THE VEGETABLE GARDEN 



growing of one's own vegetables. Profit of health 

 and of pocket for the expense of a small kitchen 

 garden, properly managed, is light, the returns 

 certain and enjoyable. 



There are no vegetables like those which come 

 wet with the morning dew from one's own garden 

 to grace the breakfast table with the toothsome 

 crispness of the scarlet radish or the fresh cool- 

 ness of lettuce. Sweet corn, when detached from 

 the parent stalk and has felt the heat of the day, 

 loses half its sweetness; and peas have a delicate 

 flavour easily impaired by lying in heaps, even 

 though in a cool place. 



To my mind there is nothing more dishearten- 

 ing on a marketing expedition than the sight of 

 the limp vegetables exposed for sale, and it must 

 indeed be a dearth in the family larder which in- 

 duces me to purchase. 



As to the expense incurred in growing one's 

 own vegetables, it will be found comprised for the 

 main part in the fitting of the land for planting 

 and the trifling outlay for seeds. All varieties of 

 seed, with the exception of peas, are of small cost. 

 The usual five- or ten-cent packets of most kinds 

 will be found ample. Where more than this amount 



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