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CHANTENAN 
CUCUMBERS rank high as a salad vegetable as well as for pickling. They require 
rich, fertile soil and plantings may be made as late as August for succession. The 
best pickling varieties are PERFECTED and BOSTON PICKLING, the former 
being fairly long and the latter rather chunky. For slicing, Cucumbers may be 
divided roughly into two classes, the extra long types and the shorter, more 
symmetrical varieties. The long sorts are A AND C, LONGFELLOW, HYBRID 
WHITE SPINE, and LONG GREEN, all of which are ten to twelve inches long 
and very slender. They are a deep green color throughout and hold their color well. 
The shorter varieties which are all green are STRAIGHT 8 and BLACK DIAMOND, 
while EARLY FORTUNE, IMPROVED WHITE SPINE and DAVIS PERFECT 
are tinged with white at the blossom end. GHERKIN makes the small, spiny fruit 
sO BePuias for pickles, while CHINA LONG grows a curious fruit nearly 114 feet 
in length. 
EGG PLANT is fairly easy to grow in the home garden if the plants are started 
early, and NEW HAMPSHIRE HYBRID is, we feel, most practical. The fruits are 
somewhat smaller, however, than NEW YORK SPINELESS which is better for 
market gardeners. LONG PURPLE ITALIAN makes club shaped fruits. 
Another fine vegetable for greens is KALE which really is improved in flavor 
after it is touched by frost. The DWARF SCOTCH is densely crumpled and curled 
while the DWARF SIBERIAN has smooth leaves. 
One of the most novel of all vegetables is KOHL RABI which is a large bulbous 
gtowth of the stem above the ground. Its flavor is midway between Turnip and 
Radish and is very delicious. You may have your choice of White or Purple and 
they are both equally good. 
LEEKS are like a huge rareripe Onion but are milder in flavor. They are quite 
easily grown and add a rare taste to salads, soups or stews. 
Crisp, refreshing LETTUCE is one of the stand-bys of the kitchen garden and 
there is quite a list to choose from. The leaf LETTUCES are very quick growing 
and do not head up. The leaves are very tender, however, and if you sow a little 
at a time you will have LETTUCE available all summer long. The varieties most 
frequently used are SIMPSONS EARLY CURLED, GRAND RAPIDS and PRIZE- 
HEAD, the latter two making rather loose heads. OAK LEAF is a new variety 
which is heat resisting and holds its tenderness throughout the summer. In the 
semi-head LETTUCE types we have CORNELL No. 43 or WHITE BOSTON which 
is a light green color and BIG BOSTON whose leaves are tinged with bronze. 
MAY KING and SALAMANDER make large heads of splendid quality and the 
,atter is highly resistant to heat. 
The hard-heading varieties are ICEBERG, NEW YORK No. 12, and No. 515, 
the latter two being the varieties which are on sale during the winter months as 
“Iceberg.” IMPERIAL No. 847 and No. 44 are two other new types with very 
solid heads and are very popular with market growers. ROMAINE makes a long 
conical head with leaves of a delicious crispness and flavor. 
Many people like the sharp, pungent flavor of MUSTARD greens. The SOUTH- 
ERN GIANT has large, crumpled leaves of fine flavor. It is quick growing and 
well worth trying. 
KALE may be sown from early spring until late August but is at its best after frost. 

HUTCHINSON 

LETTUCE grows quickly in cool seasons of the year and produces best in a rich, moist, cool soil. 
Make successive sowings until June and again in August and September. Head Lettuces should be 
thinned or transplanted a distance of about 1 foot apart. 
CUCUMBERS may be planted in hills 4 to 5 feet apart as soon as the ground is thoroughly 
warm and may be sown as late as July. Fertile light well-drained soil is best and well rotted manure 
in the hills and a side-dressing of commercial fertilizer are very beneficial. 
LEEK is sown in rows 12 inches apart and thinned to about 4 to 6 inches. Pull up earth about 
the roots to blanch well before using. 
KOHL RABI is sown in rows 12 to 18 inches apart and thinned to about 6 inches in the row. 
EGG PLANT requires rich, sandy, warm soil and must be started indoors in February. Its cul- 
ture is the same as Peppers. 
MUSTARD grows rapidly and should be sown in rows 12 inches apart. 
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