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Parsnips. — Hollow Crown is certainly best for all soils. 



Parsley. — Moss Curled does better with me than any other variety, 

 and, by the way, is not a bad plant for the flower border, or for edging 

 walks. If any one asks the name of it, tell them it is Apiiwi Petroseliiium, 

 and it will be all right. They will think it elegant. 



Peas. — Plant deep, with almost any variety, and success will follow. 

 My favorites are, for first early, Philadeli^hia E.xtra Early; for second, 

 McLean's Little Gem and Advancer; for late, Blue Imperial and Black- 

 Eyed Marrowfat. 



Peppers. — Sweet Mountain and Orange Colorado for pickles, and 

 Cayenne and Long Red for sauces and culinary purposes. Plant in rows 

 eight inches apart, with rows far enough apart to work with horse hoe. 

 Hen dung is the best fertilizer for this crop. 



Potatoes. — I prefer Early and Late Rose, and Snowflake. Let dis- 

 cussion bring out the merits of the other varieties. The ones I name are 

 the only ones that haven't rotted in this locality, that I know of. 



Squash. — For early, I know of none better than Yellow Summer 

 Crook-neck; for winter, Hubbard, American Turban, Butman and Boston 

 Marrow succeed best. 



Radish. — French Breakfast for forcing, and Rose Olive-shaped for 

 first early; Scarlet Turnip, second early; Covent Garden Long, Short- 

 Top, third; White Turnip Radish for summer, California Mammoth for 

 winter. 



I must say that in all my gardening operations I have uniformity 

 made more money from radish than any other vegetable I have ever 

 raised. My method is this : I cover the ground in fall or early winter 

 with about two inches of old and very finely pulverized manure. This is 

 shollow-plowed in spring, as soon as frost will admit. I then commence 

 drilling-in the seed in rows eight inches apart. As soon as the seed leaf 

 shows above ground, the whole surface is then raked over with steel rakes. 

 The drill is then set at work, depositing a row of early beets between 

 each row of radish. As soon as the radish are large enough they are 

 trimmed out two inches apart, and as soon as the beets make their appear- 

 ance all are carefully hoed. 



Tliey get no more cultivation until the radish is all pulled, when the 

 ground is thoroughly hoed with steel-pronged hoes, between the rows of 

 beets, which are thinned to three inches apart at the same time. The 

 beets are then marketed as soon as they will do to bunch. The ground 

 is then deeply plowed and a crop of quickly-growing cabbage, say /d^/'/i'r, 

 planted thereon, which will generally make good heads before the ground 

 freezes in the fall. I can get from $500 to $800 from an acre of ground 

 in this way, and the beets and cabbage pay more than the expenses of the 

 whole crop. 



Tomatoes. — There has never been a time since the introduction of the 

 Trophy that I would exchange it for any other variety. I have tried all, 

 and this comes nearest to perfection with me. I like, for first early, the 

 Excelsior very well, on account of its smoothness and solidity, but as soon 

 as Trophy comes in in quantity the Excelsior is abandoned. 



