QUESTIONS 285 



8. What vegetables in the seasonal list have you ever seen growing? Which 



have you eaten? 



9. Describe the methods of growing a few of those you have not seen grow. 



10. What are the differences in habit of growth between crops of the cabbage 



group early cabbage, late cabbage, kale, broccoli, cauliflower, brussels 

 sprouts and kohlrabi? 



11. Give the special uses of parsley, endive, celeriac, garlic, and horse radish. 



12. Give directions for tlie growing of asparagus. 



13. How are cantaloupes and muskmelons managed for the production of an 



extra early crop? 



14. Compare the growing of tomatoes with and without staking. 



15. What other vegetables have you seen managed according to different 



methods? Explain the differences for a few of these. 



References. United States Farmers' Bulletins: 61, Asparagus Culture; 

 62, Marketing Farm Produce; 196, Usefulness of the American Toad; 204, 

 The Cultivation of Mushrooms; 220, Tomatoes; 232, Okra: Its Culture and 

 Uses; 254, Cucumbers; 282, Celery; 289, Beans; 354, Onion Culture; 433, 

 Cabbage; 434, The Home Production of Onion Seeds and Sets; 553, Popcorn 

 for the Home; 554, Popcorn for the Market; 559, Use of Corn, Kafir and 

 Cow Peas in the Home; 642, Tomato Growing in the South; 647, Home 

 Gardening in the South. 



American Varieties of Beans, Cornell Bulletin 260. Planting the Home 

 Vegetable Garden, Cornell Reading Courses No. 58. Vegetable Growing, 

 Mass. State Bd. of Agr. Bui. 5. Cabbage Seed Beds, Protection, N. Y. State 

 Bui. 234. Asparagus, N. J. Exp. Sta. Circ. 57. 



