VEGETABLE GAEDENING 15 



10 Messes Green Beans 50 Fine Muskmelons 



25 Heads Finest Cauliflower 200 Pickling Cucumbers 



25 Heads Cabbage 10 Slicing Cucumbers 



20 Messes Spinach 5 Bushels Tomatoes 



10 Messes Chard 2 Bushels Early Potatoes 



20 Messes Asparagus 8 Quarts Lima Beans 



10 Messes Salsify 3 Bushels Turnips 



10 Dozen Carrots 3 Quarts Okra 



10 Dozen Parsnips 3 Dozen Sweet Mangoes 



At a low estimate these are worth $40. Often 

 they would cost much more to buy. But it is not 

 only the market value of the vegetables, but the 

 freshness and fine quality that should be consid- 

 ered. Green onions, radishes, green peas, beans, 

 lettuce, spinach, and especially celery, rapidly 

 lose their crisp freshness when gathered and ex- 

 posed for sale a few days before they are used. 



When grown in the home garden they come to 

 the table with all their fine flavor unimpaired. 



Then, for the business or professional man, 

 who toils all day in office, bank, factory or shop, 

 the change to the light physical labor in the open 

 air and bright sunshine, gives just the needed 

 change necessary for health of both body and 

 mind. Such employment will be found restful 

 and soothing to the overtaxed and wearied mind 

 and nerves. 



A love for digging in the soil seems inherent. 

 Try it, and you will soon learn to look forward 

 with pleasurable anticipations to the hour before 

 breakfast, in the cool, dewy mornings, and the 

 hour after supper, when the heat of the day is 

 over, that you may spend in the light, delightful 

 work of planting, hoeing and watering. 



Watching the growth and development of the 

 plants is a constant source of joy and delight. 



