120 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. [1891. 



best wrinkled pea we have tested. There can be but little ex- 

 cuse for not having peas, for they are one of the easy vegetables 

 to can for winter use. 



Beets are another garden vegetable that has been very much 

 improved in a few years, and can be had the year through with 

 little trouble ; are hardy, and like spinach and peas can be sown 

 quite early, and by making good selections and planting several 

 times in the summer, can be had fresh and tender. No dinner 

 is perfect without beets, and no vegetable hash for breakfast is 

 good without beet in it, in my opinion. It is one of the garden 

 vegetables not properly encouraged by our Horticultural Soci- 

 ety. The Eclipse and Edmands are the cream of the beet fami- 

 lies, of my acquaintance, for early and medium. Dewing's is a 

 nice winter beet when sown late and a good all around beet. 



Parsneps need to be sowed early and are a garden vegetable 

 of great value in the family. The Hollow Crown is the best 

 flavored, but the Student, or some improved short variety, is 

 better for spring use if wanted to leave them in the ground. 

 There is a chance for improvement in parsneps, and a premium 

 ofl'ered by our Society for a half long seedling would be a wise 

 thing in my opinion. I heard one of our most conservative 

 members say he would pay fifty dollars for a pound of such 

 seed. 



Salsify, or vegetable oyster, is a neglected vegetable ; is as 

 easily grown as parsneps and should be in every garden. There 

 are many months in every year that have no r in them, and our 

 Puritan or some other ancestors have long since prohibited the 

 use of real oysters in those months. I never have known a family 

 that some members did not wish oysters were good the year 

 round, and salsify comes in to fill the place. It is easily pre- 

 pared for the table, and universally liked by the people. It is 

 a rich, healthy garden vegetable, can be kept in the cellar or 

 ground over winter, and unfil the fresh grown roots are ready 

 for use. 



Turnijps can be put into the ground early and are a vegetable 

 easily grown, and profitable to raise to sell if the grower is an 

 artist. There are some new varieties that come along very fast. 



