VEGETABLES RAISED FOR MARKET 



supply the retail trade. The Squash or tomato- 

 shaped variety is the kind chiefly grown for the 

 pickle factories, and is well adapted, being thick- 

 fleshed, of pungent flavour, very productive and 

 of good size. 



The Bell, or Bull Nose, is a large and mild- 

 flavoured variety, and is one of the most popular. 

 The Sweet Mountain, or Mammoth, resembles 

 the Bell in some respects, and is perhaps just as 

 desirable, being similar in shape, not unlike in 

 flavour, and larger; while in the same class with 

 these old and well-known varieties comes the 

 new Ruby King, of larger growth and milder 

 flavour than either in many respects a superior 

 kind, and unequalled by any other. It commonly 

 attains a size of from four and a half to six inches 

 long by about four inches through. The fruit 

 is so mild and pleasant to the taste that it may 

 be sliced and eaten with pepper and vinegar as 

 is done with tomatoes or cucumbers, and when 

 thus used makes a very agreeable salad. The 

 plant is of a sturdy, bushy habit of growth. 



Long Cayenne is the strong pungent variety 

 with which every one is acquainted. It is very 

 late, and the pods while still young and green are 



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