146 Home Vegetable Gardening 



Beets: — In beets, varieties are almost endless, but 

 I confess that I have found no visible difference in 

 many cases. Edmund's Early and Early Model 

 are good for first crops. The Egyptian strains, 

 though largely used for market, have never been 

 as good in quality with me. For the main crop I 

 like Crimson Globe. In time it is a second early, 

 of remarkably good form, smooth skin and fine 

 quality and color. 



Broccoli: — This vegetable is a poorer cousin of 

 the cauliflower (which, by the way, has been termed 

 "only a cabbage with a college education"). It is 

 of little use where cauliflower can be grown, but 

 serves as a substitute in northern sections, as it is 

 more hardy than that vegetable. Early White 

 French is the standard sort. 



Brussels sprouts: — This vegetable, in my opin- 

 ion, is altogether too little grown. It is as easy to 

 grow as fall and winter cabbage, and while the yield 

 is less, the quality is so much superior that for the 

 home garden it certainly should be a favorite. To- 

 day (Jan. 19th) we had for dinner sprouts from a 

 few old plants that had been left in transplanting 

 boxes in an open coldframe. These had been out all 

 winter — with no protection, repeatedly freezing and 

 thawing, and, while of course small, they were bet- 

 ter in quality than any cabbage you ever ate. Dal- 

 keith is the best dwarf-growing sort. Danish Prize 



