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 | | | ΒΌ|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.