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Title: American homes and gardens
Year: 1905 (1900s)
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Subjects: Architecture, Domestic Landscape gardening
Publisher: New York : Munn and Co
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
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, smoothPeas, wrinkledPepperPumpkinSquash, S.Squash, W.Tomato C-8 46-S 18-24 2 3-4 2 3-4 2 3-4 2 4 1 0- / 4-6 1 C-8 1 3 jA-i 3-4 2-3 4-5 2-3 2/2 6-8 1 to l)/2 4 1 6-8 1 3-4 *In inches, unless otherwise indicated. The planting dales given are for the latitude of New York—every 100 miles north or south making a difference of about aweek in the season. The distances given for planting apart ia the rows indicate the distance after thinning—seed should be sown much thicker. Grouts.—A. May be started early (under glass in Spring, out-doors in seed-bed later), and then transplanted to permanent loca-tions. B. Usually occupies ground for entire season. C. Mature quickly, requiring for a constant supply, several sowings eachseason. D. May usually be cleared off in time to permit planting another crop, generally of an early variety. E. May be used tofollow early crops, such as those in group D, which are cleared off the ground as soon as possible. March, 1913 AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 87
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Now-a-days the vegetable garden is made 14 inches apart, may be inter-planted late in June, with car-rots, skipping every fourth or sixth row so as to leave analley for weeds and the onions when pulled, which will beready to harvest from two to six weeks before the carrots. Corn, which requires little room near the ground, maybe inter-planted with sugar-pumpkins, Summer or Wintersquash, or cucumbers, all of which will do well enough inpartial shade. Beware of buys, however. The surest wayof making a success of this combination is to have the vine-plants started in paper pets in a cold frame (as describedin the February issue of American Homes and Gardens)before planting them among the corn rows. They shouldbe so spaced as to allow from 6 to 10 feet each way, accord-ing to the variety. This enables the vines to get a strongstart, comparatively in the open, where they can be betterwatched and cared for. Potatoes are another vegetable generally considered astaking up too much space for t

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