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opinion. A few compliments upon lier skill in 

 cooking will be a good preliminary to any expla- 

 nations tliat may have to be made in introducing a 

 new vegetable to her notice. I have heard of a 

 sad instance of the Mont d'Or butter beans that 

 were given to the pigs " because they were yellow." 

 In this case, had the cook been interviewed before- 

 hand, those lovely golden beans would not have 

 been cast " like pearls before swine." The require- 

 ments of houses as regards flowers and vegetables 

 vary very much, and it will only be by asking advice 

 of the lady and the cook that a gardener can 

 guess at all what she is expected to send into the 

 house. The first year will naturally be somewhat 

 of an experiment in this respect, and it will be 

 well to point out these difficulties to the employer, 

 for fear he considers that there is either undue 

 extravagance or too economical a saving of pro- 

 duce. 



Having interviewed the cook, the next thing is 

 to arrange the crops. 



For an ordinary kitchen garden of one acre, 

 the following should generally be ordered. 



Peas . . 6 qts. Spinach . . 1 qt. 



Broad Beans . 2-3 qts. Winter spinach 8 ozg. 



French Beans . J qt. Mustard and 



Runner Beans . J lb. Cress . . 1 qt. each. 



