CHAPTER IX 



TENDER AND HARDY VEGETABLES 



The students of gardening often find much difficulty in decid- 

 ing what plants may be best grown at the different seasons. A 

 classification of garden crops, showing which ones can endure frost 

 in the spring or autumn, which can endure summer heat, etc., will 

 be of great help to young gardeners. 



Fig. 61. — Tomatoes belong to the very tender group. Varieties will mature their crops 

 quickly and the crop has a wide range of climate. 



Warm Season Crops, Usually Transplanted. — Those crops 

 which we start early indoors, or in protected places because they 

 are easily injured by frost are (1) tomatoes, (Fig. 61) (2) egg- 

 plant, (3) sweet and hot peppers, (Fig. 62), (4) sweet potatoes. 

 These require transplanting. In our temperate zone the season is 

 too short to grow them after hot weather comes unless they be 

 started much earlier than this. 



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