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RECOMMENDED VARIETIES OF VEGETABLES 



A list of vegetables is given below, with the names of varieties that, 



from the writer's experience, are the 



Fig. 35. — Giant Stringless Green- Pod Valenti 

 bean. An extra early stringless green bean 



variety 1 foot apart in the row, 

 Asparagus. — Strong, well-developed, 

 two-years-old roots of Argenteuil, 

 Palmetto, or Ccmover's Colossal. 

 Horse-radish. — Sets of Bohemian. 

 Rhubarb. — Linnaeus, Victoria. 



Annuals 



Beans, all dwarfs, green snap. — Six 

 Weeks and Giant Stringless Green- 

 Pod Valentine are very early. 



Beans, all dwarfs, shell. — Dwarf 

 Horticultural, The Goddard, and Bush 

 Lima. 



Beans, all dwarfs, yellow, or wax. — 

 Wardwell's Kidney Wax, Golden Wax, 

 Stringless Refugee Wax, and others 

 are good. 



Beets, early. — Crosby Egyptian, Early 

 Eclipse. The former is very desirable. 



Beets, late. — Edmand's Blood for a 

 a deep, blood-red color. 



best to be recommended. 

 Other varieties may be tried 

 and found more desirable than 

 those mentioned. Readers are 

 advised to work out for them- 

 selves the varieties that will 

 suit their individual tastes. 



Perennials 

 Artichokes. — Green Globe 

 — which is cultivated for its 

 flower heads, being cooked as 

 is asparagus — is the variety 

 most commonly desired. If 

 the edible part wanted is the 

 root, Jerusalem is the variety 

 to use. Plant the latter 

 and the former 3 feet apart. 



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Fig. 36. — Wardwell's Kidney Wax bean. 

 Early-maturing, perfectly stringless, 

 quality of the best 



standard, Detroit Dark Red for 



Brussels sprouts. — Long Island and Danish are very good. 



