VI 



VEGETABLE PLANTS IN THE HOUSE 



iVl vegetableKS. With a view to getting 

 the start of the season'' and, incidentally, of 

 their neighbors, they sow seed in pots and 

 boxes in March and April and attempt to get 

 an early start'' for plants that will form a- 

 basis of supply for family use while they are 

 waiting for the development of the general 

 crop from seed sown in the garden after the 

 weather has become sufficiently warm to 

 warrant outdoor gardening. In some in- 

 stances comparative success has resulted 

 from plants started into growth in the house, 

 but nine times out of ten, it is safe to say, 

 the result has been entire failure. The seed- 

 lings grow fairly well at first, but soon be- 

 come weak and die. If, by chance, a few 

 survive until conditions warrant putting 

 them in the ground, they are so lacking in 

 vitality that the change from indoors to 



persons would like to grow early 



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