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warm, sandy, soil, having a southern exposure, and late kinds 

 on heavier and cooler land sloping from the sun. In the gar- 

 den, plant on the sunny side of a building, hedge, or tight board 

 fence, for early fruit, and reverse the conditions to retard ripen- 

 ing. By adopting these methods, and others that may occur to 

 the gardener, the season can undoubtedly be extended ten days 

 or two weeks. 



Allowing the mulch applied for winter protection to remain 

 as late as it is safe to do so, thereby retaining the frost in the 

 ground, will tend to prevent early growth and flowering ; but 

 caution must be used or the plants may be injured if air and 

 light are excluded after the weather has become warm. 



The following list contains some of the most popular varieties 

 as usually classified : 



Early. Medium. Late. 



Crystal City, Bidwell, Captain Jack, 



Crescent, early to late, Charles Downing, Champion, 



Downer's Prolific, Cumberland, Glendale, 



Dutchess, Hervey Davis, Jersey Queen, 



Duncan, James Vick, Jucunda, 



Piper's Seedling, Manchester, Kentucky, 



Wilson. Miner's Prolific, Mount Vernon, 



Sharpless, Phelps's Seedling, 



Wilder. Prouty, 



Seth Boyden. 



PLANTING FOR FAMILY USE. 



Farmers and other owners of large tracts of land often seem 

 unwilling to devote any part of it to the growing of garden veg- 

 etables or small fruits. This disinclination arises from a lack 

 of interest in the subject, and also from an impression that the 

 products of the garden are mere luxuries, and add nothing to 

 the substantial comforts of life. Of course all such impressions 

 are erroneous. No part of the farm will yield a better return 

 than the garden, to say nothing of the pleasure and health to be 

 derived from its cultivation. 



The expense of a garden of one eighth or one fourth of an 

 acre would be merely nominal, and such an area would supply 

 a large family. At present the table of the mechanic, owning 

 no land, is better supplied with fruit and vegetables than that of 



