CHAPTER XII
QUANTITY OF SEED REQUIRED
| Name |
Ounces |
Pounds |
Drill |
Hills |
Acre |
Plants |
| Asparagus |
1 |
4–5 |
|
|
1 |
200 |
| Beans |
1 |
1 |
50 |
|
|
|
| Bush Lima |
1 |
1 |
50 |
|
|
|
| Pole Lima |
1 |
1 |
75–100 |
|
|
|
| Beets |
1 |
5–6 |
50 |
|
1 |
|
| Brussels Sprouts |
1 |
|
200 |
|
|
|
| Cabbage |
1 |
4 |
|
|
¼ |
3000–4000 |
| Cauliflower |
1 |
|
|
|
|
3000 |
| Carrots |
1 |
3–4 |
100 |
|
1 |
|
| Chicory |
1 |
|
100 |
|
|
|
| Celery |
1 |
|
|
|
|
5000–6000 |
| Cucumbers |
1 |
2 |
|
50 |
1 |
|
| Corn Salad |
3 |
|
100 |
|
|
|
| Collards |
1 |
|
|
|
|
3000 |
| Eggplant |
1 |
|
|
|
|
1000–2000 |
| Endive |
1 |
|
300 |
|
|
|
| Kale |
1 |
|
|
|
|
5000 |
| Kohl-Rabi |
1 |
|
300 |
|
|
|
| Lettuce |
1 |
|
|
|
|
3000 |
| Muskmelon |
1 |
2–3 |
|
|
1 |
|
| Watermelon |
1 |
4–5 |
|
|
1 |
|
| Onion |
1 |
4–5 |
200 |
|
1 |
|
| Okra |
1 |
|
100 |
|
|
|
| Parsley |
1 |
|
150 |
|
|
|
| Parsnips |
1 |
5–6 |
200 |
|
1 |
|
| Peppers |
1 |
|
|
|
|
1000–1500 |
| Peas |
|
1 |
50 |
|
|
|
| Pumpkins |
1 |
|
25 |
|
|
|
| Potatoes |
|
13 |
|
|
|
|
| Radishes |
1 |
|
100 |
|
|
|
| Rhubarb |
1 |
|
125 |
|
|
|
| Salsify |
1 |
|
50 |
|
|
|
| Squash |
1 |
3–4 |
|
25 |
1 |
|
| Spinach |
1 |
10–12 |
100 |
|
1 |
|
| Tomatoes |
1 |
|
|
|
|
3000–4000 |
| Turnips |
1 |
1–2 |
200 |
|
1 |
|
For those vegetables of which only a small
quantity is grown the packets will be ample, most
packets giving from one to two hundred plants,
when started in the hotbed.