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the earth must be carefully prepared for their reception, being especially- 

 enriched by a previous application of very short, well-rotted stable manure 

 or compost. 



In the after-culture the most important matter is to keep the clumps 

 ■well thinned, for crowding will defeat all other preparations, while space, 

 ■which at first seems four times too much, will serve to develop robust 

 plants, which, by their ample leafage and well-developed flowers, will 

 amaze people not familiar with the conditions necessary to successful 

 plant culture. 

 884 Q. How far North are garden vegetables cultivated. Far North 



A. Some time ago 21ie PhiladelpMn Record newspaper company sent Gardens, 

 an expedition to Alaska, and among the reports was the following : Upon 

 arriving at Sitka, nearly 5000 miles away from Philadelphia, and in lati- 

 tude 57 degrees, as far north as the highest part of Labrador, the Record 

 men strolled along Lincoln street, which is Sitka's only business thor- 

 oughfare, and read on one of the most prominent signs in that place that 

 Landreths' Extra Early Peas were on sale within. 



885. Q. Are not some of the descriptions of vegetables offered by some „ 



,, ,.,, . ,..„ Extravagant 



seed merchants very highly extravagant m word pamtmg ? Advertising. 



A. The Rural New Yorker, in its issue of July 9, 1892, thus refers to a 

 new variety of cabbage : "Here is a new variety of cabbage, which, if 

 our readers have any faith in the first announcement of its presentation to 

 the public, may excite general interest. We print the advertisement as 

 received, omitting only the name of the introducing firm : 



" ' The Extravaganza Cabbage (Munchausen Stock), Of all the varie- 

 ties of cabbage which have ever been ofiered since the world was made, 

 especially those described in the picture seed catalogues of the present 

 day, no sort ever equaled this cabbage for every good quality which 

 trenchant words can express, or the fertile mind conceive, and we would 

 say no cabbage of the future can possibly ever equal it, had we not a 

 variety lying back to introduce next year which we are going to advertise 

 as infinitely the superior of the Extravaganza, and we expect every year 

 to have a still better one than the year preceding. 



" 'We are getting up a picture of the Extravaganza, which, by com- 

 parison with other well-known objects purposely placed near it, will show 

 that this cabbage is as big as a tobacco hogshead, and the description 

 which will accompany the picture will prove, if words have any power, 

 that its flavor is as sweet as sugar, its texture as fine as satin, and its habit 

 exceedingly early or so rarely late, or so something else, as to eclipse 

 every cabbage ever before known, and, above all, its freedom from tlie 

 attacks of insects is phenomenally remarkable : indeed, an insect which 

 simply flies over it falls dead within twenty yards. To the market gar- 

 dener it is a boon, as it sells itself, its laughing face beaming with such 

 benevolent expression as to win the admiration of every purchaser at 

 once.' " 



886. Q. Will it pay to grow turnips especially for feeding to cattle ? Turnips for 



Cattle Food. 



