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pass judgment upon new things which they have tested. Bulletins 

 are available, either from the State experiment stations or from the 

 United States Department of Agriculture, that have been written 

 to assist such of us as care to make a garden. Without looking 

 the matter up, I can recall many bulletins that briefly and in a 

 practical way give just the information desired in growing certain 

 crops. Some of those sent free by the United States Department 

 of Agriculture, Washington, D. C, called Farmers' bulletins, are: 

 No. 94, " The Vegetable Garden ; " No. 61, " Asparagus Culture ; " 

 No. 148, " Celery Culture ; " No. 154, " The Home Fruit Garden ; " 

 No. 39, "Onion Culture;" and a,t the New Hampshire Station, 

 Durham : Bulletin No. 

 99, " A Selected List 

 of Vegetables for the 

 Garden;" No. 86, 

 " Growing Watermel- 

 ons in the North ; " 

 No. 74, "Growing 

 Strawberries in New 

 England ;" No. 52, 

 " Growing Muskmel- 

 ons in New England," 

 etc. Many similar bul- 

 letins are likewise to 

 be had from the Mas- 

 sachusetts Experiment 

 Station of Amherst, for 

 the asking. 



With this as a start, 

 we should be well forti- 

 fied for making a suc- 

 cess with our garden. 



After reading, thinking over and digesting as much as we can, 

 we are prepared, with seed ordered and on hand, to proceed. In 

 order to cover the ground and touch on the more important matters, 

 let us discuss each step in order, as far as possible. 



I. Fall Flowing. — After frost has come in the fall rake to- 

 gether and clean up all dead vines, cabbage stumps, etc., and 

 throw them upon the compost heap ; then plow up the ground 

 fairly deep, and allow the furrows to remain on edge over winter. 

 Freezing and thawing, with free access of air to the soil, are bene- 

 ficial, and assist in destroying insects. In the spring such soils dry 

 out early, and are more quickly put in condition for planting. 



II. Flant Food. — The keynote for success with the home gar- 



Lakge Bell Pepper. 



