The Portland daily press., 1895-05-16
ing ON the corner of Leland and Leonard
streets, have moved to Brighton Corner
THE KITCHEN GARDEN,
Vegetables That Have Been Found Salts
factory For Home Consumption.

Vegetables That Have Been Found Safis-
factory For Home Consumption.
A writer in the Philadelphia Farm
Journal, having been asked to prepare a
list of vegetables suited for the family
garden, names such as he has grown
and found satisfactory. He says:
In sowing lettuce in the open ground
I mix several kinds together. Early
Curled. Green Fringed, Brown Dutch.
Oak Leaved and Yellow Butter form an
attractive combination. Grand Rapids
is new and popular variety for forcing
in beds.
Radishes grow like weeds in rich soil.
and any variety is good and tender
when thus rapidly grown. I also mix
and SOW several kinds of these together,
such as Early Scarlet and Early White
Turnip, the French Breakfast and Olive
Shaped, the Long Scarlet and the Long
White, or Lady Finger. A variety of
colors and shapes looks pretty on the
table.
Parsnips, the Half Long Or Student,
a good sort, can be sown at the same
time and in the same row with the rad
ishes or with the early beets.
AS to beets, it is hard to beat the Bas-
sano for the family garden. The Early
Blood Turnip is a good second and
"as red as a beet. For late beets l
plant the early sorts late.
For the first early peas I always plant
the round, smooth kinds. They are the
hardest, but not the best in quality.
Of the wrinkled sorts, Alpha, Album
dance and Eugenie may succeed each
other. The old Champion of England is
still champion in growth of vine and
standard in quality.
To grow onions from sets plant the
Silver Skin; early onions from seed, the
Pearl; late keeping onions from seed,
the Danvers or Southport Globe. To
grow big onions by sowing seed early in
beds and transplanting, the Prizetaker
is the right variety.
For the family garden two cabbage
heads (of small or medium size) are bet
ter than one (big and overgrown)
Hence for early I grow the small Early
Wakefield or the Winningstadt, and for
late the new variety called All Seasons
Or Succession. The fondness Of the green
worm for the Savoy prevents me from
growing this variety, the best Of all late
cabbages.
Celery, while one of the last vegeta-
bles to be used, is among the first seeds
to be sown. White Plume is still one of
the best kinds for early use and Golden
Heart for late. There are several newer
sorts that may be substituted for Golden
Heart, but none that I have tried that
I would substitute for White Plume.
Of snap beans, either the Improved
Red Valentine or the Crystal Wax is
good enough for me. White Valentine
is similar to the Red and better as
dried bean. shall still divide my plant
ings of limas between the Large Jersey
pole lima and the true Dwarf, common
ly known as Burpee's. To make succo-
tash there must be corn as well as beans.
I mention three varieties that are types
of a score of names: Crosby, Country
Gentleman and Stowell's Evergreen.
The extra early kinds with smooth grain
are not worth eating and SO not worth
planting.
Those who eat cucumbers will find
the White Spine to answer every pur-
pose for slicing and also for pickles.
There are many good tomatoes. The
Beauty and the Stone are superior types
of the pink red and deep red, smooth,
solid kinds. The Lemon Blush is
beautiful new yellow sort. Of musk
melons for the home market, my choice
would be the Jenny Lind and Emerald
Gem. The Icing and Florida Favorite
are among the highest in quality of
watermelons. Among the least peppery
of peppers and the best for the garden
is the Ruby King. The Bullnose is big
and hot and preferred by some. Aspar-
agus is one Of the most profitable of gar
den vegetables and should not be left
out Of the family garden. The new Co
lumbian White is excellent and should
be planted by those setting new beds.
Cutting Potato Seed.