18 STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



In the spring of 1880 Jessie had a little help from Clara, another girl about 

 six mouths younger. They were then nearly ten and nine and a half respect- 

 ively. Listen while I report what one of them says as she turns over the seed 

 catalogue and makes her ]-)lans on paper. The plans phowcd the position of 

 all the vegetables in the garden which was yet to be. They received a little 

 help, but their enthusiasm needed no stimulating. The subject was frequently 

 reviewed, apparently with great delight. 



** I think Ferry is a good man to send me — a little girl — such a pretty cata- 

 logue. I want to tell you Avhat I am going to send for, some of Dreer's im- 

 proved Lima beans. See how close they are in the pod I They do not waste 

 a bit of room. I want some improved early turnip beets for greens and the 

 bottoms for cooking. Iso cabbages for me. The worms trouble me so. Pro- 

 fessor Johnson last year had some great, nice heads which Clara cut off. 

 Mamma says 'carrots won't pay.' They don't sell well ; nobody wants any. 

 Cauliflower and celery are too much bother. I shall have to raise lots of corn 

 to make it pay. A little does not amount to anything. Early Minnesota is 

 pretty good for early, and Stowell's evergreen for late." 



"1 am not going to raise any cucumbers because I do not want to hoe them. 

 The vines spread out and always get in the way. "We raised one hill last year 

 and nobody bought any. I want lettuce very early. We can sow Tennis ball 

 before the ground is warm. It will be an early crop. Ferry's early prize 

 head is a good kind, because it heads up nicely, so you don't have to pick it 

 over much. The dirt can't get in any more than into a head of cabbage." 



"I am going to try Martynias. They bear lots of splendid little pickles if 

 pickled when young. Cucumbers do not bear so lavishly, and besides, every- 

 body has cucumbers." 



"Last year we raised one melon vine and the melons did not ripen well. I 

 never have any luck with melons. They do not amount to anything, and we 

 eat them and get no money. Money is what we are after." 



*' Yellow Globe Danvers is a good kind of onion. I will have one row. I 

 want a little parsley. That is beautiful for bouquets and for garnishing. 

 What is garnishing? Oh, it is for trimming up dishes of meat and things." 



"I shall raise more peas next year. Ferry's First and Best, an early sort. 

 Shall we have some late sorts? Yes; I guess so. The Champion, of 

 England, is good. They need poles. We cannot hoe between them without 

 poles. The moles took your peas last year and year before. Why try again 

 to raise peas? If they bother me I will hoe the peas all down and not raise 

 any." 



"I want some long red Cayenne peppers to strengthen up pickles. Every- 

 body^ wants a few peppers to go in with pickles. They are sharp, awful sharp, 

 if you only just touch the tip of your tongue to one. Large Bell or Bull 

 Nose are the best for pickles themselves, because they are not so sharp. We 

 can sell them, because lots of folks wanted them last year. I do not know 

 whether to raise potatoes or not." Some one says: "You said they paid you 

 last year the best of anything you raised." "I guess so. Put in a dash 

 there about potatoes. I have not decided to niglit." 



"lladishes, early, long, scarlet, short top is a good kind, — improved it is 

 early, scarlet, white tip. They are handsome, with a little wliite tip on the 

 end. That is all about radisiies. 



"Spinach, for greens; tliat is, early, thick-leaved, summer." 



" I do not want any vegetable oysters. I had no luck with them last year^ 



