THE VEGETABLE GARDEN 



are as satisfactory as any of the varieties. 



One pint of seed for each planting will 

 raise enough corn to supply a good sized 

 family. 



Cucumbers are tender plants which should 

 not be sown in the open ground until May 

 20th; a second crop can be sown early in 

 July. Make hills three to four feet apart 

 each way and dig some old manure and a 

 little wood ashes into the earth in the middle 

 of each hill and plant four seeds in each. 



One-half ounce of seed will plant twenty- 

 five hills. Cucumber vines are apt to be 

 infested with beetles, for which Bordeaux 

 Mixture is the best antidote. In small gar- 

 dens the easiest way to get rid of the 

 creatures is by hand picking. 



Egg Plants are very tender and the 

 young plants must be started in the house 

 or in hot-beds and should not be set out in 

 the garden before the third week in May. 

 They require a rich soil and will yield bet- 

 ter if a small trowelful of nitrate of soda 

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