LESSONS FROM THE WINxNERS 259 



warm enough for them to germinate. They require 

 an abundance of manure mixed with deeply broken 

 soil, and should be planted at least two inches deep. 

 1 always start my early celery in the house and set it 

 out as soon as I do my cabbages and tomatoes. 



Lettuce can be grown large enough for use in a 

 sunny window. I have grown it that way and we 

 have had it to eat from the first of March all through 

 the season. — [Geneva March, Iowa. 



Some Good Vegetables Not Generally Grown. — 

 Some of the most desirable garden vegetables are neg- 

 lected by most farmers and many village gardeners. 

 Spinach should be planted either in the fall or the first 

 thing in the spring, then it will come in when other 

 greens are scarce. If this is once tried you will never 

 be without it. Prepare a small bed in some sunny 

 part of the garden as soon as the frost is out. Sow 

 the seed and nature will do the rest. 



Cauliflower is another neglected vegetable. It is 

 almost as easily grown as cabbage. It requires about 

 the same treatment and in many respects is even more 

 desirable. The only difficulty I find in growing good 

 cauliflower is to get good seed, and if ordered from 

 some reliable house there will be no trouble. Get Hen- 

 derson's Snowball or Burpee's Early. Another vege- 

 table not common and which requires no great skill is 

 kohl-rabi. This should be sown early for spring and 

 summer use and then later in the summer sow for 

 winter. It is given the same treatment as the turnip 

 and possesses some of the characteristics of both the 

 turnip and cabbage. 



No garden is complete without a good supply of 

 celery. Sow a few seeds in a hotbed or in boxes in 

 the house, then in July transplant to rows in the gar- 

 den. These should be about one foot apart in the row 

 and the rows four or five feet apart. This can be set 



