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( } ea KING & CO.“S VEGETABLE AND FLOWER SEEDS 
VEGETABLE PLANTING TABLE 



VARIETY Hill or Seed How Deep |Transplantor| Time Required 


Drill Necessary to Plant |Thin to (in.)| to Produce Crop 
ASDETAQUSMEA ttn ast. H 1 oz., » 50 Feet asin; 24x36 Seeds—Four Yrs. 
Beans, Wax, Green....... D 1 qt., 100 Feet Qameiti: 12x24 50 to 85 days 
Be@anS OIG eel dec on. lal 1 qt., 100 Feet ann; 36x36 69 to 95 days 
Bessie eet es a... D 1 qt., 100 Feet 2 in. 6x12 95 days 
Betipeet Retr. ok. ss D 1oz., 650 Feet 11% in. 9x18 59 to 75 days 
BEGCCOM see tere aah. c .' H 1 oz., 2000 Plants 14 in. 24x36 100 days 
Brusselsssprouts....:.:.. H 1 oz., 2000 Plants 14 in, 18x36 90 to 125 days 
Cabbavemeres Warr tsxhs Imi 1 oz., 2000 Plants V4 in. 24x36 65 to 120 days 
CavrOueereeh aise sc. 5 D 1oz., 100 Feet 1g in. 6x18 65 to 85 days 
CataltlGwene armed. H 1 oz., 2000 Plants V4 in. 24x18 85 to 95 days 
Celervaee tf? ioe t.cy ss D 1 oz., 2000 Plants 1g in. 6x48 110 to 140 days 
Swisss@nardsse oe. 4 3. D 1loz., 50 Feet 11% in. 9x24 50 to 55 days 
Cornet ae er eae H 1 qt., 100 Hills 114 in. 36x36 80 to 120 days 
Cressuewe mar fe owele ss D 1oz., 50 Feet lyf in. 3x 6 90 to 100 days 
CuCUInDer re eee ec la! foz., 50 Hills 16 in. 36x86 60 to 80 days 
HgcePinn bare ete. 2 ; H 1 oz., 1000 Plants V6 in. 36x36 100 to 120 days 
Kndivemmetes weeks: D 1oz., 150 Feet 14 in, eae 60 to 80 days 
GE | ss Ja eee D loz., 150 Feet Vy in. 12x18 80 to 100 days 
Kohirab teen epee, D 1 oz., 200 Feet 16 in. 12x24 60 days 
LetticCemeseurtrictccc) <. o1) 1oz., 120 Feet 14 in. 8x24 45 to 60 days 
Melon—Musk ........... H 1oz., 60 Hills arin: 60x60 100 to 120 days 
Melon—Water........... H 15 OZ. ee 3U Pills ieee in: 60x60 75 to 100 days 
Mustard are pecs antes. D loz., 80 Feet Vf in. ixa0 28 days 
ORT awe ee ae ot to D loz., 40 Feet 11% in. 18x24 60 days 
OniGnweee ee. oar ere D 1oz., 100 Feet Vg in. 12x24 60 to 180 days 
Parse yates ots tern 5.00 < D 1 oz., 150 Feet 14 in. 6x12 70 to 100 days 
Parsnipeeieee ees 5. D 1 oz., 200 Feet 1 in. 6x24 110 days 
PCa eee. ee ete cin tne: D 1 qt., 100 Feet aj Ad Ale 4x36 55 to 85 days 
Peper ee eee eck ore D 1 oz., 2000 Plants 1 in. 18x36 100 days 
PUR Die cee eee ie ae H foz., 30 Hills 11% in. 108x108 65 to 110 days 
Radis ha rrstens ir ns 2 D 1 oz., 100 Feet V in. 3x 8 30 to 60 days 
Rien Daeve tare neo. D loz. 75 Feet 36x36 
Rutagbecde scan... - D 1 in. 6x24 90 to 100 days 
Salsif yan cee ee 8 is: D loz., 75 Feet 11% in. 6x 8 90 days 
Spud C lipemia see set ac ees D 1 oz., 100 Feet ie in: 6x18 45 to 75 days 
Soiasliaemeer ee dere cice H loz. 50 Hills 1 in. | Bush 36x48] 50to 60 days 
Late 72x96| 65 to 110 days 
Tomato ees eee os. EE 1 oz., 1000 Plants V4 in. 36x48 70 to 110 days 
TUrnipeeeeot tS D 1oz., 150 Feet 1 in. 4x18 40 to 75 days 


HOTBEDS 
If you want to produce earlier vegetables and flowers than your neighbor, make a hotbed. It 
should be started any time after February 15th. The hotbed consists of a subframe, which extends 
15 to 20 inches beneath the soil, depending upon the climate, and a top frame which Slopes down 
from 18 inches to 12 inches towards the south. This is covered with a glass sash, which keeps in 
the heat. These come in standard size, 3x6 feet. The most commonly used material for producing 
heat is fresh horse manure. Two parts of it mixed with one part of litter, consisting of either leaves 
or straw will prevent the manure from getting hot too suddenly or not heating at all. Before put- 
ting it in the frame it should be piled outdoors in heaps. As long as it steams it should be turned 
over every two or three days. This should be repeated until the manure steams only every other 
day. Then a 5 or 6 inch layer of manure should be placed evenly in the pit, and should be tramped 
down firmly. On top of this comes a mass of 4 to 6 inches of soil, which has not been frozen. A 
careful gardener puts some litter or manure on the sides of the frame also, extending to the top. 
By doing so he helps to maintain the temperature within. 
Three things are necessary for success with a hotbed. Regular watering, timely ventilation and 
regneng weeding. Never sow seeds or set in plants before the temperature has settled down to 90 
egrees or less. 
Cold Frames and Seed Flats 
After plants have reached the size that makes removing from the hotbed necessary they may 
be transplanted into the cold frame, before being set in the open ground. The cold frame is really 
a hotbed minus the heat, and for that reason need not have a sub-frame. 
__ Those who have no room for either hotbed or cold frame may still “beat the neighbor to it” 
He the help of a seed flat and a sunny kitchen window. A seed flat is a shallow box, about 3 or 4 
inches deep. 
