. The book of a thousand gardens;. Vegetable gardening. [from old catalog]. 40 THE BOOK OF A THOUSAND GARDENS Well, the Early June came up first and stayed first. We planted out some 75 plants in a trial plot about May 15th, and we had quite a hard frost that night. I sprinkled them in the morning with the hose, but I looked for the blossoms to fall. Strange to say they d:d not. We kept count until the first of August, and there was 22J/2 to each stock, not counting what we used on the table. At the above rate, they would yield about $ per acre. I will send for some seed later. E. A. New
. The book of a thousand gardens;. Vegetable gardening. [from old catalog]. 40 THE BOOK OF A THOUSAND GARDENS Well, the Early June came up first and stayed first. We planted out some 75 plants in a trial plot about May 15th, and we had quite a hard frost that night. I sprinkled them in the morning with the hose, but I looked for the blossoms to fall. Strange to say they d:d not. We kept count until the first of August, and there was 22J/2 to each stock, not counting what we used on the table. At the above rate, they would yield about $ per acre. I will send for some seed later. E. A. Newell, Massillon, O. GARDEN BETTER THAN SHE EXPECTED. From Lottie S. Newman, Groton, South Good Vegetables from South Dakota I am sending you two pictures of garden truck taken Oct. 22, and con- sists of cabbage, squash, corn, beets, rutabagas, endive, sweet peas and scarlet flax. The larg- est rutabagas weighed 8'/4 lbs., squash 16 lbs., cabbage 6 lbs. While I know that they could have weighed more, con- sidering what 1 had to contend with, they are better than I expected. Lottie S. Newman, Crolon, South Daf^ola. LUCK DUE TO HARD WORK. From Frederik Fite, Parkton, Md. I have a little less than a half acre of garden, but everything is fine. I had by the sixth of May my first peas, and have now, the fourth planting of peas up. I had my first sweet corn on the 7th of July, new potatoes by the 1st of July, and string beans on June 24th, and cucumbers on the fifth of July. We had very hot weather here and it was very dry, but now it is better. 1 am only renting the house and garden and work by the day, but every mornmg at five o'clock finds me in my garden, and all the people in the neighborhood say 1 have the best garden for miles around. I am unable to send any picl,ure of my stuff I raised, for 1 don't have a kodak. I shall, if I live until next year, get all of my seed from you. I am also sure that you will receive orders from my friends. They would have ordered yet this
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