CHAPTER XXII 



GARDEN VEGETABLES, FRUIT, AND FLOWERS 



VEGETABLES grown in gardens on a small scale include 

 many of the crops already mentioned as field crops, 

 and which, when grown on the large scale for city mar- 

 kets or for canning, are called truck crops. As in the 

 case of field crops, vegetables may be grown for their 

 roots, stems, leaves, fruits, or seeds. 



Of leaf crops we have in most gardens the lettuce, 

 spinach, cabbage in many varieties ; of stem crops, the 

 asparagus, celery, and rhubarb ; of root crops, the radish, 

 potato, red beet, salsify, parsnip, carrot, and several 

 others of less general use. Of the seed crops the vari- 

 ous beans and peas are the most important. Of fruits 

 which are not sweet we have the cucumber, the 

 squash, the tomato, the egg plant. 



Of sweet fruits we usually find in gardens the straw- 

 berry, raspberry, blackberry, currant, gooseberry, and 

 melon. 



LEAF VEGETABLES 



Of vegetables grown for their leaves, the most famil- 

 iar is probably lettuce^ which has many wild relatives 

 considered weeds, all with small blossoms, like those 



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