Vegetable Varieties 155 



Salsify: — This is, to my taste, the most delicious 

 of all root vegetables. It will not do well in soil not 

 deep and finely pulverized, but a row or two for 

 home use can be had by digging and fining before 

 sowing the seed. It is worth extra work. Mam- 

 moth Sandwich is the best variety. 



Squash: — Of this fine vegetable there are no bet- 

 ter sorts for the home garden than the little Delicata, 

 and Fordhook. Vegetable Marrow is a fine English 

 sort that does well in almost all localities. The best 

 of the newer large-vined sorts is The Delicious. It 

 is of finer quality than the well known Hubbard. 

 For earliest use, try a few plants of White or Yellow 

 Bush Scalloped. They are not so good in quality as 

 either Delicata or Fordhook, which are ready within 

 a week or so later. The latter are also excellent 

 keepers and can be had, by starting plants early and 

 by careful storing, almost from June to June. 



Tomato: — If you have a really hated enemy, give 

 him a dozen seed catalogues and ask him to select 

 for you the best four tomatoes. But unless you 

 want to become criminally involved, send his doctor 

 around the next morning. A few years ago I tried 

 over forty kinds. A good many have been intro- 

 duced since, some of which I have tried. I am pre- 

 pared to make the following statements : Earliana is 

 the earliest quality tomato, for light warm soils, that 

 I have ever grown; Chalk's Jewel, the earliest for 



