A-B-C OF VEGETABLE GARDENING 



I would advise the amateur gardener to 

 attempt the culture of only a few of the many 

 varieties described in the catalogues, and 

 these of the very best. But what constitutes 

 ^Hhe very best'^ is a hard matter for him to 

 decide where all are described by adjectives 

 in the superlative degree. He will find, by 

 comparing the catalogues of the various 

 seed firms, that there are described in most 

 of them certain varieties of each kind of 

 vegetable that seem common to all, along 

 with many other varieties whose names dif- 

 fer greatly, though the descriptions of them 

 indicate that there is not much difference in 

 quality, or in other general respects. If he 

 confines his selection to such varieties of 

 each kind as the various dealers list under 

 the same names in their catalogues he will be 

 making no mistake, for the fact that all 

 leading dealers carry these varieties in stock 

 is sufficient proof that they are standard 

 varieties, and of such superior merit that no 

 up-to-date dealer can afford to exclude them 

 from his list. 



Take, for instance, StowelFs Evergreen 

 sweet-corn, and Champion of England pea. 

 All dealers handle these, because they are 

 standard, and always in demand because 

 their superior quaUties have made them uni- 



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