The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1894-04-18
THE VEGETABLE GARDEN.
An Illinois Farmer Tells What Varieties
to Grow For Market and why.

To Grow For MARKET anu why.
In the following notes from Garden
ing a farmer in northern Illinois names
varieties of vegetables he has found
profitable for market. He says under
the head of snap beans:
I like the Early Mohawk because of
its quick growth and large pods; in fact,
the pods look plump longer when pick
ed than most sorts, and they will stand
light frosts. For wax beansI grow the
Giant Yosemite. 1t is mammoth wax
and very productive, its pods being
long, thick, round and very fleshly and
of excellent flavor, and the plants are
less liable to rust than are most other
wax beans.
Edmund's Early and Early Egyptian
are the beets l grow. The first named
is small round beet of deep red col
or and is fine for punching. Ii is a
favorite with the foreign people here.
Americans prefer the Egyptian because
of its variety of color and smooth APP
pearance. For punching | grow the
Oxheart carrots, but we don't use much
of 1t. My main crop is of Danyers,
which is medium long in form and
makes finer appearance than long sorts.
II also is heavy cropper, easy to har-
vest, and fine keeper.
have had better success with Snow
ball than with any other variety of
caulifower. 1t is true type of cauli-
flower, having short stem and beauti-
full large white, regular head, and il is a
fine shipper. Autumn Giant is good
winter sort. standing frost quite little
without much injury. The heads, how
ever, are coarser and more irregular
than those of SNOWFALL.
For early cabbage grow Jersey
Wakefield. 1t is of fine quality and
larger than most other early sorts and
II makes solid white heads. Early Sum.
mer is fine second early, but ! like
Faultless better, for II is quite as early
as the other and less liable to run to
seed or crack open. Succession is the
best summer variety have ever tried.
1t forms a large solid fiat head with
few outer leaves, and the stump is quite
small. 1t will stand longer without
bursting than any other simmer sort
weighing 10 pounds. Fottler's I'm
proved Brunswick, blue strain. is what
use for winter. 1t is short stemmed
and forms medium sized solid head
having few outer leaves; IL also is a
sure header, and stands drought we'll,
and looks green longer than most other
sorts. But many gardeners hereabout
use the Flat Dutch for winter.
AS to lettuces, for summer | grow
Hanson and New York and for frames
in winter Grand Rapids Forcing and
Black Seeded Simpson. The Hanson
makes fine solid head and stands long
upon tine market without showing the
effects of being cut. The New York is
a large, snowy, dark green lettuce,
quite tender and of good flavor, and Is
just the kind of big head to decorate
a market stand. Simpson is little
earlier in maturing than Grand Rapids;
otherwise liked the last named best.
The Grand Rapids hasn't quite as long
leaves as the Simpson, but 1t retains its
natural color and crispness and stands
up longer ON the market stand. and II is
of fine flavor.
White Plume for early and Golden
Heart for winter are the two sorts of
celery that grow. The White Plume.
ON account of its pure white long leaves
and fine appearance, In tho best seller in
our market.
The Sandwich Island Is fine, large,
quick growing variety of satisfy with
large roots and few rcotlets. grow
quite a number OF barrels Of IL for the
Chicago market where it commands a
much higher price than the old sort.