. Horticulture; a text book for high schools and normals, including plant propagation; plant breeding; gardening; orcharding; small fruit growing; forestry; beautifying home grounds; the soils and enemies involved. ons (sets) %l—Tomatoes %0 ? 36 *# ** ** ** x Lettuce && Radish%l—Tomatoes %0, -Peppers %0,-& Eggplants %— 36 i Early Sweet Corn K5 & % 36 x Early Spinach %— 36 x Early Turnips %— 24 -§Late Sweet Corn %3 & %0- -SBush Squash %s & Cucumbers %3- Transplants grown in seedbed. **Transplants bought, or grown under glass. SRemove only enough of the first crop to make room for planting. THE
. Horticulture; a text book for high schools and normals, including plant propagation; plant breeding; gardening; orcharding; small fruit growing; forestry; beautifying home grounds; the soils and enemies involved. ons (sets) %l—Tomatoes %0 ? 36 *# ** ** ** x Lettuce && Radish%l—Tomatoes %0, -Peppers %0,-& Eggplants %— 36 i Early Sweet Corn K5 & % 36 x Early Spinach %— 36 x Early Turnips %— 24 -§Late Sweet Corn %3 & %0- -SBush Squash %s & Cucumbers %3- Transplants grown in seedbed. **Transplants bought, or grown under glass. SRemove only enough of the first crop to make room for planting. THE VEGETABLE BORDER 65 A City Garden.—The following plan for a square rod garden,published by the extension division of the University of Minne-sota, is well suited to many village and city back yards. The fig-ures at the right indicate the inches between rows. Plan for a Square-Rod and carrots followed by tomatoes . Early peas .Early peas . Radishes and carrots followed by tomatoes. Early peas .Early peas .Lettuce followed by tomatoes .String beans . String beans .Spinach followed by tomatoes .Early beets .Early beets A 12 is 12 is 18 12 18181218181212. Fig. 45.—A handy home made marker for garden rows. As it stands in the drawing fourrows are marked two feet apart. If it be reversed three rows are marked three feet may be made for other widths of rows. This one may be pulled by hand. The Vegetable Border.—It is well to establish a permanentvegetable border along one side of the garden, either in the countryor in the city. This border may contain such plants as would notrequire an abundance of cultivation, but which would require anabundance of mulching and manuring. This border may be located5 66 THE HOME VEGETABLE GARDEN along the fence at the side of the yard and may be several feet inwidth. Here we should find such crops as rhubarb, asparagus,horse radish and other perennial herbs. Heavy applications of Fig. 46. £$&0$ ?~,<ftt XV
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