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March, 1911 
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size of a button to over a foot long by fif¬ 
teen inches in circumference—the latter 
being the new Chinese or Celestial. So 
you can imagine what a revel of varieties 
the seedsmen may indulge in. I have tried 
many—and cut my own list down to two, 
Rapid-red (probably an improvement of 
the old standard. Scarlet Button), and 
Crimson Globe (or Giant), a big, rapid, 
healthy grower of good quality, and one 
that does not get “corky.” A” little land 
plaster, or gypsum, worked into the soil 
at time of planting, will add to both ap¬ 
pearance and quality in radishes. 
Spinach. The best variety of spinach 
is Swiss Chard Beet (see below). If you 
want the real sort, use Long Season, which 
will give you cuttings long after other 
sorts have run to seed. New Zealand will 
stand more heat than any other sort. 
Victoria is a newer variety, for which the 
claim of best quality is made. In my own 
trial I could not notice very much differ¬ 
ence. It has, however, thicker and 
“savoyed” leaves. 
Salsify. This is, to my taste, the most 
delicious of all root-vegetables. It will not 
do well in soil not deep and finely pulver¬ 
ized, but a row or two for home use can 
be had by digging and fining before sow¬ 
ing the seed. It’s worth extra work. 
Mammoth Sandwich is the best variety. 
Squash. Of this fine vegetable there 
are no better sorts for the home garden 
than the little Delicata, and Fordhook. 
Vegetable Marrow is a fine English sort 
that does well in almost all localities. The 
best of the newer large-vined sorts is The 
Delicious. It is of finer quality than the 
well known Hubbard. For earliest use, 
try a few plants of White or Yellow Bush 
Scalloped. They are not so good in qual¬ 
ity as either Delicata or Fordhook, which 
are ready within a week or so later. The 
latter are also excellent keepers and can 
be had, by starting plants early and by 
careful storing, almost from June to June. 
Tomato. If you have a really hated 
enemy, give him a dozen seed catalogues 
and ask him to select for you the best four 
tomatoes. But unless you want to be¬ 
come criminally involved, send his doctor 
around the next morning. A few years 
ago I tried over forty kinds. A good 
many have been introduced since, some of 
which I have tried. I am prepared to 
make the following statements; Earliana 
is the earliest quality tomato, for light 
warm soils, that I have ever grown; 
Chalk’s Jewel, the earliest for heavier 
soils (Bonny Best Early resembles it) ; 
Matchless is a splendid main-crop sort; 
Ponderosa is the biggest and best quality— 
but it likes to split. There is one more 
sort, which I have tried one year only, so 
don’t accept my opinion as conclusive. It 
is the result of a cross between Ponderosa 
and Dwarf Champion—one of the strong¬ 
est growing sorts. It is called Dwarf 
Giant. The fruits are tremendous in size 
and in quality unsurpassed by any. The 
vine is very healthy strong and stocky. I 
believe this new tomato will become the 
standard main crop for the home garden. 
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