VEGETABLES RAISED FOR MARKET 



demands, and for bringing them forward in good 

 season. A few days lost or saved in getting into 

 market often makes a difference of one-half in the 

 price. 



The first pulling of the out-door crop is usually 

 made the last of April or the first of May, and 

 the plants continue to furnish a supply until about 

 the first of July. It is put up in bushel boxes 

 and will return from $2.00 per box at the start 

 down to 35 cents during May. 



The crop is forced either by setting thickly in 

 hot-beds or hot-houses, or by leaving roots about 

 three feet apart in the ground where they have 

 grown, and setting cold-frames over them. The 

 glass is put on about the first of February. The 

 price on forced crop varies even more than that 

 of out-door growth; but $5.00 is a fair estimate 

 of average returns from each 3x6 sash. 



The two varieties best known here are the Lin- 

 naeus, early, large and tender; and the Victoria, 

 also large, but later; of the two the former is the 

 better kind, though both are good. 



Another sort, very superior to either, and in 

 fact better than any other variety known, is the 

 Paragon, earliest of all, and very productive. 



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