ANOTHER HARDY GARDEN BOOK 



bones, returning the chicken to the soup, 

 add ateaspoonful of sugar, a teaspoonful of 

 Worcestershire sauce, salt and cayenne pep- 

 per to flavor, and the soup is ready. Some 

 rice boiled very dry should be served at the 

 same time, that those who wish may add a 

 spoonful of it to their soup. I have been 

 told that the Creoles generally take the 

 gumbo at the midday dejeuner, having first 

 some fruit, then the soup, afterwards a 

 salad, followed by cheese and coffee, which 

 is certainly an ideal meal for a Summer's 

 day. 



Sow okra seed thinly in rows eighteen 

 inches apart and two inches deep and thin 

 the plants out to eight inches apart. I use 

 the White Velvet variety and find that a 

 quarter of a pound of seed gives an ample 

 number of plants. 



Onions. No garden should be without 



onions. Two ounces and a half of seed 



will raise quite enough; sow them in drills 



a foot apart about the middle of April; 



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