PAGE EIGHT
THE ECHO
MARCH, 1944
VEGETABLES
FEET OF ROW
For One Person
Amount One Person Should
Use In One Year
Cabbage
50
50 lbs.
Kale
50
20 lbs.
Lettuce
40
40 heads
Mustard
100
60 lbs.
Onions
20
10 lbs.
Peas
80
8 lbs.
Spinach
50
50 lbs.
Asparagus
20
5 lbs.
Beets
25
12% bunches
Carrots
25
12% bunches
Irish Potatoes
100
100 lbs.
Turnips
60
10 bunches
Beans (Bush Snap)
75
15 lbs.
Beans (Bush Lima)
50
5 lbs. shelled
Beans (Pole Snap)
40
10 lbs.
Beans (Pole Lima)
50
5 lbs. shelled
Cucumbers
10
6 lbs.
Collards
50
40 lbs.
Okra
15
10 lbs.
Squash
10
7% lbs.
Sweet Com
100
60 ears
Sweet Potatoes
100
75 lbs.
Tomatoes
150
100 lbs.
Cow Peas
100
10 lbs. shelled
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VICTORY GARDEN PLAN FOR FAMILY OF FIVE
HARDY VEGETABLES
Planting Dates, March 1-25
Follow Up Planting Dates June 15-30
Irish Potatoes
Followed By
Corn Between Potato Rows
Irish Potatoes
Followed By
Corn Between Potato Rows
Irish Potatoes
Followed By
Corn Between Potato Rows
Irish Potatoes
Followed By
Corn Between Potato Rows
Irish Potatoes
Followed By
Corn Between Potato Rows
Onions
Followed By
Tomatoes
Onions
Followed By
Tomatoes
Lettuce
Followed By
Tomatoes
Mustard
Followed By
Set Collard Plants
Mustard
Followed By
Set Collard Plants
Spinach
Followed By
Cucumbers
Kale
Followed By
Bunch Beans
Peas
Followed By
Bunch Beans
Peas
Followed By
Bunch Beans
Cabbage
Followed By
Crowder Peas
Cabbage
Followed By
Crowder Peas
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HALF HARDY VEGETABLES
’^Planting Dates, March 25-AprU 30
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Follow Up Planting Dates July l*Aug. 10
■t* Corn)
Followed By
Cabbage
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Followed By
Cabbage
Corn)
Followed By
Cabbage
« Corn)
Followed By
Cabbage
6
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^Peas
Followed By
Turnips
7? Peas
Followed By
Turnips
1
£ Beets
Followed By
Turnips
I Beets
Followed By
Tomatoes
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Followed By
Tomatoes
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^Carrots
Followed By
Spinach
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j Carrots
Followed By
Spinach
Lettuce
Followed By
Mustard
Bunch Beans (Tender)
Followed By
Kale
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TENDER VEGETABLES
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^Planting Dates, May lJune 15
Cover Crops Seeded in Middles, Aug. 10
Com)
Seed This Section With
Corn) Holcombe
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Crimson Clover
Cora)
or
Tomatoes
Rye and Vetch
Tomatoes
or
Okra
Rye
Bunch Limas
Bunch Limas
To Be Turned in Winter
Bunch Beans
for
Bunch Beans
Hardy Vegetables
Cucumber - Squash
next
Pepper - % Row Collard Seed
Spring
Pole Limas
Pole Limas •
Pole Beans
Pole Beans
(Note—Put (Asparagus 25 plants, Raspberries 25 Plants, Strawberries 150 Plants) on one side
of garden. Onions, all greens, beets, Carrots, Lettuce and Turnips can be grouped into 18 inch
width rows, thereby saving considerable space and can be cultivated by hand.)
We realize the vital importance of
add our voice to that of our governifi®*)^
are stressing the neces
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The Victory Garden plans ^
page are but suggestions to/‘‘
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vegetables possible on the
and not as the final word in ^
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Suggestion One: Measure
be used for the vegetable i
list
Suggestion Two: Make a ‘.f s
sired vegetables from the
this page, and the distance
Suggestion Three: Group
under Hardy, Half-hardy
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