ELEVEN] COME AND SEE MY CABBAGES 



come forward for table use if planted after the 

 middle of June. My plan is to put in not less than 

 four distinct strips of each of these three superb veg- 

 etables. Among the earliest corns are Cory, Metro- 

 politan, and Minnesota — all delicious, while for 

 later planting there is nothing to surpass Country 

 Gentleman. However, I use my own crossbreds, 

 secured by hybridizing black Egyptian with several 

 of the sweetest of the white sorts. 



String beans, as known in city markets, are a 

 mussy affair, but in my judgment the very best of 

 the varieties of our string beans constitute a vege- 

 table very little, if any, behind sweet corn. Here 

 also I grow only my own hybrids, of the Horticul- 

 tural with the Lima. These can be had from July 

 until November. Break down a few poles when 

 the frost threatens, and throw over the vines straw, 

 or hay, or matting. Occasionally lift this cover- 

 ing to allow a touch of the sun, and in this way you 

 will prolong this delicious vegetable a whole month 

 or six weeks. The Lima bean is, of course, the 

 king of all, yet some of the crosses are very good 

 rivals, and they are earlier, as well as later. No one 

 in the country should remain ignorant of the great 

 improvement that has gone on with the Lima. The 



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