Plant a Victory Vegetable Garden —Help Win the War! 
The ever dwindling supply of farm labor and increased freight loads of our railroads and other factors, with which we are 
all familiar, is changing the buying habits of everyone. Those of us who are fortunate to be garden minded can grow veg- 
etables ct home equal in quality to those available before the war and better than the average available today. We need not 
replant our gardens unless by so doing we achieve a better garden than we had before. The use of flowers with vegetables as 
we suggest here will give great satisfaction. You will have flowers, as before, and at the same time will be relieving the growers 
of much responsibility in meeting their ever increasing demands for produce. Grow all the vegetables you can and preserve 
the surplus. 




Making a Victory garden is not as complicated as it may seem. With a Plan for all year growing. What you plant this fall must not interfere with 
good plan to work from, it is possible on a small area to produce an I spring planting for summer crops. Short season crops will be used quickly 
amazing quantity of vegetables and flowers. Very much depends on the and should be replanted as long as the season permits. In this way one row 
area of ground available but the average city backyard, which is prob- will produce the equivalent of several, but fertilizing is necessary to replace 
ably the most restricted in size, will produce many green vegetables, a K the nutrient extracted by the previous crop. 
number of root vegetables, and if vines are trained on the fences—all th This planting guide is filled with essential information gained from years 
had ais cucumbers and beans you will need. Pumpkins and squash can still be of experience in this climate. We offer these suggestions so your garden will 
Gra grown among the corn to save space. give better crops of flowers and vegetables. But, all these may not secure 
Flowers can be planted to be seen from the house, in just the right success if common sense in the location of the garden, its planting, prepara- RADISH, EARLY SCARLET TURNIP 
BEET, EARLY WONDER amount for color and accent to make the garden cheerful. Select old tion of soil and care of the plants is not followed. Even more important is the Radishes “are about the sasies@yeactaple nc: 
mane: best table and canning beet we offer. favorites and a few novelties for pleasant variety. In this way your use of good seed. F. F. Smith’s reputation has been built on supplying the Bros ona ae coe. Fe en 
ee ee ried op eee Victory garden will serve a real need. You will be well repaid in veg- finest seed of the best varieties for California growing conditions. You can ehisoiradishisarior treatable: 
be used as greens. etables to eat and flowers for the house. depend on seeds from us. 
The home gardener grows his 
plants under widely different condi- 
tions from those experienced by the 
commercial market gardener. Veg- 
etable gardening here is little more 
than a variation of flower gardening. 
Seeds can be given better care in 
watering, weeding and later in cul- 
tivation and picking the crop is a 
small scale operation. 






All of our planting instructions Pole Beans 
are for the Sacramento Valley 
and similar climates. 
Flowering Vines 



Berries or Fruits trained 
on fence. 
The sketch below shows a few 
helpful hints on seed planting. 
First of all in importance is a care- 
fully prepared seed bed—deeply 
dug, finely broken up and raked 
smooth to receive the seed. Enrich 

The sketch below shows the proper 
depth of planting we recommend for 
vegetable gardeners to cover their 
seed. It is best not to follow the depths 
recommended for field grown crops, 
which would be too deep for the 
home garden. 
the soil with peat, manure or other 
humus material at the time of 
spading. 







air >< Cabbage or Cauliflower 
7 
3 Re a Peas or Bush Beans 
ee ey ‘oy SS ae Summer Squash 
Mf Ses ELS, Strawberries 
RUAN ox i Tall Annuals 
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ia * // FLOWERS AND VEGETABLES 


If your soil has a tendency to 
crust over or “bake” after water- 
ing, we suggest applying a mulch 
of finely pulverized manure, peat 
or grass clippings. This will keep 
the water content of the soil more 



Flowers Many vegetable seeds are scarce 
CANTALOUPE. HALE’S BEST NO. 45 and although there is enough to go 
around we should not waste seed. 


An early ripening, mildew resistant melon for 

5 ; f ; r the home and market gardener. Deep salmon Sow thinly and evenly, paying atten- 
uniform and assist germination. a A good working plan saves time and effort. This plan gives ample space for flowers thick flesh of finest flavor. Melons are oval, tion to the depth of covering recom- 
ONION, SWEET SPANISH and vegetables. Crops can be rofated without re-making the garden. heavily netted and faintly striped. mended. 
A popular sweet onion for home and market gardens. 
For the beds, make furrows from 2 to 3 feet apart. Run water from a hose or ditch, all the way through the beds. This 
will enable the gardener to determine high and low spots according to the water level, and accomplish a complete leveling. 
PLANTING TIPS FOR THE HOME yw SOIL LEVEL 
VEGETABLE GARDEN ’ , bh 
. Spading Soil. 
. Raking Level. 
. Making Seed Bed. Take a pinch 
. Sowing Seed. : of seed be- 
tween thumb 
and fingers. : 
Rubbing thumb pe ; \ = & 
Trent ader with '\\jp across fingers f | DEPTH OF PLANTING CHART 
none amas F : releases seed. 
sk TEE bes Me athe us ‘ For the Home Vegetable Garden 
loosened and turned over seed bed. j 
Tomato 18 Cucumber 
full depth of spading fork. 
Turnip 19 Okra 
Beet 20 Pumpkin 
Radish 21 Squash 
Endive 9 
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] 
2 
3 Spinach 22 Watermelon 
5) 
6 
7 
Lettuce 1] 
Mustard ] 
Carrot ] 
Rake seed Eggplant ] 
Onion 
] 
1 
— bed smooth. Swiss Chard 23 Beans 
i> Cabbage 24 Corn 
2 Cauliflower 25 Peas 
Melons 
Parsley 
Pepper 
ONAUARWN— 
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Sow seed thinly to avoid waste. 
Method of making seed bed. Cover lightly to the proper depth. 
TOMATOES, FOR TABLE AND CANNING 



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