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crop palette and yields expected yieldS oF aNNual Expected Yields of Annual Crops per 100 feet of row cropS per 100 Feet oF row The following table provides information on expected crop yields
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Asparagus Lima Bean – Bush Lima Bean – Pole Snap Bean – Bush Snap Bean – Pole Beets Broccoli Brussels Sprouts Cabbage Cantaloupe Carrots Cauliflower Celeriac Chinese Cabbage Collards Corn Cucumbers Eggplants Garlic Kohlrabi Lettuce, head Lettuce, leaf Mustard Okra Onions (plants or sets) Parsnips Peas (southern) Peas (English) Pea (snow) THE SHELBURNE FALLS Peppers (bell) Potatoes Potatoes, sweet Pumpkins Radishes Rutabagas Shallot (green) Soybeans Spinach Squash (summer) Squash (winter) Strawberries Tomatoes Tomatoes (cherry) Turnip greens Turnip roots Watermelons (20 lbs. each)
n/a 1 bushel shelled 2 bushel (32 lbs.) 1.5 bushel (30lbs.) 2 bushel (30lbs.) 100 lbs. 70 heads n/a 85 heads 120 melons 150 lbs. 60 heads n/a 100 heads 175 lbs. 120 ears 170 lbs. 150 lbs. 350 heads 75 lbs. 100 heads n/a 100 bunches 175 lbs. (6 bu.) 220 lbs. n/a 20 lbs. shelled 40 lbs. 65 lbs. SECURITY FOOD 125 lbs. 200 lbs. 200 lbs. 150 lbs. 30 lbs. 90 lbs. 350 bunches n/a 40 lbs. 80 lbs. 150 lbs. 170 lbs. 250 lbs. 450 lbs. n/a 100 bunches 20 melons
of potential yields. Individual results may vary given the unique site compare the growing range ofconditions, potentialmicroclimates, yields. Individual may characteristics, and soilresults nutrient levels of eachthe local property. vary given unique site characteristics, growing conditions,
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30 lbs. 25 lbs. 50 lbs. 120 lbs. 150 lbs. 150 lbs. 100 lbs. 75 lbs. 150 lbs. 100 melons 100 lbs. 100 lbs. 60 lbs. 80 heads 100 lbs. 10 dozen 120 lbs. 100 lbs. 40 lbs. 75 lbs. 100 heads 50 lbs. 100 lbs. 100 lbs. 100 lbs. 100 lbs. 40 lbs. 20 lbs. n/a PLAN: PHASE ONE 60 lbs. 100 lbs. 100 lbs. 100 lbs. 100 bunches n/a n/a 20 lbs. 40-50 lbs. 150 lbs. 100 lbs. n/a 100 lbs. n/a 50-100 lbs. 50-100 lbs. 40 melons
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