148 PRIZE GARDENING 



being hauled in a barrel in the morning and left stand- 

 ing all day in the sun to warm up. The celery was 

 banked the middle of September and the onions pulled 

 and harvested. 



This garden was not large, nor was there a great 

 variety of vegetables raised, yet it seemed to satisfy 

 the needs of Mr. Roberts' family. If it had contained 

 beets, beans, sweet corn, squashes, cucumbers, carrots, 

 lettuce, melons and more peas, it would have been more 

 satisfactory to most people, yet there are some who do 

 not care for these vegetables and are satisfied with a 

 more limited variety. The productions of the garden 

 were not large, and yet when spread over the entire 

 season, they gave considerable " green stuff " to mix 

 with the " pork and potatoes," which constitute the diet 

 of so many farmers' families. There were gathered 

 eighty-six dozen radishes, forty-five dozen of green 

 and three and one-fourth bushels of onions, one peck 

 of peas, sixteen head of cabbage, sixty-five pounds of 

 tomatoes, one and one-half pints of cured lima beans, 

 five dozen green and two pecks of pickling peppers, 

 two ounces sweet pea seed and many flowers, forty- 

 eight dozen salsify and fifty bunches of celery. The 

 value of these products amounted to thirteen dollars 

 and thirty-six cents. The labor expended on garden 

 was six days, four and one-fourth hours, and with two 

 and one-half hours of team work amounted to eight 

 dollars and sixty cents. The manure was valued at 

 thirty cents, the seeds at eighty-five cents, while one 

 dollar would be a fair price for the use of the tools and 

 the land. This brings the cost up to ten dollars and 

 seventy-five cents, and leaves a net profit of two dollars 

 and sixty-one cents, and pay for his own labor which 

 he could not have earned otherwise. In reality the 

 garden earned him ten dollars and eighty-six cents. 



