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of the varieties listed. For example, the pole and bush 
varieties of beans, the summer and winter radishes, and 
the early and late varieties of the garden peas are prop- 
erly listed and briefly described. One soon learns from 
the seed catalogues alone, if there is no other source of 
information, that there are wide differences between the 
various sorts of the same vegetable. A study of the 
descriptions in catalogues will help the beginner, before he 
grows his crops, to judge the merits of different varieties. 
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Fic. 80. Seeds put up especially for New York City school children. The 
Board of Education contracts with a seed firm for sets of seeds suitable for plant- 
ing a small garden. 
