HOME GARDEN BUDGET 
Amount to Plant Per Person 
Based on Average Yield 




Home-Grown Vegetables How to Preserve 
Spring | Fall 
Tomatoes Canning 15 plants 
Cabbage Kraut; fall planting by pit storage 15 plants 
Chinese Cabbage 10 plants 
Lettuce Use fresh 8 feet 4 feet 
Greens: Freezing; canning 15 feet 
Spinach, New 
Z. Spinach 
Beet Tops 
Wild Greens 
Carrots Pit storage; canning if small 12 feet 
Turnips Pit storage; kraut 7 feet 15 feet 
Kohlirabi (broadcast) 
Beets Pit storage; canning if small 8 feet 7 feet 
Parsnips Pit storage 12 feet 
Onions Cool, dry storage 15 feet 
Beans (Green): Canning; freezing 100 feet 
Limas, Snap, Cowpeas, Pinto, , 
Soybeans 
Beans (Dried): Dry 100 feet 
(See Beans, Green) | 
Asparagus Canning; freezing 5 crowns 
Okra Canning; drying 5 feet 
Peppers Use fresh ; 5 plants 
Peas Canning; freezing; drying 25 feet | 
Corn Canning; freezing; salting 75 feet 
Squash Dry, warm storage 3 plants | 



ASPARAGUS 
Packet, 5 Cents. . . Ounce, 15 Cents. . . 4 Pound, 50 Cents 
. Q *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 Yo to %-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. 
iS beets, carrots, potatoes, parsnips, cabbage plants—oat-planting time—March 
Ce) 
Tomato plants, pepper plants, beans (snap), okra—corn-planting time—or frost-free date. 
Squash, sweet potatoes, beans—after soii is warm, week to 10 days after frost-free date. 
PLANTING DATES FOR OKLAHOMA will be about a week or two earlier, AND FOR 
COLORADO about three weeks later. ASPARAGUS 

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