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in fine condition for the next plants to go in. Weeds are largely- 

 eliminated by this practice. 



VII. Varieties. — It is not an easy matter to say just which one 

 or two varieties are the best vegetables to plant, when there are up- 

 wards of a hundred or more varieties of each kind. In offering the 

 following list, therefore, it is given only as suggestive. No one can 

 make a mistake in growing at least the following varieties, as they 



Green Mountain Potato. 



stand well up at the head of the list. These results are from our 

 experience in growing large numbers of vegetables at the New Hamp- 

 shire Experiment Station each year. 



Bush Beans. — Giant Stringless Green Pod, Valentine, and Ward- 

 well's Kidney Wax; Bush Lima Beans, — Henderson's or Sieva; 

 Beets, — Eclipse or Crosby's Egyptian; Early Cabbage, — Early 

 Spring and Winningstadt ; Late Cabbage, — Succession and Lupton ; 

 Carrots, — Dan vers Half Long and Chantenay; Cauliflower, — Snow- 

 ball and Erfurt; Celery, — for early use. Golden Self-blanching; 

 for fall and early winter, Boston Market; for winter, Pascal; Sweet 

 Corn, — for very early, Early Cory; second early, Crosby's Early; 

 medium or late. Potter's Excelsior or Squantum; Cucumbers, — White 

 Spine ; Egg Plants, — New York Improved Large Purple ; Lettuce, — 

 Big Boston, New York, Grand Rapids; Muskmelons, ■ — Emerald 

 Gem, Rocky Ford, Montreal; Watermelons, — Cole's Early, Boss, 

 Black-eyed Susan; Onions, — Yellow Dan vers; Parsnips, — Hollow 



