Haskell's garden annual
Geo. S. Haskell & Co., Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection. · 1871
Seedsmen vary much in their directions for the quantity of seed to be planted to the acre.In the following list we give the quantities of the more common sorts used by practical farmers : Dwarf Beans, in drills, f to 1 bushel.Peas, that make small vines, 1£ " Peas, that make large vines, 1} " Beets, in drills, 4 pounds.Cabbage, in hills, \ pound.Cabbage, in bed to transplant, 2 ounces.Carrot, in drills, \\ to 2 lbs.Musk Melon, in hills, 1 to 1J lbs.QUANTITY OF SEED FOR AN ACEE.Mangold Wurtzel, in drills, 4 lbs.Onion, for bulbs, to sell green or to trace, in drills, 6 to 8 lbs.Onion, for dry bulbs, in drills, -3 to 4 lbs.Onion for Sets, in drills, 30 lbs.Oaion Sets, in drills, -10 bushels.Potatoes in drills, cut, depends on number of eyes, 8 to 14 bus.Radish, in drills, .5 pounds.Parsnips, 1^to 3 lbs.Spinach, in drills, .10 to 15 lbs.Sage, in drills, -4 to 6 lbs.Squash (running varieties), in hills, 2 to 2£ lbs.Squash (bush varieties), in hills, 3 to 4 lbs.Tomato, in bed to transplant, 2 ounces.Turnip, in drills, •-1 to 1^lbs." 3,000 " Musk Melon, 75 to 100 hills, 1 oz.Pumpkins, 70 to" 80 " 1 oz.Squash, 60 to 80 " 1 oz.about 4,000 Plants.