Garden Book, page 35
by Thomas Jefferson
by Thomas Jefferson
Kalendar. 1809.
| where | sowed | transplantd. | come to table |
gone | seed gatherd. |
observations | |
| frame peas | bord.I-IV. | Mar. 23 | May 23. | June 8. | 2 quarts sowd 400 f. @ 1/2 I. distce. 40. f. gave 1. quart of seed. |
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| Hotspurs | square I. | Mar. 27. | June 5. | 5 pints sow 400 @ 1/2 I. distance. | |||
| Cabbage early York | bord V.-- | Mar. 25 | failed nearly | ||||
| Lettuce Marseilles | stone house | Mar. 25. | 245. May 19. WV 5th. | ||||
| Radishes | do. | Mar. 25. | May 15. | ||||
| Spinach prickly | bord VI. | Mar. 29 | May 20. | June 5. | |||
| Parsley double | bord. VI | Mar. 29 | |||||
| Ledman's dwarf pea | square III. | Apr. 10. | July 1. | less than 2. qts. = 440.f | |||
| Alpine strawby. seed. from Mazzei | lowest bed Nursery earthentrough | Apr. 10. | |||||
| Seakale | 4th. aspar. bed | Apr. 10 | |||||
| Tarragon | bord. VII. | 12. | failed | ||||
| cucumbers | bord. VII | 12 | |||||
| Cabbage Early York | bord. V. | 12 | failed nearly | 9. plants Jul. 10 | 9. plants transplanted July 10. to W. side sq. VI. | ||
| Windsor beans | square II. | 13 | killed by bug. | ||||
| cucumbers early | Nursery | 20 | |||||
| Cauliflower early | do. SW end of bed | 20 | failed. | ||||
| Roman Broccoli | do. N.E. end | 20 | failed nearly | 54. plants of these transpld. June 30 Sq. XI of which some however were of May 3. | |||
| Ice lettuce | do. artichoke bed | 20 | |||||
| radishes. E. scar. | |||||||
| Lettuce. tennis ball | Sq. IX.12.13 | failed | |||||
| radish E. scarlet | 20 | ||||||
| lettuce. Marseilles radish E. scarlet |
3rd Asp. bed NE | 21 | failed. | ||||
| tree onion | do. SW | 21 | failed | of these seed bulbs, 111 fill a pint to plant a square of 40.f in drill 12.I. apart & 4 I. in the drill will take 5 1/2 gallons, say 3. pecks. | |||
| carrots. orange | 5th. & 6th.do. | 21 | failed. | ||||
| beets scarlet | 7th. do. | 21 | failed. | ||||
| Snaps E. dwarf | V. SW. 5 rows | 21 | July 3. | ||||
| Ricara | do. NE. 5 do. | 21 | July 1. | ||||
| Spinach. summr. | IX. 1. | 22 | |||||
| Parsley | 2 | do. | |||||
| Sorrel | 3. | do. | failed. | ||||
| Okra | 4.5. | do. | failed | ||||
| Egg plant | 6 | do. | failed | ||||
| Chinese melon | 7 | do. | 4. plants | ||||
| Spanish onion | nursery | 24. | |||||
| Squash. warted | do. | 24 | |||||
| parsneps | do. | 24 | |||||
| giant Cabbage | do. | 25 | failed | ||||
| early cucumbers | do. | 26 | |||||
| Lima beans | sq. VIII. | 28 | Aug. 19 | ||||
| celery solid. | low grounds | May. 1. | failed | ||||
| do.red | |||||||
| Broccoli Roman | bord. VIII | May 3. | June 30.XI | ||||
| Ice lettuce | bord. IX. | do. | |||||
| radishes E. S. | |||||||
| Spinach.smooth | do. | do. | |||||
| parsley common | N.E. vinyd. 1st. | 4. | |||||
| Lettuce tennis | 2d.terras | failed | |||||
| Radish. E .S. | |||||||
| Kale. Malta | 3d. | Aug. 18. 2 2/3 rows W. | |||||
| Scotch | 4th. | sq. X. 3. middle | |||||
| Delaware | 5th. | [sq. X.] 3 E. rows | |||||
| Cabbage Early York | 6th. | ||||||
| Peas. Hotspur | SW sq. IV. | 5. | |||||
| do.Prussn. blue | NE [sq. IV.] | July 10. | |||||
| Roman Watermelon. | 1st. terras of W. Vineyard 2d. & 3d.do. | 9 | |||||
| Salsafia | |||||||
| frame peas | 4th. do. | 10 | |||||
| Potato pumpkin | E. Appendix | 13 | |||||
| Peas. Ravensworth | orchard | 16. | July 26. | ||||
| Cow | Aug. 21 | from the 7th. of Apr. to this day, excessive drought & cold. now a good rain. | |||||
| Topinambours | E. below B's walk | 19 |