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ribs may be stewed or creamed like Celery. Give the same culture 

 as you give Beets, and thin the plants out to 6 or 8 in. in the row. 

 CORN. — To get an extra early crop, a hundred or so plants may readily 

 be started in small paper pots in a cold frame, not to be planted 

 until a week or two before it would be safe to plant outdoors. 

 For this purpose, Golden Bantam, which is extra hardy and also 

 dwarf m growth,' is particularly good. As Corn remains at its best 

 but a few days, succession should be provided for, either by making 

 a small planting every week or ten days, or planting an early, a 



Handy device for marking off rows in tiie vegetable garden 



mediimi and a late veiriety at the same time, early in May, early in^ 

 June, and early in July. Give good clean culture with a sUght 

 hilling up when the plants are eibout half grown; this is about all the 

 plants require. A mistake that is sometimes made is to leave too 

 many stalks in a hill. Thin out to three or four for best results. 

 It is often more convenient to plant and cultivate, and just as good 

 results can be obtained by sowing in continuous rows or driUs in- 

 stead of in hills, the plants being left to steind about a foot apart. 



CORN SALAD. — Com Salad, or Fetticus, is grown as a substitute 

 for Lettuce during the late Fall months as it does not thrive during 

 warm weather. Sow thinly in late August or early September, It 

 is very hardy, and with a hght mulching of hay, may be had after 

 other salad plants are gone. 



CRESS. — This refreshing, pungent little salad or garnishing plant, 

 sometimes called Pepper Grass, may be easily grown throughout 

 the season. Successive sowings should be made, as it quickly rims 

 to seed. For a continuous supply, make small plantings everyjtwo 

 weeks in rows 12 in. apart. 



CUCUMBERS,-^For Cucumbers a light, warm soil is preferable, but 



