THE GARDEN PRIMER 



bring their products to full maturity before harvesting 

 them. The home garden, on the contrary, should 

 yield its summer foods while they are young, not fully 

 grown, and consequently juicy, tender and sweet. 



The table which is appended gives planting dates 

 for the latitude of New York. A hundred miles north 

 or south means always a week's difference in time — 

 south being earlier of course and north later. The 

 several dates given for some of the vegetables are for 

 succession crops, and do not mean that sowings must 

 be made as often, nor as many times, as the table shows. 

 They may be, however, the latest date being early 

 enough to allow for the maturing of the crop before 

 severe weather nips it. Special cultural directions 

 cannot be given here, for these require volumes in them- 

 selves and are distinctly beyond the province of a 

 primer. 



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