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HUBBARD, green, but larger and covered with large warts, and the favorite New 
England variety BLUE HUBBARD which is a slate green in color and has an 
exceptionally hard shell. 
WARREN TURBAN or ESSEX HYBRID has very dry flesh and an unusual 
turban shape of green with a protuberance of red. It is one of the finest flavored 
of all winter squashes and is extremely popular in New England. BUTTERCUP 
is another very dry-fleshed variety of fine flavor, while TABLE QUEEN or 
DESMOINES or ACORN, so-cdlled because of its acorn shape, is just right to be 
cut in half and served to two people. A fine way to cook it is to sprinkle it with 
nutmeg and a pat of butter, bake, and eat with a spoon like a cantaloupe. 
TOMATOES lend themselves to every possible table use from breakfast juice to 
salads, soups, stews and sauces, and it is frankly a toss-up as to what varieties of 
Tomato it is wisest to plant. 
EARLIANA is the earliest, it is true, but the quality is not high whereas BONNY 
BEST, only a few days later, has firm fruit and nice flavor. You cannot, however, 
have every desirable quality you want in any vegetable, so if you must have extreme 
earliness you must sacrifice some other desirable quality. Therefore, the second 
earliest such as the wilt-resistant types, RUTGERS, PRITCHARD or SCARLET 
TOPPER, and MARGLOBE usually yield more and better fruits. SCARLET DAWN 
and CARDINAL are other fine varieties but inclined to seem small in comparison 
with the tremendous fruits of PONDEROSA and OXHEART which in spite of 
their large size are firm and solid and fine for slicing. DWARF STONE and 
DWARF CHAMPION are two favorite later varieties with dwarf plants and nice 
heavy fruits, while HARTS IMPROVED STONE is the heaviest yielder for canning 
or for juice. 
You really should try the non-acid Yellow Tomato GOLDEN QUEEN or early 
MINNGOLD as well as a few of the small fruited kinds such as RED AND 
YELLOW PEAR AND PLUM and STRAWBERRY or HUSK TOMATO. It’s fun 
to have a few novelties in the garden. 
The vegetable garden is not complete without a few HERBS, both for their 
value in flavoring and seasoning and for their many medicinal uses. The herb garden 
for flavoring consists of ANISE, BASIL or BASILICONE, BORAGE, CARAWAY, 
CHIVES, CHERVIL, CORIANDER, DILL, FENNEL, MARJORAM, PEPPER- 
MINT, SAGE, SPEARMINT, SUMMER SAVORY, THYME and WATER CRESS. 
They are quite simple to grow and add an unusual tempting flavor to all culinary 
uses or salad uses. Medicinal herbs for various purposes are BALM, CATNIP, 
HOREHOUND, LAVENDER, ROSEMARY, RUE, and WORMWOOD. 
Many Herbs have distinctive foliage and blossoms and are attractive!additions to 
the rock garden, thus serving a dual purpose. Try a few different varieties every 
year and familiarize yourself with this little known branch of horticulture. 
There is a great deal of confusion in most people’s minds between Turnip and 
Ruta Baga. TURNIPS can be sown early in the spring or during the summer 
months for fall use but will not keep nearly as long as Ruta Bagas which in general 
are used during the winter. The earliest TURNIPS are PURPLE TOP MILAN 
and EARLY WHITE MILAN. These, together with RED TOP GLOBE, are best 
for early spring, while YELLOW GLOBE and WHITE EGG are best for later 
sowings. Other popular types are RED TOP STRAP LEAF which is flat with a 
white bottom, and SNOWBALL which is a pure white, round variety. 
The finest RUTA BAGAS are AMERICAN PURPLE TOP YELLOW and LONG 
ISLAND YELLOW, which are very similar, and CANADIAN GEM, another yellow 
which is also known as the ‘Prince Edward Island.” For those who prefer a white 
type the MACOMBER is very popular. It is of superior flavor whereas the WHITE 
ROCK is the hardest and best keeper. 
TOMATO plants are very easily grown in a shallow box in the house allowing about 6 weeks 
for plants large enough to set out. When plants are about 2 inches tall transplant and space about 
4 inches apart. When all danger of frost ts over set out in the garden, spacing about 3 feet. 
TURNIPS develop best during cool weather and an early crop may be harvested from seed 
sown early in the Spring. Best results are from seed sown from the middle of July to the middle 
of August. Drill out in rows 18 inches apart or sow broadcast. RUTA BAGAS have firmer flesh 
and will keep longer but require more time to develop and should be sown earlier, 
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