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.