INTRODUCTORY REMARKS 



from my own experience, to enable any one, 

 already in some degree familiar with the work to 

 cultivate successfully the various crops enumer- 

 ated; provided his land and location are adapted 

 to them. I propose to give my readers, as far as 

 possible, the benefit of my own practical experi- 

 ence, and the methods of a success in business 

 which has been gained only by years of close 

 application and hard work. 



In the following pages, I shall discuss at more 

 or less length all the different products of the 

 market garden; and some of the coarser crops, 

 belonging rather to the "farm garden," or even 

 to the farm, will be incidentally treated of. In 

 so doing. I shall go through the whole series in 

 alphabetical order, in order that the reader may 

 the more readily turn to the information he is 

 seeking. I propose to devote space most liber- 

 ally to the most important crops. A chapter on 

 Farm Implements and other supplementary mat- 

 ter will conclude the work. 



But there are certain conditions essential to all 

 crops. Some of the most essential requirements 

 of high cultivation, and even of the most ordi- 

 nary soil culture, are often misconceived or over- 



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