CHAPTER TEN 



SEEDS FOR THE GARDEN 



In France, we are told, they have the finest vegetables in 

 the world, and this is so because they practice the most care- 

 ful seed selection. And strange to say, in France the chil- 

 dren are taught to select and prepare the seeds for the 

 garden. 



ARTHUR D. CROMWELL 



IF a row of radish seeds is planted in the garden some 

 of them will produce good roots earlier than others, while 

 there will be some poor plants which do not produce 

 fleshy roots at all. There are often noticeable differences 

 in the size, shape, and quality of beets grown from the 

 seed of a single packet. Some lettuce plants produce 

 good heads, while others shoot up flower stalks without 

 ever forming a head. Seedlings grown from a packet 



.7. T. Rosa, Jr., Univ. of Mo. 



FIG. 65. Seedlings of tomato, all grown from the same packet of seed, 

 showing difference in vigor. Select for transplanting only the largest and 

 best plants, for those that are wtak in the seedling stage may be weak during 

 their entire lives. 



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