Garden Book, 1766-1824, page 53, by Thomas Jefferson [electronic edition]

Garden Book, page 53
by Thomas Jefferson

Page 53

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Agenda 1813			Ada.
Mar. 1.	Frame peas	Border I-V.	Mar. 1
	do.	Submural VII.XII	1
	lettuce & radish.	Bord. VI.	2
	Spinach.	Bord. XI.	6
	dress Aspar. beds		4
	hophills.		13
	Savoy	Bord. VI.	2
	York Cabage Ronaldson.	ib.	3
	Sprout Kale	ib.	3
	Celery. lowgrounds.
	Hotspurs	Sq.I.	29
	Ledmans	II.	29
	Potatoes early.		Ap. 24
	Beet	XIV.2
	Hudson strawberries.	B.5.6.7.	Mar. 3
	Trees.		12
15.	lettuce radish.	Bord. VI.	15.
	Spinach.	Bord. XII	15.
	Orach.
	Ledmans.	Sq.III.	Ap. 12
	Snaps.	V.	Mar 31.
	Savoy. Sprout Kale	low grds.
	Celery. low grounds		Ap. 3.
	Malta Kale
	Tomatas. Bord.	X.	9
	Nasturtium.	Sq. IX.	17.
	early Turneps.
	Carrots.	Sq.XIII.	Ap. 3.
	Le		20.
	garlic	XIV. 3	.
	leeks.	4
	Onions.	Sq.XV
	Scallions	XVI. 1.
	Shalots	2.
	Chives.	Submural. C. 1.
22	lettuce. radish	Sq.XVII. 1. N.
29	lettuce. rad.	Sq. XVII. 1. S.	M. 29
Apr. 5.	lettuce rad.	2. S.	Ap. 6
X	Spinach	Bord. IX.	7
	Ledmans.	IV.
	red Haricots	VI.	22
	Haricots long.	Terras. A. 4.	15
	Limas	3	15
	Early Bess. bean	D. 3.	23
	Carrots	A10	28
	Parsneps	A.11. 12	27
	Salsafia	Sq.XIV.1	22
	Terragon.	Terras H.3. West
	Sorrel	H.3. East.
	Tomatas.	Sq.X.	9
	Pani corn.
	Ravensworths	A. 15.	May 22
12	lettuce. rad.	Sq. XVII. 2.N.	Ap. 14
	Haricots long.	Ter. A. 1.
	Limas	2.
19.	lettuce & rad.	Sq. XVII. 3.N.	20
	Ledmans.	Ter.D.3.
	Salsafia.	F.3. G.3.	30
	Cucumbers	Sq.VIII.	23
	Okra.	Sq.X.	9
	Squashes.	Sq.XII.I	24
	Melons.
26.	lettuce. rad.	Sq. XVII. 3. S.

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Agenda 1813.			Ada
Apr. 26	grey Snaps	Sq. VII	May 4
May 3.	lettuce. rad.	XVII.4.N.
	Salsafia.
	homony beans.
	Swed. turneps.	Ter. A. 13.
10.	lettuce	XVII.4.S.5.
17.		XVII.5.N.
24.		5.S.
	potatos for winter crop
31		6.N.
May & June	transplant cabbages.
June 7.	lettuce	XVII.6.S.
	potatos for winter crop
14.		7.N.
21.		7.S.
28.		1.S
July 5.	Cucumbers Gerkins	Sq. XII. 2	Endive
15.	carrots for autumn & winter.		Endive
Aug. 2.	lettuce	Bord. VII. for late fall and winter.
	Endive	Bord. VII. for late fall and winter.
	Spinach.	E. 3. for Octob.
	Turneps for winter.	from 1-to 15th.
9.	lettuce endive.	Bord. VII
16.	lettuce endive	VII. winter
	Spinach. for winter.	E. 3.
23.	lettuce endive.	Bord. VIII
	corn sallad	Bord. VIII
30.	lettuce. endive.corn sal.	VIII
Sep. 6.	lettuce, endive, corn sal.	Bord. VIII
	Spinach. E. 3.
13.	lettuce endive	Bord. IX.
	Spinach E. 3.
20.	lettuce endive .	IX.
	Spinach. E. 3.	6.
27.	lettuce, endive	IX
	Spinach E. 3.
	orach.
Nov.	cover figs, & tender plants.
	litter Asparagus.
Dec.	plant privet. thorn. trees,
	trim trees.vines. raspberries
	goose berries, .
	turf
Jan.	bring in manure & trench it.

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Disposition of grounds. 1813.

	Border I-V.	Frame peas.
	VI.	lett. rad. Savoys. Mar. 2. 15.22.
		york cab. Sprout Kale. Mar. 3.
	VII.	lettuce. Aug. 2.9.16.
.	VIII	lettuce.Aug. 23.30. Sep. 6.
	IX.	Sep. 13.20.27.
	X.	Tomatas. Mar. 15.
	XI.	Spinach.Mar 6
	XII.	do.Mar. 15.
Pulse	Square I.	Hotspurs. Mar. 1.
	II.	Ledmans.1.
	III.	do.15.
	IV.	do. Apr. 5.
	V.	Snaps. Mar. 15.
	VI.	red haricots Apr. 5.
	VII.	Snaps. Apr. 26.
Other Fruits	VIII.	Cucumbers. Apr. 19. July 5.
	IX.	Nasturtium. Mar. 15.
	X.	Tomatas. Apr. 5.
	XI.	Artichokes.
	XII.	Squashes.Apr. 19.
		2.Gerkins
Roots	XIII.	Carrots. Mar. 15.
	XIV.	1. Salsafia. Apr. 5.
		2. beets. Mar. 15.
		3. garlic.15.
		4. leeks.15.
	XV	Onions 15.
	XVI.	1. Scallions. 15.
		2.Shalots. 15.
Raw sallads	XVII.	N. lettuce. Mar. 22.
		lettuce 2.S. Mar. 29. 2.N. Apr. 5.
		2.S.	Apr. 12,	5.S.	May 24
		3.N.	19	6.N.	31
		3.S.	26.	6.S.	June 7
		4. N.	May 3	7.N.	14
		4. S.	10	7.S.	21
		5. N.	17.	1.S.	28.
	XVIII.	Celery.
	Terras. A.	2. Limas. Apr. 12.
		1. long haricots. Apr. 12.
		3. Limas. Apr. 5.
		4. long haricots. Apr. 5.
		5. 6. Alpine Strawb.
		7. Walk
		8. 9. Cabbages.
		10. Carrots
		11.12.Parsneps. Apr. 15.
		14. Arkansa pea.
		13.Swed.turneps. May 3.
		15. Ravensworth peas
	B.	3.4.5.6.7. Hudson strawb.
	C.	1. Chives. 3. Hops.
	D.	1. Frame peas. Mar. 1.
		3. Early Bess beans
	E.	1. Frame peas. Mar. 1.
		3. Spinach. Aug. 2.16.Sep. 6. 13.20.27.
	F.	3. Salsafia. Apr. 19.
	G.	1. Asparagus 3. Salsafia. Apr. 18.
	H.	3.Terragon. Sorrel.

Cite web page as: Garden Book, 1766-1824, page 53, by Thomas Jefferson [electronic edition]. Thomas Jefferson Papers: An Electronic Archive. Boston, Mass. : Massachusetts Historical Society, 2003. http://www.thomasjeffersonpapers.org/

Original manuscript: Jefferson, Thomas. Garden Book, 1766-1824. 66 pages. Original manuscript from the Coolidge Collection of Thomas Jefferson Manuscripts, Massachusetts Historical Society.

Source of transcription: Baron, Robert C., ed. The Garden and Farm Books of Thomas Jefferson. Golden, Colo. : Fulcrum, 1987.