WHAT TO GROW IN THE VEGETABLE GARDEN 



IT is often no easy matter, even for the 

 experienced grower, to decide what 

 varieties of vegetables to plant. For the 

 amateur grower the question is a hard one 

 indeed. 



There are so many varieties advertised by 

 the seed firms, and their good qualities are 

 so temptingly set forth in the catalogues, the 

 making of a choice of seeds is rendered the 

 more difficult. The following is a list of 

 the varieties which have given the greatest 

 satisfaction in the horticultural department 

 at the Cefitral Experimental Farm, Ottawa : 



Asparagus. — Conover's Colossal is the 

 best all-round variety, but this variety is 

 more subject to rust than Palmetto or 

 Argenteuil. 



Beans. — Keeney's Rustless Golden Wax 

 or Wardwell's Kidney Wax, for early crop ; 

 Early Refugee, for medium ; and Refugee 

 or i,ooo to I, for late crop, are the most 

 satisfactory dwarf varieties. Asparagus, 

 and Lazy Wife and uld Homestead are 

 three of the best pole varieties. 



Beets. — Egyptian Turnip, Eclipse and 

 Bastian's Blood Turnip are three of the best 

 varieties. 



Cabbage. — Early Jersey Wakefield (early), 

 Succession (medium). Late Flat Dutch, 

 Drumhead Savoy (late). Red Dutch (red), 

 is, a select list of the best varieties of cab- 

 bage. For extra early use Paris Market is 

 desirable, being a week earlier than Early 

 Jersey Wakefield. 



Cauliflowers. — Extra Early Dwarf Erfurt 

 and Early Snowball. 



Carrots. — Chantenay is one of the best, 

 but if a good extra sort is required the Early 

 Scarlet Horn can be planted with advantage. 

 It is a small variety. 



Onions. — Yellow Globe Danvers and 

 Large Red Wethersfield are two of the best 

 onions in cultivation. 



Cucumbers. — Peerless White Spine or 

 White Spine, Cool and Crisp, and Giant 

 Pera are three of the most satisfactory slic- 

 ing varieties. Boston Pickling is a good 

 pickling sort. 



Egg Plant. — New York Improved and 

 Long Purple succeed best. 



Lettuce. — -Black Seeded Simpson, The 

 Morse, and New York (curled). Improved 

 Salamander, Unrivalled, Tennis Ball. 

 Golden Queen (cabbage). Trianon and 

 Paris Cos lettuce make a good list. 



Parsnips. — Hollow Crown and Dobbie's 

 Selected are both good sorts. 



Parsley. — Double Curled is as good as 

 any. 



Peppers. — ^Cayenne, Cardinal, Chili and 

 Golden Dawn are four of the best. 



Peas. — Gregory's Surprise, Gradus, Am- 

 erican Wonder, Premium Gem (early), Mc- 

 Lean's Advancer, Nott's New Perfection, 

 Heroine (medium). None of these are tall 

 growing varieties. Stratagem, Juno (dwarf), 

 Telephone (late). Excelsior is a promising 

 second early sort. 



Radishes. — Early — Scarlet White-tipped 

 Turnip, Rosy Gem, French Breakfast, Red 

 Rocket (red). Icicle (white). Late — White 

 Strasburg, Long "W hite Vienna. Winter — 

 Long Black Spanish, Chinese Rose-colored. 



Rhubarb. — Linnaeus, Victoria. 



Salsify. — Long White, Sandwich Island. 



Spinach. — Victoria, Thick-leaved. 



Squash. — Barly — White Bush Scalloped, 

 Summer Crook Neck. Late- — Hubbard. 



Tomatoes. — 'Early — Sparks' Earliana. 

 Main crop — Brinton's Best, Trophy, Match- 

 less (scarlet), Burpee's Climax, Autocrat 

 (purplish pink). liiere are many varie- 

 ties of tomatoes which are almost equal in 

 excellence and productiveness. 



Turnips. — Early — Extra Early Milan, 

 Red Top Strap Leaf. 



