BOOK OF THE HOME GARDEN 



before it ran out of the holes and this fed the roots 

 of the vines. This is a very interesting way to grow 

 plants and I hope some of my friends will try it 

 some day. 



There is one thing we have to be careful about : 

 If we feed our plants a lot of liquid food when they 

 are young they are apt to make too many leaves 

 and too much stalk and not enough fruit and blos- 

 soms. Lettuce, parsley, cabbage, collards, and all 

 plants whose leaves we want to eat, can be fed often 

 for the faster the leaves grow, the more tender they 

 will be. 



There are many varieties of vegetables, fruits and 

 flowers that naturally grow larger than others. 

 For instance, "Ponderosa" tomatoes are much 

 larger than "Bonny Best," and all the liquid food 

 in the world will not make "Bonny Best" as large as 

 "Ponderosa." "Giant Gibraltar" onions will al- 

 ways be larger than "Silver Skin onions," "Canada 

 Muskmelons" will always be larger than "Rocky 

 Ford," "Show" dahlias are always larger than 

 "Pompon" dahlias, a "Giant Russian" sunflower 

 will always be larger than a "Seedling of Stella" 

 sunflower. But remember the largest is by no 

 means always the best. Also remember that care, 

 cultivation, water and food will always make your 



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