SUCCESS IN MARKET GARDENING 



numerous enough, but there are few of real merit. 

 Rawson's Puritan has been grown by us for 

 several years as a leading early variety, and has 

 proved not only to be one of the earliest but one of 

 the most profitable in culture as a market variety. 



Another early variety is Belmont, one which well 

 maintains its claim to a front rank among tomatoes ; 

 being handsome in colour, ripening perfectly 

 throughout and not inclined to crack or rot. 



Earliana is the first early market variety; of 

 good size and quality; but, of course, the very early 

 sorts cannot be expected to be as solid, nor as 

 good in flavour, as those maturing later. 



The best main-crop sort is the Stone. Large, 

 firm, of bright scarlet colour, and a great yielder. 



Only leading varieties have been mentioned. 



TURNIP (Brassica Rapa) . This crop is not very 

 extensively grown in the market garden, as the 

 demand is limited. The flat varieties are the only 

 ones cultivated for early marketing. 



The soil best adapted to the crop is a sandy or 

 gravelly loam, well enriched and thoroughly 

 worked. The seed should be sown as early in the 

 spring as the ground can be worked, in drills about 

 fourteen inches apart. After the plants have 



