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  to 
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  location 
  of 
  small 
  fruits, 
  like 
  the 
  cur- 
  

   rant, 
  and 
  the 
  gooseberry, 
  and 
  the 
  grape. 
  These 
  

   should 
  be 
  given 
  a 
  place 
  in 
  all 
  gardens, 
  if 
  pos- 
  

   sible 
  to 
  do 
  so, 
  but 
  they 
  should 
  be 
  kept 
  entirely 
  

   apart 
  from 
  all 
  one-season 
  plants. 
  

  

  What 
  vegetables 
  should 
  the 
  beginner 
  in 
  

   gardening 
  to 
  attempt 
  the 
  cultivation 
  of? 
  

   That 
  would 
  depend 
  largely 
  on 
  the 
  garden. 
  

   If 
  of 
  sufficient 
  size 
  to 
  warrant 
  it, 
  plant 
  all 
  the 
  

   standard 
  sorts, 
  in 
  small 
  quantities. 
  Do 
  this 
  

   as 
  an 
  experiment, 
  with 
  a 
  view 
  to 
  finding 
  out 
  

   what 
  the 
  place 
  is 
  best 
  adapted 
  for. 
  Some 
  will 
  

   fail, 
  perhaps. 
  Some 
  will 
  reward 
  your 
  efforts 
  

   with 
  a 
  bountiful 
  crop. 
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  season 
  you 
  will 
  

   know 
  more 
  about 
  your 
  garden 
  than 
  you 
  do 
  

   this, 
  and 
  each 
  season 
  thereafter 
  the 
  element 
  of 
  

   experiment 
  will 
  give 
  place 
  to 
  a 
  certainty 
  born 
  

   of 
  intelligent 
  observation, 
  and 
  a 
  growing 
  

   knowledge 
  of 
  conditions 
  which 
  every 
  gardener 
  

   has 
  to 
  find 
  out 
  for 
  himself. 
  

  

  If 
  the 
  garden 
  is 
  a 
  small 
  one, 
  I 
  would 
  advise 
  

   its 
  owner 
  to 
  confine 
  his 
  selection 
  of 
  varieties 
  

   to 
  such 
  sorts 
  as 
  require 
  but 
  little 
  room 
  and 
  

   are 
  generous 
  in 
  development, 
  like 
  lettuce, 
  

   for 
  instance, 
  which 
  produces 
  large 
  quantities 
  

   on 
  a 
  tiny 
  bit 
  of 
  ground 
  ; 
  or 
  radishes, 
  which 
  

   do 
  not 
  ask 
  for 
  much 
  room 
  ; 
  or 
  early 
  onions, 
  

   which 
  can 
  stand 
  thick 
  in 
  the 
  row. 
  A 
  con- 
  

   sultation 
  of 
  the 
  catalogues 
  of 
  the 
  seedsmen 
  

   will 
  enable 
  you 
  to 
  select 
  kinds 
  which 
  seem 
  

   best 
  adapted 
  to 
  a 
  concentrated 
  form 
  of 
  

   gardening. 
  

  

  But 
  don't 
  attempt 
  to 
  grow 
  radishes, 
  lettuce, 
  

   or 
  any 
  other 
  vegetable 
  which 
  must 
  make 
  quick 
  

   development 
  in 
  order 
  to 
  be 
  satisfactory, 
  in 
  a 
  

   shady 
  location, 
  or 
  on 
  soil 
  that 
  will 
  not 
  re- 
  

   spond 
  promptly. 
  These 
  plants 
  must 
  be 
  given 
  

   a 
  soil 
  that 
  is 
  light, 
  mellow, 
  and 
  warm, 
  and 
  it 
  

   must 
  be 
  so 
  rich 
  that 
  they 
  go 
  rapidly 
  ahead, 
  

   after 
  once 
  getting 
  a 
  start. 
  Success 
  depends 
  

   on 
  rapid 
  and 
  steady 
  development, 
  and 
  this 
  

   can 
  only 
  come 
  about 
  by 
  making 
  conditions 
  

   favorable. 
  

  

  Spinach, 
  beets, 
  and 
  other 
  vegetables 
  used 
  

   as 
  "greens," 
  can 
  be 
  grown 
  in 
  fair 
  quantities 
  

   on 
  a 
  small 
  piece 
  of 
  ground. 
  Indeed, 
  those 
  

   having 
  good-sized 
  gardens 
  will 
  hardly 
  care 
  to 
  

   devote 
  much 
  space 
  to 
  their 
  cultivation, 
  for 
  

   they 
  must 
  be 
  used 
  while 
  young 
  and 
  tender, 
  

   and 
  large 
  beds 
  of 
  them 
  would 
  grow 
  many 
  

   more 
  than 
  the 
  ordinary 
  family 
  would 
  care 
  

   to 
  use. 
  

  

  A 
  correspondent 
  writes: 
  "I 
  am 
  a 
  green- 
  

   horn 
  at 
  gardening. 
  I 
  want 
  to 
  plant 
  quite 
  a 
  

   good 
  many 
  vegetables, 
  however, 
  but 
  I 
  don't 
  

   know 
  what 
  varieties 
  to 
  get. 
  The 
  catalogues 
  

   describe 
  so 
  many 
  — 
  all 
  said 
  to 
  be 
  superior 
  to 
  

   everything 
  else 
  — 
  that 
  I 
  get 
  bewildered 
  in 
  try- 
  

   ing 
  to 
  make 
  a 
  choice. 
  Help 
  me 
  out, 
  please." 
  

  

  My 
  advice 
  is 
  this: 
  Read 
  the 
  catalogues 
  over 
  

   carefully, 
  not 
  one 
  catalogue, 
  but 
  several, 
  

   and 
  you 
  will 
  find 
  that 
  all 
  of 
  them 
  describe 
  

   certain 
  varieties 
  of 
  vegetables 
  in 
  common 
  ; 
  

   that 
  is, 
  sorts 
  whose 
  merits 
  are 
  so 
  pronounced 
  

   that 
  all 
  dealers 
  are 
  obliged 
  to 
  supply 
  them 
  to 
  

   meet 
  the 
  yearly 
  demand. 
  Each 
  dealer 
  will 
  

   be 
  pretty 
  sure 
  to 
  have 
  very 
  flattering 
  things 
  to 
  

   say 
  about 
  special 
  varieties 
  which 
  he 
  controls, 
  

   but 
  all 
  will 
  admit 
  the 
  value 
  of 
  certain 
  stand- 
  

   ard 
  varieties. 
  These 
  are 
  the 
  kinds 
  the 
  garden- 
  

   ing 
  public 
  depends 
  on, 
  and 
  these 
  are 
  the 
  kinds 
  

   the 
  amateur 
  gardener 
  will 
  do 
  well 
  to 
  con- 
  

   fine 
  his 
  selection 
  to. 
  They 
  are 
  standbys. 
  

   The 
  special 
  kinds 
  which 
  the 
  dealers 
  call 
  your 
  

   attention 
  to 
  with 
  such 
  lavish 
  use 
  of 
  adjectives, 
  

   mostly 
  in 
  the 
  superlative 
  degree, 
  may 
  be 
  quite 
  

   as 
  good 
  as 
  the 
  old 
  standard 
  sorts 
  — 
  possibly 
  

   better 
  — 
  but 
  that 
  remains 
  to 
  be 
  proved. 
  You 
  

   will 
  be 
  wise 
  in 
  choosing 
  the 
  kinds 
  about 
  

   whose 
  merits 
  there 
  is 
  no 
  doubt. 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  the 
  same 
  with 
  flowers. 
  Each 
  year 
  the 
  

   dealers 
  make 
  a 
  great 
  flourish 
  of 
  verbal 
  

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  over 
  their 
  "novelties." 
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