THE HOME VEGETABLE PA TCH. 



Egg Plant. — New York Improved. Sow 

 seed in seed box or hot-bed about middle of 

 April, and transplant in the open when dan- 

 ger of frost is past. 



Kohl Rabi. — Early Purple Vienna. Sow 

 seed early for sunmier use and again about 

 middle of June for winter use. 



Lettuce. — Toronto Gem, California Cream 

 Butter. Sow seed as early as possible, and 

 at intervals of a month for succession. Thin 

 plants to six or eight inches apart for good 

 heads. 



!\Iuskmelon. — Rocky Ford, or Emerald 

 Gem; Montreal Market. Sow seed in well 

 prepared hills when danger of frost is past. 



Onions. — Yellow Danvers, Prizetaker, 

 Red Wethersfield. Sow seed as early as 

 possible. The thinnings may be used as 

 green onions. 



Parsnips. — Hollow Crown. Sow as early 

 as possible and thin to six inches apart in 

 row. Leave part of the crop in the ground 

 over winter for spring use. 



Peas. — Early, Steel Briggs' Extra Early; 

 medium, Gradus ; late, Champion of Eng- 

 land. Sow early kinds as early as possible 

 and others a couple of weeks later. 



Potatoes. — Early, Early Ohio; late. Em- 

 pire State. Keep potatoes for planting in 

 a warm room in the light for three weeks 

 before planting. Plant a few for early use 

 as soon as the ground is fit to work, and 

 follow with others when danger of frost is 

 past. Plant late varieties about May 24. 



Pumpkin. — Sugar. Plant when danger 

 of frost is past. 



Radishes. — ^Early, Rosy Gem, French 

 Breakfast ; winter. Scarlet China. Sow 

 early varieties as early as possible, and at 

 intervals of two weeks for succession. Sow 

 winter varieties in summer after crop of 

 early peas. 



Salsify. — Long White. Sow as early as 

 possible and thin to four inches apart in the 

 row. Part of the crop imay be left in the 

 ground over winter for spring use. 



Spinach. — Victoria. Sow as early as pos- 

 sible, and at intervals of a month if succes- 

 sion is desired. 



. Squash. — Summer, Crookneck, White 

 Bus'h Scallop ; winter, Hu'bbard. Do not 

 plant until danger of spring frost is over. 

 Bush varieties require about four feet of 

 space between hil'ls. Hubbard should have 

 at least eight feet. 



Tomatoes. — Early, Spark's Earliana, Do- 

 minion Day, Mayflower. Sow seed in seed 

 box or hot-bed about the middle of April. 

 Transplant in the open when danger of frost 

 is past. 



Turnips. — Golden Ball, Hartley's Bronze 

 Top. Sow early for summer use and about 

 June 20 for winter use. 



Vegetable Marrow. — Long White Bush. 

 Plant when danger of frost is past. 



Watermelon.' — Hungarian Honey, Cole's 

 Early. Plant when danger of frost is past 

 in well prepared hills eight feet apart. 



If you care to start a hot=bed, or a cold 

 frame for flowers, all right. If not, scatter 

 the seeds thinly on a bare piece of ground, 

 even if the frost is not all out, and when the 

 plants have four or five leaves on them they 

 can be readily transplanted to beds. Take 

 up a small clump of earth with each plant, 

 and do not disturb the roots. Poppies 

 bloom very early, asters later, so that if you 

 plant poppies in one row in the bed and as- 

 ters a foot apart behind them, when the as- 



ters are ready to bloom the poppies will be 

 gone and you can weed them out. — N. S. 

 Dunlop, Montreal, Que. 



A good garden requires good soil. 

 Sandy land is the earliest. It can be made 

 productive by the addition of plant food. 

 Commercial fertilizers are good in their 

 place, but they do not make humus, which 

 comes from decayed vegetable or animal 

 matter.' 



