YOUNG HURTICLLTLRISTS I5I 



crops as lettuce, cabbai2:e, spinach and asparagus seemed 

 to thrive best. The area of one tliousand six hundred 

 and twenty square feet produced two dollars and thirty- 

 five cents worth, and is charged with a cost of only 

 fifty-five cents, but this amount could scarcely have 

 been meant to include the sixteen Jiours' labor which 

 is itemized in the account. 



