| VICTORY GARDEN BUDGET 


Home-Grown Vegetables How to Preserve 


Tomatoes Canning 
Cabbage Kraut; fall planting by pit storage 
Chinese Cabbage 
Lettuce Use fresh 
Greens: Freezing; canning 
Spinach, New 
Z. Spinach 
Beet Tops 
Wild Greens 
Carrots Pit storage; canning if small 
Turnips Pit storage; kraut 
Kohlrabi ; 
Beets Pit storage; canning if small 
Parsnips Pit storage 
Onions Cool, dry storage 

Beans (Green): Canning; freezing 
Limas, Snap, Cowpeas, Pinto, 
Soybeans 
Beans (Dried): Dry 
(See Beans, Green) 
Asparagus ~ Canning; freezing 
Okra Canning; drying 
Peppers Use fresh 
Peas Canning; freezing; drying 
Corn Canning; freezing; salting 
Dry, warm storage 

Squash 

ASPARAGUS 
Packet, 5 Cents . . . Ounce, 15 Cents. . 
= . *Can be grown in any soil which is not too wet. The seed 
Planting Instructions should be sown in March or April, in rows 14 inches apart, 
and lightly covered with a layer of soil Y% to %4-inch deep. When the seed is up the 
plants should be thinned out. The permanent bed should be prepared by digging a 
trench 18 inches wide and 20 inches deep. Fill this one-third full of well-rotted manure. 
Half fill the remaining space with good soil and transplant the clumps one foot apart. 
Cover to surface. The stocks should not be cut until a year after planting and then 
but lightly. Full harvest may be taken after this. 
| MARTHA WASHINGTON 
*More vigorous than the Mary Washington, being bred to resist rust 
diseases. Productive, uniform type. Shoots large, of extra good qual- 
ity, rich green color tinted with purple at tips. 
MARY WASHINGTON 
The most extensively grown variety. Also rust-resistant. 
ASPARAGUS ROOTS 
One Year Old. We can furnish WASHINGTON roots at 25c per doz.. 
$1.25 per 100. 

PLANTING DATES FOR KANSAS 
Radishes, lettuce, spinach, peas, turnips—as soon as ground can be worked after Feb. 20. 
penance: beets, carrots, potatoes, parsnips, cabbage plants—oat-planting time—March 
o 31. 
Tomato plants, pepper plants, beans (snap), okra—corn-planting time—or frost-free date. 
Squash, sweet potatoes, beans—after soil is warm, week to 10 days after frost-free date. 
PLANTING DATES FOR OKLAHOMA will be about a week or tw li 
COLORADO about three weeks later. Oe ee Sh Ooty ORE. 
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Amount to Plant Per Person 
Based on Average Yield 
Spring | Fall 
15 plants 
15 plants 
10 plants 
8 feet 4 feet 
15 feet 
12 feet 
7 feet 15 feet 
(broadcast) 
8 feet 7 feet 
12 feet 
15 feet 
100 feet 
100 feet 
5 crowns 
5 feet 
5 plants 
25 feet 
75 feet 
3 plants | 
- 4 Pound, 50 Cents 

ASPARAGUS 
