Richard Frotscher's almanac and garden manual for the southern states . oz. 100 Endive .1 100 Okra .1 40 Onion .1 100 Onion Sets .Iqt. 20 Parsley. .1 oz. to 125 feet of drill. Parsnips. 1 150 Peas 1 qt. 100 1 oz. 75 1 70 75 150 QUANTITY OF SEED REQUIRED FOR A GIVEN NUMBEROF HILLS. Pole Beans 1 qt. to 150 hills. Corn 1 200 Cucumber 1 oz. 100 Water Melon,...1 40 Musk Melon 1 oz. to 75—100 1 50— 80 Squash 1 60— 80 Table showing the amount of seed necessary for an acre, and thenumber of pounds in a bushel. Red White Dutch Clove
Richard Frotscher's almanac and garden manual for the southern states . oz. 100 Endive .1 100 Okra .1 40 Onion .1 100 Onion Sets .Iqt. 20 Parsley. .1 oz. to 125 feet of drill. Parsnips. 1 150 Peas 1 qt. 100 1 oz. 75 1 70 75 150 QUANTITY OF SEED REQUIRED FOR A GIVEN NUMBEROF HILLS. Pole Beans 1 qt. to 150 hills. Corn 1 200 Cucumber 1 oz. 100 Water Melon,...1 40 Musk Melon 1 oz. to 75—100 1 50— 80 Squash 1 60— 80 Table showing the amount of seed necessary for an acre, and thenumber of pounds in a bushel. Red White Dutch Clover . .60 Lucerne or Alfalfa Clover 60 Alsike Clover 60 No. of ft No. of ftto busli. to acre. 60 6 to 10 5 to 8 6 to4 to Hungarian Grass 48 20 to 30 No of ft No. of ftto bush, to acre. Millet ....50 15 to 30 Red Top Grass 14 7 to 14 Orchard Grass 14 14 to 20 Kentucky Blue 14 14 to 28Buckwheat 52 25 to 52 22 EicHARD Feotschers Almanac and Garden Manual Descriptive Catalogue of Vegetable Seeds. ARTICHOKE. Artichaut, (Fr.) Artischoke, (Ger.) Alcachofa, (Sp.). Green Globe Artichoke, ]:e Olobe. This is a very popular vegetable in the South andmuch esteemed by the native as well as the foreign population fromthe south of Euroi>e. It is extensively cultivated for the New Orleansmarket. It is best propagated from suckers which come up around thelaige plants; take them off during the fall and early winter months;plant them four feet apart each way. Every fall the ground should bemanured and spaded or plowed between them. If planted by seed, sowthem in drills during winter or early spring, three inches apart and onefoot from row to row; cover with about one half inch of earth; thefollowing fall the plants can be transplanted and cultivated as recom-mended above. ASPARAGUS. AsPERGE, (Fr.) Sparged, (Ger.) Esparagos, (Sp.) Fiirple Top. The Asparagus is not extensively cultivated in theSouth, not that it is not liked well enough, but from the fact that itdoes not succeed
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