January, 191 



THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



199 



The ordinary type of tomato needs space and trained on a 

 trellis will grow to almost any height. It bears profusely 



(Golden Queen) good only for salad purposes 

 and of so mild a flavor that it is almost 

 tasteless. 



For preserving, there is a number of small 

 fruited sorts of various shapes and sizes, from 

 the small Currant to the large Rose Peach. 

 A few plants of these generally provide an 

 abundance of fruit for the purpose. 



Turnips. — Look at turnips very much as 

 you would at radishes. The same general 

 division as to types holds good. The small, 

 early, Milan Turnips are good only during 

 spring. For summer use, grow the firmer 

 fleshed Purple Top, White Globe or Strap- 

 Leaved. For fall, White Egg, Amber Globe 

 or Golden Ball do well. For winter use, 

 depend on the best keeping Swedish turnips 

 or rutabagas. Besides being of different 

 types, as far as shape is concerned, turnips 

 and rutabagas may be divided into white- 

 fleshed and yellow-fleshed kinds. There is 



very little difference in the quality of the 

 flesh, but the yellow-fleshed kinds provide 

 dishes of a richer appearance. 



When in Doubt What or How to Order 



t_JERE is a list of pedigreed varieties in 

 -*■ -*• the different types that have proven 

 dependable in many soils and sections. The 

 quantities of seeds suggested cover the needs 

 of a home garden 40 x 60 ft. which provides 

 food for a family of six from early June until 

 well into the winter, when stored beets, 

 carrots, etc., put variety into the menu. 



Beans. — (Green pod) one pint each Bountiful 

 and Stringless Green Pod for extra early; Re- 

 fugee Stringless, for midsummer and early fall. 

 (Wax) one pint each New Kidney Wax, Hardy 

 Wax and Sure Crop Wax. Early, midseason, 

 and late. One pint of Fordhook Bush Limas. 



Beets — One ounce each Crosby's Egyptian 

 and Eclipse for extra early, Detroit Dark Red 

 and Edmands Blood for main crop, Model 

 Red Globe and Long Smooth Blood for 

 winter storage. 



Cabbage. — One package each Early Jersey 

 Wakefield, Copenhagen Market, Succession, 

 All Seasons and Premium Flat Dutch. These 

 mature in perfect succession in the order 

 named and each packet will provide several 

 hundred plants. 



Corn, Sweet. — Half pint Early Peep O'Day 

 or Malakoff. One pint Golden Bantam. Half 

 pint Country Gentleman for late crop. 



Lettuce. — One packet each Black Seeded 

 Simpson for first early, California Cream 

 Butter for succession. Paris White Cos 

 for mid-summer. Half ounce each Naum- 

 burger or Tenderheart, All Seasons, Iceberg 

 and Crisp As Ice for successive sowings and 

 a constant supply. 



Onions. — One packet each, White 

 Portugal, Southport White Globe, Yellow 

 Globe Danvers, Red Wethersfield; and 

 Prizetaker for extra large, mild onions. 



Peas. — One pint each, Prolific Extra Early 

 (smooth-seeded); for crop succession Little 

 Marvel, Sutton's Excelsior, Thomas Laxton 

 and Improved Stratagem. These are all dwarfs, 

 maturing in succession- To fill the "gap" 

 between Thomas Laxton and Improved Strat- 

 agem, use Alderman, with a 5-foot vine or 

 make repeated plantings of Little Marvel. 



For small gardens the dwarf type of tomato is economical, 

 since it may be planted 2 x 2 ft. Yields fairly well 



Radishes. — Half ounce each Scarlet Globe. 

 French Breakfast and Cincinnati Market for 

 extra early and succession. One ounce each 

 White Icicle and Chartiers for midseason and 

 repeated sowings. Half ounce each Round 

 Black Spanish and White Chinese for early 

 and late winter use. 



Tomatoes. — One packet each Sparks' 

 Earliana, Chalk's Early Jewel, Livingston's 

 Globe, and Stone. 



Note: — The packets of seeds of both, 

 cabbage and tomato, contain sufficient seeds to 

 provide several hundred plants. Make a 

 cooperative agreement with some garden 

 neighbors whereby they will provide some 

 plants while you provide others. Nothing is 

 more commendable than the "get together" 

 spirit in gardening and moreover we cannot 

 afford, this year, to waste good garden seeds. 



•* 4 V 



Head or cabbage lettuce which is the only type that "heads." Some people do not 

 realize that all lettuces are not of this type 



Crispleaf type of lettuce which has strongly developed ribs, and is, broadly speaking, the 

 type that will do best in hot weather 



