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to lie idle. Something can be planted there 

 for fall use. To make the garden the greatest 

 possible som^e of profit, not a foot of it should 

 be suffered to go to waste at any time during 

 the growing season. 



Radishes would be well worth growing for 

 their beauty alone. A plate of them, nested 

 in thek own green foliage gives the break- 

 fast-table a touch of bright color that adds 

 the charm of beautj^ to the food with which 

 it is associated. The writer believes in mak- 

 ing the table as attractive in appearance as 

 the food on it is toothsome whenever it is 

 possible to do so. 



I notice that I have overlooked the pump- 

 kin. The oversight was unintentional, and 

 I beg the pardon of the vegetable without 

 which the housewife would be ^^lost^' along 

 about Thanksgiving-time. 



The pumpkin is out of place in the small 

 garden because of its rampant growth, but 

 a few plants of the New England Pie variety 

 should be growm wherever there is room for 

 it, to supply material for the delicious pump- 

 kin pies most of us enjoy so much in winter. 

 Well-ripened specimens keep well when stored 

 in cool, dry cellars, if placed on racks or 



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