
READ CAREFULLY! 
INSTRUCTIONS FOR 
BETTER GARDENING 
/ \ PRODUCTIVE GARDEN if it is well planned, will yield 
a large variety of fresh vegetables for your table. 
Work out a complete plan of operation before you buy any 
seed or do any outside work. Be sure the vegetable garden 
will be in full sun more than half of the day. 
Short beds are an advantage. They take less time to care 
for properly, therefore making a greater showing of accom- 
plishment. 
Outline the entire garden, including the paths and beds, 
with stout string fastened to stakes to make planting easier. 
Then place stakes for the first row and stretch a line between 
them. Repeat this before planting each row so it will be 
straight and all rows will be the correct distance apart. 
Be sure your garden plot has good drainage. Standing water 
will ruin plants. There should be some protection against 
strong winds. 
Essential tools you will need are spade (or fork), hoe, rake, 
and a small hand duster or sprayer. a 
A “spring gardener” lets his work go with neglect as soon 
as the weather is warm. So make a good start and keep going 
all season by doing a little bit each day. That is the advantage 
of the short row—it is never discouraging. 
We have the best seeds you can obtain. They are selected 
for high germination and purity through constant testing and 
selection. 
LOCATION—PREPARING THE SOIL 
Exposure for the vegetable garden should be sunny. No 
common vegetable will grow under trees, or in the shade of 
buildings—only a few herbs will thrive under such conditions. 
The garden should be as open and as sunny as possible. 
Sometimes 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. 
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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 re- 
moved. Throw out all large stones, building refuse and other 
material detrimental to growing plants. 
SOIL LEVEL 








NE 8-12 in. 

Supports 
for Tomatoes 


Sow radishes, leaf 
Jettuce and bunch- 
ing onions in beds 
which are later 
Plant carrots, tur- 
nips, beets, onions, 
lettuce spinach and 
celery in double planted to other 
rows one foot apart crops requiring 
instead of single rows. more space 



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. 
DEPTH OF PLANTING CHART 
For the Home Vegetable Garden 
1 Endive 9 Tomato 18 Cucumber 
2 Lettuce 10 Turnip 19 Okra | 
3 Mustard 11 Beet 20 Pumpkin 
4 Carrot 12 Radish 21 Squash 
5 Eggplant 13 Spinach 22 Watermelon 
6 Onion 14 Swiss Chard 23 Beans 
7 Parsley 15 Cabbage 24 Corn 
8 Pepper 16 Cauliflower 25 Peas 
17 Melons 








Train pole beans, Get an extra crop Radishes, 
tall peas, limas, or of quick maturing onions, or 
cucumbers on heavy crops by planting lettuce be- 


twine stretched be- with slow kinds. 
tween poles and 
wires or train on the fence 
tween peppers 
or eggplant 
rows. 








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