How and what to grow in a kitchen garden of one acre /

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third, lettuce, radishes, etc.; the fourth, with a dozen plants of parsley, and the balance of the row in endive and parsnips. When the two middle rows have been cut out, the cultivator can be used to work the beets, parsnips, etc., in the outside rows. Row No. 9. This row is three feet distant from the parsnips, and is planted with early cauliflower and early cabbage, with two plants of lettuce between each of the other plants, which are set feet apart. Rows No. 10. These are four rows of peas, different plantings, two kinds, early and medium, in each row, in equal quantities, rows three feet apart. These are to be pulled out as soon as the crop is gathered, and two rows of celery planted six feet apart. Rows No. 11. Here are four rows of early sweet corn, in four plantings of successive kinds, to be cleared off and followed by turnips, drilled in rows one foot apart, and worked with the wheel hoe ,* or the seed may be broadcasted after a thorough cultivating, when the ears of corn are well set, without clearing the ground. This is not nearly so satisfac¬ tory a plan as to wait until the ground can be cleared and drilled. The rows of corn should be four feet apart. Rows No. 12. Two rows, 4^ feet apart, of Lima beans, with the poles about 2£ feet apart in the row. Row No. 13. This row should have six feet clear on each side for the vines to run, and is to be planted with cucumbers and squashes. The space between the hills can be occupied with pepper plants or sweet corn. Rows No. 14. Two rows of tomatoes, four feet apart. Rows No. 15. Four rows of late sweet corn, four feet apart. Rows No. 16. Two rows of sweet potatoes, five feet apart and five feet from the corn and pole beans on either side. Row No. 17. One row of pole snap beans. About three kinds should be planted, that they may be had in succession. Rows No. 18. Five rows early potatoes, three feet apart, plowed in when the ground is plowed in the spring. When cultivated for the last time, plant a row of late cabbage between each row of potatoes ,* when the latter are ripe, dig with a fork, clear the ground of vines and cultivate the cabbage thoroughly. * See the method of covering the seed of Lima beans described by Miss L. M. Moll, and our note on the same.-Ed.

Recognition of Fruit and Vegetables as Healthful: Vitamins and Phytonutrients

“…Vegetables provided diversity in the farm diet and also delivered the promise of cures for a variety of ailments, passed-down through the generations in an oral tradition that bound families and cultures together. The kitchen garden has been a mainstay of rural life in America for at least several centuries (Darlington and Moll, 1907). Its emphasis on vegetable crops pro- vided the continuity of vegetable cultivation and use between Europe and the U.S., and also perhaps served as a cultural bridge between European and American life.…”