CHAPTER TEN 
SEEDS FOR THE GARDEN 
In France, we are told, they have the finest vegetables in 
the world, and this is so because they practice the most care- 
ful seed selection. And strange to say, in France the chil- 
dren are taught to select and prepare the seeds for the 
garden. 
ArTHUR D. CROMWELL 
Ir a row of radish seeds is planted in the garden some 
of them will produce good roots earlier than others, while 
there will be some poor plants which do not produce 
fleshy roots at all. There are often noticeable differences 
in the size, shape, and quality of beets grown from the 
seed of a single packet. Some lettuce plants produce 
good heads, while others shoot up flower stalks without 
ever forming a head. Seedlings grown from a packet 
J.T. Rosa, Jr., Univ. of Mo. 
Fic. 65. Seedlings of tomato, all grown from the same packet of seed, 
showing difference in vigor. Select fot transplanting only the largest and 
best plants, for those that are weak in the seedling stage may be weak during 
their entire lives. 
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