THE HOME VEGETABLE GARDEN 103 



potatoes to ensure roots free from scab; also lime should not be 

 applied to the land the same season. A few reliable varieties of 

 these to grow are Early Horn and Danvers Half-long carrots, 

 Market JNIodel parsnips, Egyptian and Edmand's Early beets, 

 Sandwich Island salsify, and Early White Egg and Budlong turnips. 

 The turnips, and in fact all root crops do particularly well on sandy 

 ground. These and potatoes should be stored in a frost-proof cellar 

 where no fire heat is used. Some of the parsnips can be left in the 

 ground until spring; the most severe frost will not harm them, and 

 it is surprising how small a patch of each will supply a whole family 

 for a season. 



The Brassica or cabbage family cannot be omitted from any 

 vegetable garden ; all like well-manured land. Excellent cabbages 

 for early are Copenhagen Market and Jersey Wakefield; for late, 

 Danish Ballhead and Danish Roundhead; these latter are harder 

 and far superior to the Drumhead types. Early cabbage can be 

 started in a frame in March and planted out about April 20. Win- 

 ter sorts should be sown about June 1. Cauliflowers for an early 

 crop are best grown in a cold frame where they can be watered. For 

 a fall crop seed should be sown as near May 25 as possible. Kronk's 

 Perfection Erfurt for early. Dry Weather and Snowball for late, 

 are splendid varieties to grow. Brussels sprouts should be sown 

 as soon as the ground is open, and later planted out in rows three 

 feet apart, and two feet between the plants. These are splendid 

 and choice winter vegetables; with the cabbages they should be 

 lifted and heeled in a cool cellar before the frost becomes too severe. 

 Aigburth is a first class sort, so is Dobbie's Selected. Savoy cab- 

 bage is preferred by some to the common cabbage; the culture is 

 the same and the Drumhead variety is the best. Green curled 

 kale or borecole, is a very hardy member of the Brassica family, 

 and of very easy culture; heeled in with the cabbages it can be used 

 from February to the last of iVpril, and is superior to the greens 

 brought from the south. It should not be housed until it has had 

 several good freezings. 



No garden is complete without tomatoes. These are easily 

 raised in the house or cold frame, and if strong plants are set out 

 fruit may be picked by the middle of July and until killing frost. 

 To secure good tomatoes they should not be allowed to ramble over 



