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which they are to be grown. Mignonette, Grand Rapids and 

 Big Boston are three of the best sorts for use in the frames in 

 spring and fall, and for the first planting in spring. Mi- 

 gnonette is very small, with reddish-brown outside leaves, 

 but it makes a very solid head deliciously tender and sweet. 

 Grand Rapids is the best of the loose-heading sorts, having 

 very tender, closely crumpled leaves which form a very 

 solid loose head. Big Boston is one of the very best of the 

 large-heading butter-head varieties, suited for growing in 

 cool weather. For a supply during the hot summer months, 

 Salamander, All Seasons, Brittle Ice and New York (Won- 

 derful) are all good. The latter two, of the cabbage-head 

 type, are quite distinct, having thick leaves with heavy in- 

 curving midribs, and form unusually solid heads. The 

 Cos type of lettuce is also excellent, especially for summer 

 use, but it demands very good growing conditions and more 

 care. 



A Muskmelon That Runs Three Feet 



MUSKMELONS. There are a large number of good vari- 

 eties but Netted Gem or Rocky Ford is the most popular 

 green-fleshed sort, and Emerald Gem is wholly satisfactory 

 for salmon-colored flesh. For cool climates Montreal Nut- 

 meg, a large, green-fleshed sort, is unexcelled for quality. 

 Spicy is a large, oval, orange-fleshed variety, quite distinct 

 from most others, of very healthy growth and excellent fla- 

 vor. Henderson's Bush is a new and distinct type of par- 

 ticular advantage for the small garden. It can be planted 

 much closer than the ordinary sorts, requiring only about 

 half as much space for each hill. The fruits are rather small. 



ONIONS. The white sorts are the earliest to mature and 

 the mildest in flavor, but they are harder to cure and not 

 such good keepers as the yellow and red varieties. Silver 

 King and Southport White Globe are good white sorts, the 

 former considerably earlier. Southport Yellow Globe and 

 Prizetaker, the latter larger but not so solid or long keeping, 

 are two of the best yellows; while Southport Red Globe and 

 Red Wethersfield, the latter earlier, are the standard reds. 



