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becomes warmer, peas, and in fact all kinds of vegetables, grow 

 faster and overtake one another, so to speak, and the dates of 

 planting the different sorts become lost, and all the varieties 

 seem to ripen together. For example, five daj'S in the date of 

 planting peas in April will make about five days difference in 

 harvesting in June. But five days in the date of planting ])eas in 

 May, will not apparently make any difference in their ripening 

 in Jul}'. Of course I refer to the same variety each time. 



Sweet Corn. If there is one vegetable that everybody' grows, 

 I think it is sweet corn. It is ready for the table at a time 

 when the early summer vegetables are nearly gone, and those 

 of autumn are not quite read}'. This is especially so with 

 reference to sweet corn grown in the average kitchen garden, as 

 corn grown in this manner is from two weeks to a month later 

 than corn grown by a market gardener. If this crop is planted 

 in hills, they should be made three feet apart ; but I prefer to 

 plant in rows without making any hills, simply thinning the 

 plants to about eight inches apart, thereby getting a larger yield 

 than if planted in hills. 



The Early Corey and Early Crosb}' are two good early varieties. 

 Then come Potter's Excelsior, Moore's Early Concord, and 

 Stowell's Evergreen. There are varieties later than Sto well's 

 Evergreen, but it is not always possible to ripen them in this 

 section. A good way to obtain a continuous supplj' of this vege- 

 table is to select some good variety and make plantings ever}' two 

 weeks, from the 20th of May until the 1st of July, and by so doing 

 a supply can be obtained covering a longer period than if several 

 different varieties are planted at the same time ; for, as the 

 season becomes advanced, it seems as if all the varieties became 

 fit to use together. Be sure and plant enough to have a bountiful 

 supply throughout the season. At least eight rows should be 

 devoted to sweet corn. 



The Tomato. Tomato plants should be set out in rows about 

 June 1. Their cultivation is very simple. Set them six to eight 

 feet apart, make the ground very rich, and keep them free from 

 weeds ; this seems to be about all that is required. Just before 

 frost take up the vines with all the earth that can be made to 

 adhere to the roots, and place them in the cellar, and what toma- 

 toes have not been picked (that are fully grown) will ripen. I 

 have seen perfect ripe tomatoes, of most excellent quality, on the 



