262 — How to Make the Garden Pay. 



Nasturtium. 



Okra. 



garden. The flowers of both forms are sometimes used for 

 garnishing, and the young seed pods, pickled in vinegar, for 

 seasoning. Sow seed in border, or in rows one foot apart, 

 thinning to 4 or 6 inches apart in the rows. 



OKRA. 



Hibiscus esciilentiis. French, Gombaud ; Spanish, Gombo 

 [Quimbombo). — The plant succeeds in almost any soil, being an 



annual of easy culture. 



Little grown in the north, 



but quite popular in the 



southern states, where the 



young and tender seed 



vessels are used as a table 



vegetable, in the form of 



soups and stews, to quite 



an extent. These pods are 



apt to grow somewhat 



tough at the North. Sow 



seed in rows 2^ to 3^ 



feet apart, and thin to 

 9 or 12 inches apart in the row. Cultivate same as corn. 



VARIETIES. 



Dwarf Green, Improved Dwarf Green. — An early and 



productive sort of low growth. 



Long Green. — Plant dwarf; pods long and ridged. 



White Velvet. — Introduced as having very large, round 



smooth pods. Very productive. 



ONION. 



Allium Cepa. German, Zzviebel ; French Oig'no^t ; Spanish, 

 Cipolla. — Onion growing presents itself to our consideration in 

 three materially-differing aspects, namely, culture in the market 

 garden, culture in the farm garden, and culture in the kitchen 

 garden. This vegetable, as a crop, is of value to the market 

 gardener chiefly in the role of " bunch onions," i. e., grown from 

 sets, pulled and bunched in the green state when only partly 

 developed, and thus put on the market. The sets, like mature 

 onions for market, are chiefly grown by people who make it a 

 specialty, and in farm gardens more remote from the larger 

 market centers. Some of our market gardeners, however — 

 probably induced by the high price which they are often com- 

 pelled to pay for sets — , now grow not only enough to supply their 

 own needs, but a surplus for market besides. 



