Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1878-04-12
The Beat Vegetable TO Plant.

1t is time now not only to examine the
shops to find such tools as You will need to
buy for another year, but to be looking out
for such seeds as you will want. Upon moth
ing will your success depend more than upon
having good seed good manure and good
cultivation will be wasted to a great extent
if the seed is not good. If YOU have not
saved it yourself with such care that you may
be sure it will terminate and prove true to its
previous character, or if what you have is not
OF the best varieties, purchase only of relia-
bic seedsmen, who will guarantee the fresh
ness and purity of what they offer YOU. Do
not be led to run after strange gods in the
shape of novelties which have not been tried
IL your neighbOrhood, no matter how highly
they may be recommended by those who have
them for sale at extravagant prices. BY this
| mean, try them very cautiously, if at all.
do not make your main dependence for
crop upon something you really know moth
ing about.
l will name Il few varieties which l have
proved to be reliable. There may be other
better kinds among the novelties which COM
mand high prices, but many of high priced
varieties l have found comparatively worth
less for common cultivation Of peas there
Is an almost endless variety, but for an early
pea l have not yet found anything equal to
the Extra Early Dan O'Rourke when i could
Btt II pure anu 10 uAlle. Dut tllS IL Is al
most impossible to do now. as it has been so
long i'll cultivation, and in the hands of so
many careless growers, that almost all the
dwarf peas which can be afforded at Il low
price, whether from the last ripened pods on
the row (Which are not worth half price. or
from some which are not worth picking for
market, are sold as Dan O'Rourkes Car
ter's First Crop, Caractacus and Early Win
ship stand about at the head for earliness and
prolific yield Us far as l know, among those
which take the place Of the Dan O'Rourke
For later peas the Champion and the Black
Eyed Marrowfats are my favorites, the first
being the best for table, the other the most
prolific on my soil
Beans-The Fegee is the earliest and the
Dwarf Wax and Dwarf Horticultural being
later and better. The last is the best shelled
bean of the dwarf varieties Having these
three kinds, l would scarcely call for pole
beans unless l could procure plenty of poles
with little trouble; if so, / would have some
Lima and some of the Horticultural pole
beans.
In Sweet Corn, think Crosbys Early has
not been beat but it is like the Dan
O'Rourke pea, hard to find pure and good.
Moore's Concord / found to be larger. but
later. The Stowel's Evergreen will grow and
be fit to eat until frost comes if planted late
1t Is large and tirst-rate for the table, but it
needs very rich land.
Of Squashes, the Warted Summer Crook
neck. the Turban and the Hubbard suit me
best. The Boston Marrow may Weld more
than the Iurban, but l do not like them us
well. The Marblehead and Butman will not
yield like the Hubbard, for me-
Phinney's Watermelon, or the Mountain
Sweet, and the Boston Nutmeg, Wards Nee
tar and the Casaba these three are all green
tleshed varieties the first very great bear
er the next, the best and the last very
large and good in all respects are all good
enough for anybody. If you say there are
any others any better l would rather try one
than to take your word for il.
Of Cahbages l should recommend the Ear
ly Wakefield for the earliness (or the Winiry-
stadt on sandy soil. the Fosters Brunswick
for fall cabbage upon very good ground
and the Stone Mason to store for winter use
The Egyptian Beet is the earliest that
know OF, and unsurpassed for table use first
rate Ill every respect SOwn late il makes Il
good winter beet, although some might not
like it as well as the Dark Blood Beet Do
not think it would keep quite as long.
The Early Globe Turnip for summer and
fall use and the Sweet German for winter use
have always given me the best satisfaction.
being good growers and keeping well
The Hanson lettuce is the tenderest | have
tN1i HSSA ulIu very ItLhDlt LOT leAung. /
will say also that / like lettuce boiled for
greens nearly or quite as well as spinach
If these hints IN regard to the varieties of
vegetables which ! have found well adapted
to ordinary garden cultivation are of any val
ne to those who have had less chance TO test
the various kinds than I have, l am glad to
give them. do not pretend TO say but there
may be some better kinds which have not
named, but if So have not tested them or
did not have good success with them.
Young Farmer in B0stol. Journal