=PLANTING TABLE FOR GARDEN VEGETABLES--Continued=
Especially Adapted to Southern United States
+-----------------+-----------------+-------+---------------------------+ | =Name and | =Time to Plant= |=Class=|=How to Plant and Care for=| | Variety= | | | | +-----------------+-----------------+-------+---------------------------+ |=Artichoke, |March 1, outside.| ... |Hardy Perennial. Plant | |Jerusalem.= |Ready in 6 to 8 | |tubers 6 inches deep in | | |months. | |rows 5 feet apart, 2 feet | | | | |apart in row. Light soil | | | | |and sun. 2 quarts of tubers| | | | |to 100 feet. Fine for soup | | | | |or boiled and creamed, or | | | | |salad or pickles. | | | | | | |=Asparagus.= |December, out- | B |Hardy. Plant 2-year roots 8| |Palmetto. |side. | |inches deep in rows 2 feet | | |Ready in February| |apart, 1 foot apart in row.| | |or March. | |Rich and moist mulch with | | | | |manure all summer, salt | | | | |well. | | | | | | |=Beans.= |Cold-frames or | B-C |Tender. Plant seeds 2 | |Valentine or |green-house. | |inches deep in rows 1-1/2 | |Refugee or |September 1 and | |feet apart, 4 inches apart | |Golden Wax. |every two weeks | |in row. Not too rich soil. | | |thereafter. | |1 quart for 150 feet. | | |Ready in 6 weeks.| | | | | | | | |=Beets.= |Sept. 1, outside.| A-D |Hardy. Plant 1 inch deep in| |Eclipse or |Oct. 1, outside. | B-E |rows 1-1/2 feet apart. Thin| |Crimson Globe. |Ready in 9 weeks.| |to 4 inches apart. Deep | | | | |soil, no fresh manure. 1 | | | | |ounce to 50 feet. Soak seed| | | | |over night. | | | | | | |=Chard.= |Sept. 15, cold- | ... |Almost hardy. Grow like | |Lucullus. |frame. | |beets. Use outside leaves, | | | | |leaving crown to grow. Use | | | | |for greens, or leaf stalks | | | | |like asparagus. | | | | | | |=Brussels |Seed-bed August | A-E |Hardy. Plant seeds 1/2 inch| |Sprouts.= |1. | |deep in rows 2 feet apart, | | |Transplant out- | |1-1/2 feet apart in row. | | |side September | |Cultivate like cabbage. 1 | | |15. | |packet of seed enough. | | |Ready in 4 | | | | |months. | | | | | | | | |=Cabbage.= |Seed-bed August | A-C-E |Hardy. Plant seeds 1/2 inch| |Wakefield or |15. | |deep. Plant rows 3 feet | |Savoy or |Transplant out- | |apart; 1-1/2 feet apart in | |Winningstadt. |side September. | |rows. Moist, manure and | | |Ready in 4 | |cultivate well. 1 packet of| | |months. | |seed enough. Set plants | | | | |deep. | | | | | | |=Carrots.= |Aug. 15, outside.| C-B |Hardy. Plant 1/2 inch deep | |Half Long or |Oct. 1, outside. | |in rows 1-1/2 feet apart, 4| |Long Orange. |Ready 12 to 15 | |inches apart in row. 1 | | |weeks. | |ounce for 200 feet. Seed | | | | |slow to start. | | | | | | |=Cauliflower.= |Seed-bed Septem- | A-C-E |Almost hardy. Plant seed | |Early Snowball or|ber 1. | |1/2 inch deep in rows 2 | |Dwarf Erfurt. |Transplant to | |feet apart, 1-1/2 feet | | |cold-frames | |apart in row. Moist, rich | | |October 1. | |and manure. 1 packet of | | |Ready in 4 | |seed enough. Blanch heads | | |months. | |by tying up. | | | | | | |=Collards.= |Cultivate like | ... |A non-heading cabbage not | | |cabbage. | |equal to it in quality. | | | | | | |=Cucumber.= |Sept. 15, green- | A-B |Tender. Plant 1 inch deep, | |English Tele- |house. | |5 feet apart. 1 ounce for | |graph. |Oct. 15, green- | |50 hills. Moist, rich soil.| | |house. | |Pinch out main stem when 2 | | |Nov. 15, green- | |feet long. Pinch outside | | |house. | |branches at 6 or 8 feet. | | |Dec. 15, green- | |Leave only 3 side branches | | |house. | |to a plant and only half | | |Day heat, 85°. | |the fruit. Do not fertilize| | |Night heat, 65°. | |blossoms. | | |Ready in 6 to 8 | | | | |weeks. | | | | | | | | |=Cress, Water.= |Outside in water.| ... |Hardy. Sow in quiet pool | | |September 1. | |near running water. Start | | |Ready in 3 | |seed on mud, then flood 3 | | |months. | |inches deep. 1 packet of | | | | |seed enough. | | | | | | |=Endive.= |Sept. 1, outside.| A-E |Hardy. Plant 1/2 inch deep | |Green curled or |Nov. 1, outside | |in rows 1-1/2 feet apart. | |Self-blanching. |or in cold- | |Thin to 10 inches apart in | | |frames. | |row. Light, rich soil, | | |Ready in 3 | |deep. 1 ounce for 100 feet.| | |months. | |Can transplant like | | | | |lettuce. Tie up heads for | | | | |blanching 2 weeks before | | | | |use. | | | | | | |=Eggplant.= |Aug. 15, green- | A-B |Very tender. Plant 1/2 inch| |Round Purple. |house. | |deep, 2 feet apart. Rich | | |Dry heat, day, | |and moist soil. 1 packet | | |90°. | |enough. Blossoms should be | | |Dry heat, night, | |fertilized by hand. | | |65°. | | | | |Ready in 4 or 5 | | | | |months. | | | | | | | | |=Kale.= |Aug. 15, seed- | E |Hardy. Plant 1/2 inch deep | |Dwarf Scotch or |bed. | |in rows 1-1/2 feet apart, 1| |Tall Scotch. |Sept.