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Vegetables for 

 a Private 

 Garden. 



harrowing. If market gardeners consulted their 

 best interests they would seldom, if ever, use the 

 ordinary plow. 



Asparagus is one of the earliest vegetables. This 

 should be planted in rows thirty inches apart, the 

 plants nine inches apart in the row % for hand culti- 

 vation. For best results the land must be thor- 

 oughly enriched with well-rotted manure the pre- 

 ceding fall, as asparagus is a gross feeder. Apply a 

 good sprinkling of salt in the spring. A good 

 variety of asparagus is the "Columbian Mammoth." 

 The roots can be purchased from any seed store. 



Beans, dwarf or bush, should have a place in 

 every vegetable garden. The bean, being a "Le- 

 gume," is known to be one of the most nutritious 

 and best of flesh-forming foods. A succession of 

 sowings should be made from early spring until the 

 middle of summer. Plant in rows two feet apart, 

 and the seeds three inches apart in the rows and 



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about one and a half inches deep. The rule govern- 

 ing the depth of planting all seeds is from four to 

 live times their diameter. Two varieties suitable 

 to sow are the "Stringless Green Pod," having 

 green pods, and the "Round Pod Kidney Wax," 

 which has a yellow pod. 



Beets for early use should be sown as soon as the 

 ground is fit to work in spring, in rows two feet 



