EDITOR’S PREFACE. 
In Burpee's Farm Annual for 1887 we offered 
cash prizes for the two best essays, to be sent ns by 
October, 1887, upon the subject, “ How and What 
to Grow in a Kitchen Garden of One Acre." 
In its original form E. D. Darlington's essay cov¬ 
ered more fully than any other the operations and 
best methods to pursue in the management of the 
garden, and was awarded the first prize. Being 
desirous, however, of making this work not only 
practical but thoroughly complete in all departments, 
and from personal acquaintance with Mr. Darlington 
and his gardening operations, together with the fact 
that for some years he had tested numerous varieties 
of vegetables for us, we arranged with him to entirely 
revise and enlarge his essay. In compliance with 
our request he has entered more into detail in the 
directions for culture, and has added impartial 
descriptions of the varieties that he has found best 
adapted both to the Kitchen Garden and the table. 
To make the treatise more complete, he prepared a 
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