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dauliflower. Henderson's Snowball is best; if it gets cool, moist, 

 rich soil, it will give good strong plants and will bring a good price. 



Tomatoes. When these are grown the most money is obtained 

 from those first in market. Canada Victor is one of the earliest in 

 my own experience, and especially commendable for the large 

 amount of fruit ripened at first picking. Acme Tomato comes 

 next in my soil, but many new varieties are chosen by others. 



Melons There is probably no climate better for this fruit than 

 that of Minnesota, provided you select a sunny, warm slope pro- 

 tected from cold spring winds. If possible use new land of sandy 

 loam formation, which has just been cleared and grubbed. An old 

 sod turned under and harrowed fine is also good. A fork full of 

 well rotted manure should be put in each hill. Plant the seed 

 about the middle of May. Ferry's Peerless, if true to name, is our 

 best melon for both early and late crops. Of the Musk Melon, 

 Christina, Miller's Cream and Jenny Lind are very early, but the 

 Jenny Lind is a rather small variety. 



The Ohio potato is my choice for early potatoes. All kinds are 

 easily forwarded by sprouting in a house or under glass two or 

 three weeks before setting out, and the first in the market brings a 

 good price. They are most always in good damand. 



Winter Squash. The Hubbard is so well adapted to this climate, 

 so easily grown, and so nearly a sure crop, that, though the de- 

 mand for it is steadily increasing, there is little in the way of 

 having a supply equal to the demand. The vine is a rank feeder, 

 and when once well established will greedily avail itself of any 

 fertilizers, and in most parts of the West one can depend upon a 

 liberal supply of the best fertilizer, which is stable manure. The 

 roots of this vine, although nearly as long as the tops, run near 

 the surface, descending only far enough to gain moisture, and seem 

 to derive most good from manure, if it be only harrowed in just 

 beneath the surface, Planting should begin as early in May as 

 there is prospect of sufficient temperature to germinate the seed, 

 for the earliest plants yield the most and best specimens of squash. 



I have thus selected a few of the best and earliest vegetables 

 which I have found out by practical tests in my own experience 

 with many varieties. 



The Western gardener has the soil, and also the fertilizers in his 

 own control, but he is at the mercy of the seedsmen for success in 

 his crops. Perhaps there is no swindling so extensively practiced, 

 and which so cruelly injures the operator of the soil, as the poor 

 seed sold from stores. I find in my dealings there are none so 

 honorable or reliable in seed as James J. H. Gregory, of Marble- 

 head, Mass. I would not advise any one to buy from the stores. 



As a rule I have found most profit in marketing my crop just as 

 soon as ready. Storage is always laborious and risky. 



To make market gardening a success, you must use every inch 

 of the ground, must fight each foe and wily pest. 



Must work early and must work late, 

 Nor deem the time and care too great; 

 And when care and labor's past — 

 Success will crown you at the last. 



