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Manual of Gardeningpotatoes, a space not over 100 by 150 feet. Beginning at one side of thegarden and running the rows the short way (having each row 100 feet long) sowings may be made, as soon as the ground is in condition to work, of the following: Fifty feet each of parsnips and salsify. One hundred feet of onions, 25 feet of which may be potato or set onions, the remainder black-seed for summer and fall use. Fifty feet of early beets; 50 feet of lettuce, with which radish may be sown to break the soil and be harvested before the lettuce needs the room. One hundred feet of early cabbage, the plants for which should be from a frame or purchased. Set the plants 18 inches to 2 feet apart. One hundred feet of early cauliflower; culture same as for cabbage. Four hundred and fifty feet of peas, sown as follows:-- 100 feet of extra early. 100 feet of extra early, sown late. 100 feet of intermediate. 50 feet of dwarf varieties. 100 feet of late. If trellis or brush is not to be used, frequent sowings of the dwarfs will maintain a supply. After the soil has become warm and all danger of frost has passed, the tender vegetables be planted as follows: Next Page |
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