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.