ILLUSTRATIONS 



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21. — ^Early summer squash 114 



22. — Glass used to hasten growth of cucumbers . . 114 



23. — Home made plant protectors 114 



24. — Young cabbage plants protected by strawberry 



boxes 116 



25. — Transplanting lettuce. Making hole with two 



fingers 116 



26. — Firm pressure of soil round roots of young 



lettuce 116 



27. — Seed potatoes saved from best producing hills 124 



28. — Leave one to three eyes in each piece of potato 124 



29. — Flat divided into sections and, well-drained . 124 



30. — Seed potatoes well covered with soil . . .124 



31. — Three weeks gained by starting potatoes in a 



flat 128 



32. — Cucumbers started early in a strawberry basket ,128 



33. — Kohl Rabi the size of a baseball, ready for use 128 



34. — Swiss chardj one of the easiest greens to grow 138 



35. — The American Wonder Pea, a good wrinkled 



variety 138 



36. — Dwarf curled Scotch Kale. A very nutritious 



green 138 



37. — Rust proof Wax Beans. Very good variety for 



home garden .138 



38. — A flat full of thrifty lettuce plants 2x2 inches 



apart 150 



39. — Thrifty lettuce plant before and after pruning 



leaves 150 



40. — A mature plant of loose leaf lettuce . . .150 



