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It is a little hard to make a choice of 
lettuce varieties, In any event, it is 
necessary to use different, kiuls for Spring 
and Summer. I would recommend Simp¬ 
son for early use. Mignonette comes 
early, and is very good, although it has 
bronze lipped leaves,which militate against 
its sale iti the market. Hanson Improved 
is a good kind for later use. The small 
leaves are good for salad before the head 
is formed. Salamander is probably one 
of the best Summer kinds, although it is 
difficult to grow lettuce at all in Summer 
unless it cau he kept shaded and watered 
well. Probably Cn«j lettuce stands warm 
weather better than the other kinds, and 
will give good results if grown in a cold 
frame. This is quite distinct from the 
other sorts. 
The Suuthports excel among the onions. 
Don’t try to grow Ailsa Craig in the home 
garden unless you want it for exhibition. 
Some seedsmen do not list Student, 
,sceds of the Mortjjnia 
but I have found it the most satisfactory 
parsnip, although if you have very shal¬ 
low soil, you may get better results with 
the turnip-rooted kind known as Early 
Round. 
Little Marvel has giveu early peas year 
after year, I think it is one of the best 
varieties in New England. Nott’s Ex¬ 
celsior is another reliable variety among 
low-growing kinds. Champion of Eng¬ 
land is unsurpassed iu quality among the 
tall kinds. In many home gardens, 
though, it is difficult, to find supports for 
peas which grow 4 ft. high, and in such 
gardens Potlatch, which seldom grows 
more than ,‘!0 in. in height, cau he substi¬ 
tuted. 
He sure to grow some of the sweet or 
sugar pumpkins. They are excellent f-u- 
table use as well as for pies. 
Hubbard is the okl standby for 
squashes, but Delicious is even better. 
Then, of course, there is Table Queen for 
individual use. There are small and large- 
fruited Hubbards. The small-fruited is 
by far the best. Coeozelle, an Italian 
marrow, heads the list among Summer 
squashes, but Summer (’rookneck is a 
good kind. The Summer variety called 
Boston Creek has been introduced and is 
meeting with much favor wherever grown. 
It came from Southern Europe. It is 
oblong iu shape, dark green in color, and 
very delicious when sliced and fried like 
eggplant. 
Don't overlook New Zealand spinach, 
which, although not a true spinach, is 
classed under that head. Do not plant 
it. however, until along iu May. You 
will have to coddle it a little at first, hut 
when once started it will make rampant 
growth and renew itself as fast as you 
pick oft’ the leaves. I have m> use "for 
Swiss chard since I began to grow Now 
Zealand spinach. 
There are sure to he differences of 
opinion when tomatoes are discussed, but 
after all is said and done, it is difficult 
to find any variety which will give a bet¬ 
ter account of itself iu the home garden 
than llonny Best. If is not very large, 
to be sure, hut it is very early, produces 
right through the season, and makes a 
good, vigorous growth. Moreover, it. is 
smooth and well colored. AY hat more 
does anybody want'/ 
The CrKiors Marttxia.—I fiud ama¬ 
teurs wondering each year about Mar- 
tynia, which is always catalogued, but 
seldom grown. Martynia is au interest¬ 
ing plant, and worth while growing in a 
small way for that reason. It has a won¬ 
derfully handsome blossom, which re¬ 
sembles an orchid. It is the seed pods 
for which the plants are raised. They 
are used for pickling, and must he gath¬ 
ered when green and tender, Martynia.s 
are often incorporated with other pickles, 
imparting a flavor of their own. After 
the seed pods get old they have a very 
strong odor, which clings" to the hands 
for a long time. 
The Washington Asparagus. —Gar¬ 
den-makers who are starting an aspara¬ 
gus bed should by all means obtains some 
variety of the new Washington aspara¬ 
gus, its it has proven itself almost immune 
to rust, and in every way desirable. It 
was developed for the very purpose of 
making a rust-proof variety, but at the 
same time it was improved in many other 
ways, so that it has a cleaner; straight, r 
growth and better flavor than most kiuds. 
It is rather late, but that is an advantage 
rather than otherwise, because it avoids 
the late Spring frosts. If it is impossible 
to get either Martha or Mary Washing¬ 
ton asparagus, probably Reading Giant 
comes next in value. 
Beheading Tin: Rubukr ITaxt. —It is 
a common complaint of housekeepers that 
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Used by three generations 
—still 100% gun 
T HE sturdy Stevens shotgun made its first “kills” in the 
hands of our grandfathers. With it our fathers first 
experienced the joys of hunting. 
And today young men treasure it, not only for its past, 
but because right today, the good old Stevens still maintains 
its unbroken record for hard and straight shooting. 
In many cases we have found that identically the same gun 
has been handed down from grandfather to father to son. 
You can buy a more expensive gun than a Stevens; but 
you cannot buy better shooting qualities. 
It’s easy to prove the accuracy of a Stevens 
Here’s the test for a full choke: on a piece of paper draw a 
circle 30 inches in diameter; measure off 40 yards and fire 
into it. Your Stevens will throw an even pattern of 70% of 
the pellets into that circle. 
A Stevens modified choke will throw an even pattern of 50 %. And 
a Stevens cylinder bote will throw an even pattern of 40 %. Try it. 
Only a perfectly bored gun will meet this test. 
Stevens manufactures a complete line of small bore rifles and shotguns 
of every description. Ask at your dealer’s or write for the interesting 
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Owned and operated by the Savage Arms Corporation 
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Model 107 Stevens single barrel shotgun-” 
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Price, inc. tax, $1 1.50 
Model 520 Stevens repeating shotgun—Stevens 
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Price, inc. tax, $43.50 
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