Mid-Season Vegetables 



pickle for winter use in salads; if the top and 

 bottom are removed it leaves a broad ring which 

 is very lovely when filled with salad and garnished 

 with parsley and well-blanched endive; the parts 

 removed may be used as pickles or added to mixed 

 or chopped pickles. 



JNIagnum Dulce is an excellent sort for baking 

 when stuffed w4th meat or force-meat or fried. 

 Pimento is a new salad pepper very attractive in 

 shape and form but does not do so well in the 

 north as some of the older sorts; however, some 

 seasons it can be successfully grown and a few 

 plants set out will be well worth taking pains 

 with. In the warmer sections and in favorable 

 seasons at the north one can grow the fiery 

 Tabasco Pepper from which the Tabasco sauce 

 of commerce is made and so prepare one's supply 

 of this expensive relish ; it requires early planting 

 and great attention to heat and sunshine to 

 succeed. 



The little Celestial Peppers are so very at- 

 tractive when grown in pots that florists offer 

 them along with other greenhouse stuff ; they can 



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