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lead us to believe that we are upon the eve of some great revolu¬ 
tion in vegetable and fruit growing. 
If you attempt to introduce all the new kinds and varieties that 
are recommended to you, ruin is inevitable. Upon the other hand, 
if you ignore all of them, you will soon find yourself lagging be¬ 
hind the age in improvements. Hence you perceive, that to make 
a good selection will require all of your good sense as well as your 
experience, and if you succeed then without making any mistakes, 
I have only to say that you will be more fortunate than I have 
ever been in this feature of the business. 
I am tempted here to give you a list of a few of our most prom¬ 
inent vegetables that have done the best with me, though it is 
very possible that some of them may not be the best for all parts 
of the state. For early onions, the common top or bunch onions ; 
for late or main crop, the Wethersfield, Early Red Globe and the 
Yellow Danvers, the first named being the most hardy and the 
best keepers. Tomatoes: Early crop, the Early York; for late 
or main crop, the Tilden and the Trophy. Early cabbage, the 
Jersey Wakefield; for late crop, the Bergen Drumhead, if you 
have a heavy soil. If a light one, the Winningstadt. Early po¬ 
tatoes, Early Rose ; late crop, the Peerless. Corn: Crosby’s Early, 
and Stowell’s Evergreen for late crop. Bush beans, the Early 
Valentine. Peas: First crop, the Early Kent; late, the Champion 
of England. For fall squash, the Turban or the Boston Marrow ; 
for winter, the Hubbard. Cucumbers : Early Frame and White 
Spine. Beets: The Bassano and the Egyptian for early crop, and 
the Blood Turnip for late crop. Strawberries : Wilson’s Albany 
Seedling. 
The above is of course a very limited assortment of seeds, and 
while they are standard varieties, I by no means confine myself to 
them, but am constantly experimenting with new varieties ; still 
I would guard you against putting too much confidence in the 
representations of those who have new varieties to sell. 
Well, we will suppose that we have our beds nicely prepared, 
with the alleys so made that they will not only carry all the sur¬ 
plus water off’ the beds, but so arranged that they will carry it 
entirely from the garden. No matter how early in the spring it 
is, if your ground is in good condition to work, you may begin 
