sow 
seed, about the middle of May, in a seed- 
bed, and set the plants afterwards in rows 
2 feet or more apart; cultivate like cab- 
bage. 100 days. 
Improved Dwarf. Produces compact 
sprouts of finest quality. A good keeper. 
Pkt. 10c; oz. 60c; 4Ib. $2.00; Ib. $7.00. 
BRUSSELS SPROUTS PLANTS. See page 37. 
middle of August, in rows 
32 inches apart, well fertil- 
ized, using 2 pounds of seed 
to the acre, covering the seed 
lg inch. Cultivate twice before 
freezing weather. As soon as it 
gets a little warm in February, 
put on a top-dressing of nitrate 
of soda or some quick-acting 
fertilizer, and cultivate. About 
the middle of March it will com- 
mence to stalk up, with several 
shoots per stalk, with green blos- 
soms. When stalks are about 
8 inches high, cutting may com- 
mence. Served like asparagus or 
greens, it makes a delicious and 
wholesome dish. 


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