CO THE PRACTICAL SIDE OF 



tomatoes is a matter for each holder to 

 decide, but it is a better plan to include 

 in a cropping programme a few other 

 popular plants than to restrict them too 

 much or to grow too many varieties. An 

 acre of early potatoes will make an excel- 

 lent return if the land is well adapted to 

 the crop, and this is especially the case if 

 the grower understands his work, is able to 

 use manure with liberality, and is within 

 easy reach of a town in which good prices 

 are obtained. Potato growing is a simple 

 and successful way of cleaning and 

 repairing land for better crops. Aspa- 

 ragus, celery, rhubarb, brussels sprouts, 

 cauliflowers, and broccoli are all useful 

 additions to a market garden, and if 

 these are well managed they will seldom 

 fail to pay. 



Where fruit-trees are grown in the garden 

 soil-^for recent experience has shown, 

 especially on the fruit farm of the Duke of 

 Bedford, upon which experiments were con- 

 ducted for some years by Professor Pickering, 

 that they thrive much better than on grass, 

 a fact which we have verified for ourselves — 

 care must be taken not only to select robust 

 varieties of apple in particular — and this 



