274 



PRIZE GARDENING 



A few winners mention a variety of vegetable or 

 fruit which they consider the most promising. Among 

 those mentioned are Ponderosa, Quarter Century, 

 Success tomato, Gradus pea, Iceberg lettuce. Yellow 

 Transparent apple. Black Jack squash. Self-blanching 

 celery, Scipio bean, Kleckley Sweet and Santiago 



HOMESTEAD OF A NEW YORK STATE WINNER 



melons, the Idaho coffee pea, Bismarck apple, White 

 blackberry, Rocky Ford muskmelon. "I can name 

 hundreds that were promising before I tried them," 

 observes one gardener, and the unwillingness of prom- 

 inent winners to praise doubtful novelties is in refresh- 



