94 TENDER AND HARDY VEGETABLES 



Discussions and Debates. — Resolved that the home garden, when laid out 

 for horse cultivation, pays better than the same area in any field crop, — labor 

 and expense considered. 



Do winter garden crops pay as well as summer garden crops? Give 

 reasons. 



Give arguments for perennial garden crops. Contrast these with annual 

 crops. 

 Does it pay to grow the transplanted crops as well as it does the others? 



QUESTIONS 



1. Give a list of warm season crops that are usually transplanted. 



2. List the warm season crops that are not transplanted. 



3. What are the early spring crops usually transplanted? 



4. What cool autumn crops are usually transplanted? 



5. What spring greens endure summer heat? 



6. Give a classification of root crops and tubers with reference to season and 



time of maturity. 



7. What can you say of the hardiness of the onion group? What are included 



here? 



8. Name four perennial garden crops. 



9. Give a list of early spring greens and salad crops that will produce a crop 



before the heat of summer. 

 10. What is the best season for garden peas? 



References.— U. S. Farmers' Bulletins ; 204, Cultivation of Mush rooms 

 218, The School Garden ; 232, Okra ; 254, Cucumbers ; 289, Beans ; 354, Onion 

 Culture ; 434, Onion Seeds and Sets ; 553, 554, Popcorn ; 642, Tomato Grow- 

 ing in South ; 934, Home Gardening in South ; 937, Farm Garden in North ; 

 1044, City Home Garden. 



