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most satisfactory varieties are the American Wonder and Little 

 Oem. Where the hot weather does not come for three or four 

 months, the later varieties, such as Yorkshire Hero, Horsford's 

 Market Garden and Stratagem may be sown. The French 

 Breakfast and the Scarlet Turnip are among the earliest varieties 

 of radishes. Of spinach, the Prickly seeded and the Long-stand- 

 ing are good varieties. All varieties of turnips are successfully 

 grown here. 



Potatoes should also be planted as early in February as pos- 

 sible. The more growth they are permitted to make before the 

 hot weather of early summer, the heavier the yield will be. 

 They should be planted in soil as moist as possible, in just the 

 same manner as they are where irrigation is not practiced. We 

 have, found the best method to be to open furrows, four to six 

 inches deep, drop the seed promptly and throw the soil back 

 again with the same turning plow, before the soil has had time to 

 dry. The field is then harrowed level, and given no further at- 

 tention until the young potatoes show the need of water, or weeds 

 appear. We have found the most profitable distance to be about 

 one foot in the rows, with the row 7 s about thirty inches apart. 

 The Early Rose is the most suitable variety for this region, of 

 which the seed is available. 



If good cabbage and cauliflower plants have been grown or 

 are available, early varieties, such as Early Jersey Wakefield, 

 Winningstadt, and All Seasons cabbages and Burpees Best Early 

 cauliflower may be set out. Late varieties will not mature from 

 spring setting. 



Tomato seed may be planted outdoors in all the warmer 

 parts of Arizona during early February. We have found the 

 most satisfactory method to be to plant the seed in hills where 

 the plants are to remain. Furrows are run about four feet apart 

 and the seed planted along their margin in hills three to four feet 

 apart. If the soil is kept moist by running water through the 

 furrows, the young plants will appear in about two weeks and 

 will endure all the frosts that commonly occur. Tomato plants 

 grown this way produce fruit earlier and more abundantly than 

 if grown in beds or boxes and transplanted. The Dwarf Champ- 

 ion is the most satisfactory- varietv to grow in Southern Arizona. 



