58 Market Gardening, 



all crops, and renders the results of cultivation much 

 more reliable. 



The cauliflower, in particular, has a seed which can- 

 not be grown with any certainty in this country ; while 

 foreign growers are almost as certain of a crop as we 

 are with cabbage. 



Although, in the case of many of the seeds which 

 are produced by market gardeners, through careful 

 selection, in the manner described, one could often 

 purchase his supply from dealers for one-half what it 

 costs him to produce it himself, the quality of his 

 own selected stock ma\' be more than enough better to 

 make up the difference in cost. I have raised vege- 

 tables in such large quantities that I have been induced 

 to grow my own seed, to a great extent, and, having 

 often had a surplus, have supplied my neighbors ; and 

 my trade in seeds, commencing in this way, has con- 

 stantly increased from the beginning, until I have 

 been finally obliged to open a seed store in the city, 

 for the convenience of my many customers. 



Of course, I do not by any means profess to grow 

 all the seeds I catalogue ; but there are several kinds 

 which I can and do grow very succassfully, and which 

 I have, by years of careful selection, greatly improved. 

 Of these seeds I grow all that I sell ; and, in order to 

 distinguish them from the common strains, I have 

 designated them as " Arlington-grown " seeds. I do 

 not profess to sell these seeds at any such low prices 

 as seeds of the same varieties can often be bought for, 

 elsewhere, from dealers who buy up their stock here 

 ar.d there, cf any on2 from v/hom they can purchase 



