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twelve rods long, without sticks, furnished a family of ten with 

 all they could use while they lasted. I have been told by 

 market men from Boston and New York, and also London, Eng- 

 land, that the tallest varieties are never bushed. 



The best dwarf varieties are : Tom Thumb, McLean's Little 

 Gem, Blue Peter or Blue Tom Thumb, and American Wonder. 

 The Tom Thumb is a little the earliest, and the American Won- 

 der the best flavored. It and McLean's Little Gem are wrinkled 

 varieties. There are several early varieties which grow from two 

 to three feet high, such as Daniel O'Rourke, Early May, Early 

 Philadelphia, etc., but none of them possess any greater merit 

 than the dwarf kinds named above, and as these bear closer 

 planting and can be gathered much more rapidly, I give them 

 the preference. For the late, tall growing varieties, the Cham- 

 pion of England and Marrowfat I have never found surpassed. 

 The Sugar pea with edible pod, is thought by some desirable for 

 the private garden, but is seldom grown for market. About two 

 bushels of seed of the dwarf early kinds is required for an acre, 

 but as the tall kinds must be planted in wide rows and not so 

 thick in the row, one-fourth as much seed will be sufficient. 



Peppers. Mango peppers are in considerable demand, and 

 are a profitable market crop; they are usually sold green by 

 measure or count. They should be started early in hot-beds 

 and set in rows wide enough to admit of horse culture, and 

 about fifteen inches apart in the row. The Bull Nose, or Bell, 

 Squash, and Sweet Mountain are the varieties most commonly 

 grown. The small, pungent Cayenne Pepper requires the same 

 treatment, but may be planted much closer. They are usually 

 pulled up by the roots and sold in market on the plant. 



Radishes. There are few garden crops that will give so 

 large a profit from a small amount of land as radishes. The 

 land should be plowed in the fall for the early crop, and if 

 heavy should have a liberal dressing of sand, or of leaf mold from 

 the woods or both. The manure should be fine and spread over 

 the surface in the fall, and it will pay to dress with superphos- 

 phate. Well-rotted chip dirt is one of the best fertilizers for 

 radishes. The quicker a radish can be grown, the sweeter and 



