Slate’s Planting Chart 
and 
TABLE OF CONDENSED INFORMATION ON GARDEN WORK 


VEGETABLE 

ASPARAGUS. 
BUSH BEANS.. 
POLE BEANS... 

LIMA BEANS.. 
















WATERMELON. 

Time to 
Plant 

Jan.-March 

March-May 
March-May 
March-May 
Jan.-March 
June-July 
June-July 
Jan.-March 
June-July 
Jan.-March 
June-July 


May-June 
Jan.-March 
June-July 
Jan.-March 
June-July 

May-June 
May-June 
March-May 
Jan.-March 
June-July 
Jan.-March 
March-May 
March-May 
June-July 


May-June 
Jan.-March 
August-Sept. 
Jan.-March 
August-Sept. 



Jan.-March 
Jan.-March 
August-Sept. 
Jan.-March 
August-Sept. 



March-May 

Any time 

March-May 
Jan.-March 
August-Sept. 


Jan.-March 

Jan.-March 
Jan.-March 
Sept.-Oct. 


May-June 

March-May 

Jan.-March 
Jan.-March 
August-Sept. 


March-May 
Jan.-March 
May-June 
Jan.-March 
June-July 


March-May 

How to 
Plant 

Cold Frame 
Drills 18 to 36 | 
inches apart. 
Hills 2 feet 
apart. 
Drills 18 to 36— 
inches apart. 
Drills 18 to 36 
inches apart. 
Cold frame and 
transplant. 
Cold frame and 
transplant. 
Cold frame and 
transplant. 
Hills 4 feet 
apart. 
Drills 18 to 36 
inches apart. 




Cold frame and | 
transplant, 
“Drills 18 to 36— 
inches apart. 
Cold frame and 
transplant. 
Drills 24 to 40 
inches apart. 
Drills 12 to 36 
inches apart. 
Corner of 
garden, 




Hills 4 feet 
apart. 
Cold frame and 
transplant. . 
“Drills 12 to 36_ 
inches apart. 
“Drills 18 to 36 
inches apart. 
Drills 12 to 36 
inches apart. 
Drills 12 to 36 
inches apart. 
Cold frame and 
transplant. 
Hills 4 feet 
apart. 
Drills or 
broadcast. 
Drills 18 to 36 
inches apart. 
Cold frame and 
transplant. 
Corner of 
garden. 
Drills 18 to 36 
inches apart. 

Drills 18 to 36 
inches apart. 
Hot bed and 
transplant. 
Hills 6 feet 
apart. 
Drills 12 to 36 
inches apart. 
Drills 12 to 36 
inches apart. 
Hills 4 feet 
apart. 
Hot bed and 
transplant. 
Drills or 
broadcast. 
Hills 6 feet 
apart. 
Cover Seed 
Inches 
| 
| One inch 

| x 
Two inches 
Two inches 
Two inches 
One inch 
One-half inch 
One-half inch 
One inch 
One inch 
One-half inch 
One-half inch 
| One-half inch 
Two inches 
One-half inch 
One-fourth inch 
One inch 

One-half inch 
_ One-half inch 
One-half inch 
One-half inch 
One-half inch 
One-half inch 
One inch 
One-half inch 
One inch 
One-half inch 
One-half inch 
One-half inch 
Two inches 
One-half inch 
One inch 
One-half inch 
One inch 
One inch 
One-half inch 
One-half inch 
One inch 



One-half inch 

Thin or 
Transplant 

Twenty-four 
inches 
Three to four. 
inches 
Three to hill 
Six inches 
Four inches 

Fifteen inches 

Fifteen inches 

Fifteen inches 

Three to hill 

Four inches 
Twelve inches 

Three inches 

Six inches 
Twenty-four 
inches 


Two inches 

Don't thin 

Three to hill 

Thirty inches 

Six inches 

Eighteen inches 

Four inches 

Three inches 

Ten inches 
er brece Oh ae 
Don’t thin 
Eighteen inches 
Three inches 

Don't thin 

Three inches 

Don’t thin 

Fifteen inches 
Three to hill 
Two inches 
Four inches 
Three to hill 

Thirty inches 
Four inches 
Three to hill 






























Mature in Seed for 
Weeks 100 ft. Row 
104 2 pkts 
6 to 7 1 Ib. 
7 to 8 Y% Ib. 
Les 1 Ib. 
6 to 8 1 oz 
8 to 12 2 pkts. 
| 8 to 12 2 pkts. 
| 8 to 12 2 pkts. 
8 to 12 ipoz 
8 to 10 1 02. 
8 to 12 2 pkts. 
16 to 20 1 oz. 
| 16 to 20 2 pkts 
(atom % Ib. 
3 to 6 1 oz. 
6 to 8 LOZ. 
10 to 12 107 eee 
| 10 to 12 jpate DEL 
3 to 6 1 02, 
4 to 8 ; 1 oz. 
1 3) ton6 1 oz. 
| 10 to 12 2 ozs. 
4 to 8 1 oz. 
| 10 to 12 21507 ee 
8 to 10 _ 2078. 
12 to 16 ivi s02 aay 
| Sitoele 1 oz. 
| 8 to 12 | 1 oz. 
| stoi | lbs 
|__12 to 16__|__2 pkts 
| 4 to 6 2 ozs 
6 to 8 
8* to 12 
12 to 16 
8 to 12 
12 to 16 




