Foreword 



Second, — Persons who are fond of vegetables 

 frequently have reason to complain of the 

 lack of freshness and flavor of those bought. 

 It stands to reason that they cannot retain 

 their best qualities for several days, no matter 

 how carefully they may be kept. Because of 

 this drawback, those who would otherwise use 

 vegetables liberally in the household go with- 

 out them. Consequently, in order to get fine, 

 fresh ones, grow your own. 



Third. — Often the appetite of the family 

 fails when confined to a narrow diet. ''Things 

 don't taste good," they say. ''Let's have a 

 change." If plenty of good vegetables were 

 used, there need be no complaint of this kind, 

 because they furnish that variety which pre- 

 vents the appetite from becoming jaded. Vege- 

 tables are to the daily bill of fare what the 

 soup and the salad are to the ordinary meal. 

 Use them freely, cook them in so many ways 

 that each time they seem like something new, 

 and there will be no complaint about monot- 

 ony of food. Especially will the woman of 

 the household appreciate a garden, because it 

 will enable her to so vary the daily bill of fare 

 that "the men-folks" will be perfectly satisfied 



