

CAMPBELL SSEEDMS TORE; PASADENA, 
CALIFORNIA 

HOW TO PLANT A VEGETABLE GARDEN 
LOCATION—PREPARING THE SOIL 
Exposure for the vegetable garden should be sunny. No com- 
mon vegetable will grow under trees, or in the shade of build- 
ings—only a few herbs will thrive under such conditions. 
The garden should be as open and as sunny as possible. Some- 
times buildings on adjacent lots may shade the garden a little, 
but if the sun reaches the soil at least half of the day, you 
will be able to grow most any vegetable you desire. 
Plan the vegetable rows to run from north to south. This 
direction gives the most benefit from the sun, Another way is 
to plant the taller kinds behind so that they never shade the 
small ones. 
Good Soil is as essential as sunlight to growing plants. Most 
soils will grow vegetables, or can be made suitable by thorough 
deep spading and liberal applications of manure, peat or other 
humus material at that time. Dig as deep as the spading fork 
or spade will go, forcing it straight down before lifting and 
turning the soil over, breaking up all clods. Grass may be turned 
under to rot and make humus, but the roots of perennial weeds, 
like dandelions and thistles, should be removed. Throw out all 
large stones, building refuse and other material detrimental 
to growing plants. 
WHAT AND HOW TO PLANT 
In selecting vegetables to plant include the ones your family 
should eat as well as the kinds they like. A well balanced diet 
is most important and should include green vegetables, yellow 
vegetables, leafy vegetables, root vegetables, and tomatoes. 
Flowers to compliment the vegetables. Morale does not stop 
with the stomach. Flowers for the house, fresh from the garden, 
are essential. Plant them, as shown, on the plan to make the 
view from the house attractive and colorful. 
SOW SEEDS AT RIGHT TIME 
Sow seeds at the proper season and avoid waste. We have 
the highest quality seeds available. 
Work down the top soil with a rake until it is level, fine and 
in perfect physical condition, before attempting to plant Seed. 
Seed should be sown thinly in shallow rills, made with a stick 
as shown in the sketch. To make the rows straight, follow a 
line of string stretched between stakes placed at either end 
of the row. The depth of this rill depends on the variety sown. 
Check with the depth of planting chart on page 3 before sowing 
seed. 
Seed may be sown directly from the packet, or by rubbing a 
pinch of seed between the thumb and the first two fingers. This 
latter method gives a thinner distribution of the seed. Small 
seeds should not be thicker than 10 to the inch. Sow one row 
at a time and after each row, cover the seed lightly, touching 
the loose soil with a rake. Place the board used for walking 
between the row on top of the sown seed and walk across it to 
firm the soil for better germination. 
Treatment of the seed with “Cuprocide”’ will eliminate a great 
deal of damping off, and rotting of the seed after sowing, espe- 
cially if sown during the wet weather. 
If the soil is moist, but not wet, at the time of sowing, water- 
ing will not be necessary before the seedlings are up. If it dries 
out, however, sprinkle carefully so as not to wash out the 
small seedlings. 
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Jettuce spinach and 
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rows one foot apart crops requiring 
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6 DEPENDABKESSEEDS AND BUPBSASTNIGE 
Tomatoes are best on a stout 
trellis. Tie with strips of soft 
cloth. Pinch or prune some 
of side branches but not the 
flower clusters which grow 
at the opposite side of stem. 
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Train pole beans, Get an extra crop  Radishes, 
tall peas, limas, or of quick maturing onions, or 
cucumbers on heavy crops by planting Jattuke ee 
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wires or train on the fence. 
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