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Chalk's Early Jewel I have also grown successfully inside. 

 The English forcing varieties of tomato are especially fine. 

 Of cucumbers, Davis's Perfect and Vickery's Forcing are 

 both excellent kinds. Telegraph and Sion House are proved 

 varieties of the English cucumbers, which grow to a much 

 greater length than the American sorts and are generally 

 considered to be of much superior quality. Of beets, Early 

 Model, Eclipse, and Crosby's Egyptian are good for forcing, 

 but the latter, although it is still a favorite variety, I do not 

 consider equal in quality to the others. Among carrots, 

 Early Scarlet Horn, French Forcing and Nantes are good. 

 If growing only one variety, I should plant the latter as some 

 of the roots will be ready to use almost as early as some of 

 the other sorts, and those remaining as the rows are thinned 

 out for use will continue to grow. If you want to try beans, 

 grow a first quality early sort, such as Early Bountiful. 



After settling the question of varieties, there are, of 

 course, the details of temperature, ventilation, fertilization 

 and so forth, which have to be looked after with each of the 

 several crops that have been mentioned. 



Lettuce All Winter 



As I have already said the loose-leaved lettuce is more 

 certain to give satisfactory results under glass than the 

 heading sorts. There is, however, no reason why you 

 should not succeed with the latter if you like it enough bet- 

 ter to pay for the extra care required. Greater care in water- 

 ing will be necessary, especially after the heads begin to 

 form. It is best to apply the water to the soil only, and to 

 water on bright days, so that the surface of the soil and any 

 parts of the foliage which have become wet may be dried 

 off before night. During the larger part of the development 

 of the plant a temperature of 45 to 50 degrees at night 

 should be maintained, but just after setting the plants in 

 the bed and while the heads are forming about 5 degrees 

 less than that will be safer. Both Grand Rapids and Big 

 Boston will do well with a temperature of 40 to 50 degrees 



