. The book of a thousand gardens;. Vegetable gardening. [from old catalog]. THE BOOK OF A THOUSAND GARDENS 81 THE TALK OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD. From Wm. C. Davis, Bridgeton, New Jersey, R. No. 3, Box 54. My garden consists of one acre. My first planting is in February. I plant peas, if the ground is not frozen, and then in March I put in onions, beets, radishes, lettuce, and sow cabbage for early plants. 1 have had peas up eight inches _â_ , tg^^^^^^^a^^t ;^^^ » high and covered with â JHlHHHli^^^^^^^^^HPR&^S^j, snow, but the cold and snow does not effect the early peas. Sow the Alaska for ea
. The book of a thousand gardens;. Vegetable gardening. [from old catalog]. THE BOOK OF A THOUSAND GARDENS 81 THE TALK OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD. From Wm. C. Davis, Bridgeton, New Jersey, R. No. 3, Box 54. My garden consists of one acre. My first planting is in February. I plant peas, if the ground is not frozen, and then in March I put in onions, beets, radishes, lettuce, and sow cabbage for early plants. 1 have had peas up eight inches _â_ , tg^^^^^^^a^^t ;^^^ » high and covered with â JHlHHHli^^^^^^^^^HPR&^S^j, snow, but the cold and snow does not effect the early peas. Sow the Alaska for early and use Field's seeds. After these crops are gathered, the same ground is prepared and set in Golden Self Blanching celery, making two crops per year from the same ground. On the A garden tnat paid loi iieing well tended balance of that strip I plant Lima beans, bush and pole, set tomatoes, peppers, plant sugar corn, string beans, squash, cucumbers and cantaloupes. My garden is the talk and admiration of the neighborhood. My most profitable crops are strawberries, cabbage and cantaloupes. I use manure broadcast and high grade fertilizer in the row. I raise two crops of each with the exception of strawberries. Those Field's Daisy cantaloupes. I have been gardening 45 years, and they are away ahead of all others. Wm. C. Davis, Bridgelon, New $ FROM A HALF ACRE. GOOD. From Mrs. W. J. Daugherty, Henry, Nebraska The first thing to do is to plow deep and harrow thoroughly in the fall, if possible, aiid scatter well rotted manure over it. By doing this, the ground is in shape for early planting. My garden of one-half acre was planted to the following: One-eighth acre in onions, the bal- ance in cabbage, tomatoes, peas, beans, beets, lettuce, turnips and carrots. I raised at least 50 bushel of onions worth $ per bu.; about 3000 lbs. of cabbage, which sells here from a cent and a half lo three cents a pound, and 10 or 15 bushels of tomatoes worth $ per bu.
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