FARMERS' MONTHLY OF HAMPSHIRE COUNTY 



VEGETABLE VARIETIES FOR 1926 



The seed catalogues are coming in, — 

 handsome, alluring, irresistible! Surely 

 nobody will be satisfied with less than 

 three or four from as many different 

 seedsmen, and six are not too many to 

 have for it usually happens that one 

 seedsman does not offer all the latest ap- 

 proved varieties. 



A few of our most enterprising seed- 

 houses have adopted that very essential 

 principal upon which modern salesman- 

 ship is based, truthfulness. Their varie- 

 ties are described as accurately as possi- 

 ble and the phraseology they employ has 

 the ring of sincerity. Even so, it is not 

 easy for those unfamiliar with peculiari- 

 ties of the various sorts to make selec- 

 tions. Then too, a great many old timers 

 in the seed business continue to use such 

 terms as "unexcelled, unsurpassed, and 

 gigantic," applying them to one variety 

 after another. Such practices create con- 

 fusion in the minds of prospective buyers 

 and often make it difficult to choose the 

 correct sorts. 



The following list of varieties has been 

 designed to aid in this difficulty. It is in- 

 tended for the home gardener. 

 Asparagus — Mary Washington ; Martha 



Washington 

 Bean — Green Snap — Bountiful; String- 

 less Green Podded 



Wax Snap— Wardwell (fiat) ; Sure 

 Crop (semi-flat) ; Pencil Pod (round) 

 Green Pole — Kentucky Wonder 

 Wax Pole — Kentucky Wonder Wax 

 Dwarf Shell— French's Horticul- 

 tural 



Dwarf Lima — Fordhook Bush 

 Beet — Crosby's Egyptian 

 Cabbage — Early, Golden Acre; mid-sea- 

 son, Succession ; late, Danish Ball- 

 head 

 Carrot — Early, Chantenay; late, Hutch- 

 inson 

 Cauliflower — Snowball; Dwarf Erfurt 

 Celery — Early, Golden Self Blanching; 



Easy Blanching; late, Pascal 

 Corn — Golden Bantam; Whipples Yellow 

 Cucumber — Davis Perfect; Boston Pick- 



- ling, for pickles 

 Eggplant — Black Beauty; New York Im- 

 proved ; Florida Highbu.sh 

 Lettuce — Early, May King; mid-season. 

 Black Seeded Tennisball; late, Big 

 Boston 

 Muskmelon — Heai-ts of Gold; Benders 



Surprise 

 Onion — Danvers Yellow Globe; South- 

 port Yellow Globe; Egyptian Multi- 

 plier, for scullions 

 Pea — Early, Little Marvel (dwarf) ; 

 Gradus (half dwarf) ; mid-season, 

 Telephone (tall) 

 Parsnip — Hollow Crown 

 Pepper-Harris' Earliest (red) ; Ruby 

 King (red) ; Golden Queen (yellow) 

 Radi.sh — Early, Scarlet Globe; White 

 Icicle (long) 



Spinach — Early, Round Thick Leaf; sum- 

 mer, King of Denmark 



Squash, Summer — Bush Scalloped 



Squash — Fall and early winter, Des 

 Moines; winter. Blue Hubbard, 

 Golden Hubbard 



Tomato — Early, Bonny Best, late Pon- 

 derosa or Beefsteak 



Turnip — White Egg, Purple Top Strap 

 Leaf; Rutabaga — Macomber. 



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H. D. SMITH 



Hatfield, Mass. 



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There is a Du Pont Paint or Varnish for every purpose. Du- 

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Buildings well protected by Paint and Varnish — look bet- 

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Northampton, Mass. 



