THE WAR GARDEN VICTORIOUS 



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An office type of victory garden 



bidding against the civilian population, with the result- 

 ant tremendous increase in price. Assuredly this old lady 

 was doing her share toward remedying the situation. 

 And that is exactly what 

 was done by the cultiva- 

 tor of every war garden. 

 Few of the women gar- 

 deners had reached their 

 allotted three score years 

 and ten. Most of our 

 women gardeners were 

 younger, and among these 

 younger women soldiers 

 of the soil none performed 

 a more interesting or val- 

 uable service than the eight school teachers and office 

 workers who ventured, like the pioneers of old, into a new 



country, blazing the way 

 for those who should come 

 after them. Their chosen 

 field of garden effort was 

 the raising of vegetables 

 for a summer hotel. 



Up at the Dixville 

 Notch, in the White 

 Mountains in northern 



New Hampshire, is a mag- 

 Suit your type of garden to your job ^ nificent summer hotel, 



The Balsams. It was customary to ship in from a 

 considerable distance the bulk of its vegetable supply. 



