STANDARD VARIETIES OF VEGETABLES 



versal favorites wherever grown. But they 

 have other varieties of the same vegetable 

 of which each makes a specialty, under 

 names which will be found in no cata- 

 logue but their own. Many of these are 

 doubtless possessors of all the good qualities 

 claimed for them, but this we cannot be sure 

 about. But the sorts which are common to 

 all are those of whose merit there can be no 

 two opinions. These are the varieties the 

 inexperienced gardener can select with the 

 assurance that he is getting the best thing 

 of its kind on the market. 



In this chapter I propose to make mention 

 of only such kinds of vegetables as I have 

 grown in my own garden. I do this because 

 so many beginners in gardening prefer to 

 depend on the advice of some one who has 

 familiarized himself with the merits of the 

 various vegetables adapted to ordinary gar- 

 dening. And I propose to give with each 

 such brief .cultural directions as seem of most 

 importance, thus making it possible for the 

 amateur to avoid some of the mistakes that 

 might be made if he were wholly ignorant 

 of the requirements of his plants. After 

 having experimented with many kinds I have 

 pinned my faith to the kinds I shall make 



mention of, and I have no hesitancy in recom- 



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