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variety of medintn size. I seldom use anj^ sweet corn on iny table 

 until the Early Minnesota is large enough to use. The variety which 

 I plant in succession for late is the Excelsior, the best in quality 

 that I know of. I use care in planting- corn, so as not to have it near 

 field corn or pop corn, either of which would spoil my stock for seed 

 bj' hybridizing-. There are many varieties advertised, but I have 

 simply mentioned mj^ selection. 



Cucumbers. — They are freelj' grown by the gardeners and often 

 jdeld a good profit. The White Spine is the standard; the Early 

 ■Cluster is the best for small pickles. 



Cabbages. — A green worm, called the cabbage worm, has been a 

 great hinderance to the growing of cabbages. By experimenting, I 

 have found that fine black pepper sprinkled on the cabbages will 

 kill the worms. The Early Jersey Wakefield is a standard earlj^ var- 

 iety and the Brunswick, or Deep Head, for fall and winter. 



Cauliflon^er. — The cauliflower is not easy to grow, unless j^ou have 

 rich damp ground for them. They should be started in a hotbed 

 or greenhouse in April. The Snowball and Gilt Edge are good 

 varieties. 



Celery. — Having had some added experience since my article on 

 celery some two years ago, I will say that experimenting in celery 

 growing is the best way to find out how to take care of it. I say it 

 for the benefit of anj^ who may intend to plant on a large scale, 

 that thej' had best experiment a little. There is mone3^ in celerj' — 

 that is,you must put money in it in order to grow it, to the extent of 

 about two hundred dollars to the acre; then, if you have a good crop 

 and can keep it until the proper time without heating or freezing or 

 getting rusty, and then can trim it, wash and bunch it, and send it 

 to the right market, you stand a chance of making one hundred per 

 cent or more as profit. 



One year ago n\y celery got frosted before I put it into the trench 

 for winter; so, the past season, having over an acre of choice celery, 

 I concluded to get ahead of the frost bj^ being on time; so, noting 

 the indications of a hard frost, I put a crew of about six men to put- 

 ting the celer}^ in trenches. After six daj^s of hard work the job was 

 complete, and I concluded it could freeze if it wanted to, and sort of 

 wished that it would, but the weather had changed its mind to the 

 extent of giving a light frost and then clouding up and thoroughlj' 

 drenching the ground with rain. Then followed about two weeks of 

 hot weather; the rain and the heat combined spoiled about three- 

 fourths of ni)^ celery. In conclusion on the celery subject, I will 

 say that I intend to make monej' growing celery. 



Melons. — The question maj' arise in j'our minds as to whether 

 melons are vegetables or fruit, nevertheless, I will term them as veg- 

 etables. The melons were somewhat smaller th« past season than 

 usual on account of the drought, but the qualitj' was up to the 

 standard in my garden. For muskmelons, I grow principally a va- 

 riety similar to the Surprise for yellow, and a variety similar to the 

 Pineapple for green. 



For watermelons I consider the Cuban Queen as good a variety as 

 can be found for Minnesota. 



