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among the Illinois Winter. Sureheads and Early Flat Dutch were 

 good too. 



We are all interested in how to fight the worms on cabbage and 

 cauliflower. I think Prof. Washburn good authority on that sub- 

 ject, and he says use Paris green in soap suds, this to be sprayed 

 on with a knapsack sprayer. The Paris green does not need to be 

 more than one-half the strength as for potatoes. The object of the 

 soap is to make the solution stick on the leaves. I have gone over 

 my young plants with this and could not see a bit of green when dry, 

 but it did the work perfectly. Never put it on cauliflower after the 

 heads are formed. This treatment is perfectly safe if used sensibly, 

 and always give the benefit of a doubt to the safe side. Some 

 poison the butterflies in a little mud hole when they come to drink, 

 but this seems rather risky, as you will kill both friend and foe. 



One of the most valuable of our vegetables is the tomato, for 

 it, is both fruit and vegetable for us. We can have it constantly on 

 hand from about the Fourth of July to the first of November. Hot- 

 bed plants are necessary for early and ought to be transplanted 

 three times. If on sandy ground and well mulched with strawy 

 manure the early tomatoes will come in at least by the middle of 

 July for us all. Earliana is good but has poor foliage and is soon 

 gone. Burpee's Pink would be fine if so many of them did not come 

 rough. Chalk's Early Jewel is a standby. Ponderosas are good 

 but ought to be grown on trellis or stakes. Stone is standard. Try 

 a few of Henderson's Tenderloin for good quality, yield and no 

 cracks. 



Potatoes are almost a field crop, but they interest us all. This 

 is harvesting time for the early crop. A very good way is to plant 

 a few rows of squash through the field, having left the rows in 

 planting time for this purpose, and when digging dig the rows first 

 next the squash rows. Nearly two full crops can thus be secured, 

 and it is a fine way to keep down late weeds. In some parts of the 

 northern part of the state the potato growers use the Paris green, 

 lime and blue vitriol, all in one preparation, and sift it on dry, early 

 in the morning while the dew is on. Will some one tell us of this 

 process and how applied? 



Everybody knows how to raise sweet corn, but we don't many of 

 us have it as long as we might. I raise all the late corn as second 

 crop, and by far the best corn for this use is the Country Gentleman, 

 as it comes at the time when worms are the worst, and as there are 

 no rows and a long silk, the worms do but little damage — and then 

 the corn stays green longer than other kinds. Keep a crop growing 

 on the ground until frost if you can. 



