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VEGETABLES OF UNUSUAL CHARACTER 



THE vegetables discussed in the following pages might 

 well be considered the "delicacies" of the vegetable 

 kingdom. The majority of them require a great deal 

 of care or patience or both to grow them from seeds to 

 maturity. For this reason the home gardener of limited 

 experience will find it more advantageous to start with 

 plants easily secured from seedsmen, nurseries, or florists. 



With one exception (Leeks) the vegetables in this class 

 require a long season to yield the desired crop. In some 

 cases several years will elapse before the planter, who 

 starts with seeds, may gather the product of his labors. 



On the Pacific Coast all of them thrive to perfection. 

 In the warmer sections the hardy kinds are year-around 

 vegetables, while those of a more delicate nature attain 

 a size and quality such as no other part of the world can 

 put into vegetables. This applies particularly to arti- 

 chokes and eggplants, the popularity and usefulness of 

 which is rather limited in other sections of the country. 



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