ELEVEN) COME AND SEE MY CABBAGES 
come forward for table use if planted after the 
middle of June. My plan is to put in not less than 
four distinct strips of each of these three superb veg- 
etables. Among the earliest corns are Cory, Metro- 
politan, and Minnesota— all delicious, while for 
later planting there is nothing to surpass Country 
Gentleman. However, I use my own crossbreds, 
secured by hybridizing black Egyptian with several 
of the sweetest of the white sorts. 
String beans, as known in city markets, are a 
mussy affair, but in my judgment the very best of 
the varieties of our string beans constitute a vege- 
table very litile, if any, behind sweet corn. Here 
also I grow only my own hybrids, of the Horticul- 
tural with the Lima. These can be had from July 
until November. Break down a few poles when 
the frost threatens, and throw over the vines straw, 
or hay, or matting. Occasionally lift this cover- 
ing to allow a touch of the sun, and in this way you 
will prolong this delicious vegetable a whole month 
or six weeks. The Lima bean is, of course, the 
king of all, yet some of the crosses are very good 
rivals, and they are earlier, as well as later. Noone 
in the country should remain ignorant of the great 
improvement that has gone on with the Lima. The 
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