CHAPTER XV 



POINTS DESIRED IN VEGETABLES IN A CHILDREN'S 

 GARDEN 



Strong, sturdy, healthy growers, which are large 

 enough for the table in a few days. Which make 

 bright, clean, well-colored foliage. The root crops 

 to make well-shaped beets, radishes, turnips or what- 

 ever they may be, with few side roots. Tell your 

 seedsman how many days you have to mature a crop, 

 from planting to harvesting, and he will suggest what 

 vegetables and flowers and what varieties are most 

 suitable. For the northern and middle states the fol- 

 lowing vegetables fill these conditions : 



Radish Scarlet Globe 17 to 25 days 



Beans Refugee 1000-1 55 to 65 days 



Beets Detroit Dark-red 70 to 90 days 



Turnips Strap Leaf White 70 to 90 days 



Carrots Early French Forc- 



ing 80 to 90 days 



Danvers Half-Long 



Stump 100 to 120 days 



Onions . Portugal (White) 

 Lettuce Black Seeded Simp- 



son 70 to 80 days 



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