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1 ft. 1-1-1/2 ft.
Peas, smooth April 1-Aug 1 2-3 2-4 in. 3 ft. Peas, wrinkled April
10-July 15 2-3 2-4 in. 3-4 ft. Radish April 1-Sept 1 1/2 2-3 in. 1 ft.
Spinach April-Sept 15 1 3-5 in. 18 in. Turnip April-Sept 1/2-1 4-6 in.
15 in.
III. CROPS TO BE FOLLOWED BY OTHERS
Beet, early April-June 2 3-4 in. 15 in. Broccoli, early[4] April 1/2-1
1-1/2 ft. 2 ft. Borecole[4] April 1/2-1 2 ft. 2-1/2 ft. Brussels sprouts[4]
April 1/2-1 1-1/2 ft. 2 ft. Cabbage, early[4] April 1/2-1 1-1/2 ft. 2 ft.
Carrot April 1/2-1 2-3 in. 15 in. Cauliflower[4] April 1/2-1 1-1/2 ft. 2 ft.
Com, early May 10-20 2 3 ft. 3-4 ft. Onion sets April-May 15 1-2 2-4
in. 15 in. Peas April 1-May 1 2 2-4 in. 3 ft. Crops in Sec. II.
IV. CROPS THAT MAY FOLLOW OTHERS
Beet, late July-August 2 3-4 in. 15 in. Borecole May-June[2] 1/2-1 2 ft.
2-1/2 ft. Broccoli May-June[2] 1/2-1 2 ft. 2-1/2 ft. Brussels sprouts
May-June[2] 1/2-1 1-1/2 ft. 2-1/2 ft. Cabbage late May-June[2] 1/2-1
2-1/2 ft. 2-1/2 ft. Cauliflower May-June[2] 1/2-1 2 ft. 2-1/2 ft. Celery,

seed April 1/2 1-2 in. 1 ft. Celery, plant July 1-Aug 1 .. 6 in. 3-4 ft.
Endive[4] April-August 1/2 1 ft. 1 ft. Peas, late May 15-Aug 1 2-3 2-4
in. 4 ft. Crops in Sec. II.
II. CROPS FOR SUCCESSION PLANTINGS
------------------+---------+------------------------------------------ |SEED
FOR | | 50 FT. | VEGETABLE | ROW | VARIETIES
------------------+---------+------------------------------------------ Bean,
dwarf | 1 pt. | Red Valentine Burpee's Greenpod, | | Improved Refugee,
Brittle Wax, | | Rust-proof Golden Wax, Burpee's | | White Wax
Kohlrabi | 1/4 oz | White Vienna Lettuce | 50 | Mignonette, Grand
Rapids, May King, | | Big Boston, New York, Deacon, Cos, | | Paris
White Peas, smooth | 1 pt | American Wonder Peas, wrinkled | 1 pt |
Gradus, Boston Unrivaled, Quite Content Radish | 1/2 oz. | Rapid Red,
Crimson Globe, Chinese Spinach | 1/2 oz. | Swiss Chard Beet, Long
Season, Victoria Turnip | 1/3 oz. | White Milan, Petrowski, Golden Ball
III. CROPS TO BE FOLLOWED BY OTHERS
Beet, early | 1 oz. | Edmund's Early, Early Model Broccoli, early | 35 |
Early White French Borecole | 25 | Dwarf Scotch Curled Brussels
sprouts | 35 | Dalkeith, Danish Prize Cabbage, early | 35 | Wakefield,
Glory of Enkhuisen, | | Early Summer, Succession, Savoy Carrot | 1/2
oz. | Golden Ball, Early Scarlet Horn Cauliflower | 35 | Burpee's Best
Early, Snowball, Sea-foam | | Dry Weather Corn, early | 1/3 pt. | Golden
Bantam, Peep o' Day, Cory Onion sets | 2 pt. | Peas | 1 pt. |
Crops in Sec. II.
IV. CROPS THAT MAY FOLLOW OTHERS
Beet, late | 1 oz. | Crimson Globe Borecole | 25 | Dwarf Scotch Curled
Broccoli | 25 | Early White French Brussels sprouts | 35 | Dalkeith,
Danish Prize Cabbage, late | 25 | Succession, Danish Ballhead
Drumhead Cauliflower | 25 | As above [Savoy, Mammoth Rock (red)]
Celery, seed | 1 oz. | White Plume, Golden Self-blanching, | | Winter
Queen Celery, plant | 100 | White Plume, Golden Self-blanching, | |

Winter Queen Endive | 1/2 oz. | Broad-Leaved Batavian, Giant Fringed
Peas, late | 1 pt. | Gradus
Crops in Sec. II.
REFERENCE NOTES FROM THE TABLES
1 In the vicinity of New York City. Each 100 miles north or south will
make a difference of 5 to 7 days later or earlier.
2 This is for sowing the seed. It will take three to six weeks before
plants are ready. Hence the advantage of using the seed-bed. For
instance, you can start your late cabbage about June 15th, to follow the
first crop of peas, which should be cleared off by the 10th of July.
3 Distances given are those at which the growing plants should stand,
after thinning. Seed in drills should be sown several times as thick.
4 Best started in seed-bed, and afterward transplanted; but may be sown
when wanted and afterward thinned to the best plants.
CHAPTER V
IMPLEMENTS AND THEIR USES
It may seem to the reader that it is all very well to make a garden with a
pencil, but that the work of transferring it to the soil must be quite
another problem and one entailing so much work that he will leave it to
the professional market gardener. He possibly pictures to himself some
bent-kneed and stoop-shouldered man with the hoe, and decides that
after all there is too much work in the garden game. What a revelation
would be in store for him if he could witness one day's operations in a
modern market garden! Very likely indeed not a hoe would be seen
during