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the standard varieties. Most of these novel- 

 ties'' drop out of the catalogues after a little, 

 and the seed-buying public comes to the con- 

 clusion that it is wisdom to stand by the old, 

 well-tried sorts which have become standard 

 because of their many good qualities. While 

 it is quite true that improvement is being 

 made constantly among garden vegetables, it 

 is quite as true that only a small percentage of 

 those advertised as great improvements on 

 the original" are worth growing. Here the 

 old adage of ''prove all things and hold fast 

 to that which is good'' is of very pertinent 

 application. 



A consultation of the catalogues of all the 

 prominent seedsmen of the country will show 

 that among all the vegetables described therein 

 there are certain varieties in general cultiva- 

 tion, and these are the kinds for the amateur 

 to make use of. They stand at the very head 

 of the list because they are what they are — 

 the representatives of their class upon which 

 the public has set the seal of its approval after 

 years of culture— and I believe it will be diffi- 

 cult to improve on them. 



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