CHAPTER IV 

 HOW TO CHOOSE SEEDS 



THERE are so many pretty catalogues and they 

 have such a way of making you think each variety is 

 more splendid than the last one that you really do 

 not know what to order. One day I heard a very 

 big sigh from some one looking over catalogues and 

 she said, "Well, I guess the only way to do is to 

 order one packet of everything here." If she had 

 done so it would have required several acres in which 

 to plant the seed. 



"Variety" means different types of the same 

 thing; for instance, there are red onions, white 

 onions, yellow onions. Then there are "Yellow 

 Danvers," "Yellow Dutch," "Golden Globe," 

 "Prizetaker," "Giant Gibraltar," "Southport Red," 

 "Red Wethersfield," "Australian Brown," "Silver 

 King," and so on, but they are all onions. It is 

 because there are so many varieties it makes it very 

 hard to choose. 



Some of our seedsmen have seen how hard it is 

 for beginners to select seeds and they have also seen 



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