ILLUSTRATIONS 



PAG* 



21. Early summer squash ... ,. ... ... 4 ., ,., k .. 114 



22. Glass used to hasten growth of cucumbers .. ,. 114 

 23. Home made plant protectors ^. ..... 114 



24. Young cabbage plants protected by strawberry 



boxes . .... 116 



25. Transplanting lettuce. Making hole with two 



fingers 116 



26. Firm pressure of soil round roots of young 



lettuce 116 



27. Seed potatoes saved from best producing hills 124 

 28. Leave one to three eyes in each piece of potato 124 

 29. Flat divided into sections and well-drained . 124 

 30. Seed potatoes well covered with soil . . .124 



31. Three weeks gained by starting potatoes in a 



flat 128 



32. Cucumbers started early in a strawberry basket 128 

 33. Kohl Rabi the size of a baseball, ready for use 128 

 34. Swiss chard, one of the easiest greens to grow 138 



35. The American Wonder Pea, a good wrinkled 



variety , * i; . .. . . . ... 138 



36. Dwarf curled Scotch Kale. A very nutritious 



green . . . * . 138 



37. Rust proof Wax Beans. Very good variety for 



home garden '.'"? ' ; . . . . . . .138 



38. A flat full of thrifty lettuce plants 2x2 inches 



apart . . . .^. ... . '. ' . 150 



39. Thrifty lettuce plant before and after pruning 



leaves ......... . , t . 150 



40. A mature plant of loose leaf lettuce . . . 150 



