Selecting Vegetable Seeds For 
Spring Planting. 
BY ISAAC F. TILLINGHAST. 
(Continued from January number.) 
In OUR last we gave a review of the new¬ 
est and most valuable varieties of cabbage, 
lettuce, tomatoes, peppers, cauliflowers, 
egg plants, &c. In continuation of the 
subject we will next take up 
GARDEN BEETS. 
The newest introduction with which we 
have experimented in this class is The 
EGYPTIAN BEET. 
Eclipse . In earliness this is about with 
the popular and well-known Egyptian. It 
is much more globe-shaped and hence pre¬ 
ferred by some but not enough better to 
warrant the great difference in price of 
seeds. For early market and family use 
we would therefore recommend planting 
the Egyptian. The seed of this has hereto¬ 
fore beenmucli higher in price than other 
i>ewing’s red turnip beet. 
sorts for the reason that it usually seeds 
very lightly but we have a large supply 
this season and have put it down to a level 
with the older and later varieties. Next in 
earliness to the Egyptian is the Dewing's 
Red Turnip which we consider the best 
of all for main crop and for general mar¬ 
ket or home use. The Long Smooth Blood 
is an old and well-known winter variety. 
SWEET corn. 
The Early Minnesota has for several 
years been the standard for very earliest 
use, but of late the Red River and Early 
EGYPTIAN SWEET CORN. 
Marblehead have largely taken its place. 
We show a cut of Early ^Marblehead much 
reduced in size. We believe that this is 
now destined to supersede all others for 
very earliest use. It seems almost impos¬ 
sible to think of improving it. For general 
use the Amber Cream is becoming very 
popular. It is a tall growing, medium ear- 
