New-York tribune., 1900-08-19
VIII las: the winter through and even finger on
through the spring, if buvers are not careful
THE BEST TOMATOES

@O secure the pest tomatoes one should havI
me Acme. This variety is brought into the cit,
In large quantities and Is a general favorite
The Freedom is the earliest kind Of tomato, an(
me Ponderosa is the largest Tomatoes comr
nrst from Florida then from Georgia, then VI
to New-Jersey and Long Island It Is note,
that many excellent tomatoes are beginning t,
come from Texas, a State which is becoming
more and more given to the raising of frui
and vegetables for the market
Inc onion is a homely enough vegetable bu
II mas an interesting history The ordinary sell
ers OF vegetables do not recognize the different
varieties beyond the white yellow and rec
Kinds, but there are many different kind!
Shlpped to New-York from distant parts of thi.
ana other countries The first onions come. a.
everybody knows. from Bermuda Next come
those grown in tie neighborhood of the pyra.
mlds and called the Egyptian onions. These ar.
good variety New-Orleans contributes to tn,
supply early in the year Then Spain sends he1
snare and Havana also around which city excel
lent onions grow. Finally Kentucky. Orang,
County, New-Jersey and Long Island send their!
10 the market. No other common article of fool
Is so freely imported from so many different
countries. 1t Is vegetable tragedy too. that the
onion, which Of all its tribe is most anxious Il
serve man. should have so unfortunate a hab
OF making itself disagreeabIe None Of the many
varieties OF the onion offer a less unpleasant
ooor and until one does man (at least mar
VINO loves his fellow-man'O will forego tht
many benefits which the onion confers on al
most every part of the body. But of the onior
3s II Is weI meaning and aggressive. the high
est possible development exists The Southpor-
Whlte Globe is about as good as anv and i,
also perhaps the most expensive. The Southpor
Red and Yellow also rank high The Whit,
Portugal and the Silverskin are favorably knorr
to growers.
The difference between fresh peas and stale i,
as that between the poles. Otherwise there i.
little to choose among the different kinds The
best four are probably the Dwarf. the Ex
celsior the Juno and McLean's Advancer. bur
these are names for the grover. and not fol
the market men. There is little if any diff
ference in taste. The same Is the case with
beans. The Earliest Red Valentine is the besr
early green spring bean and the Golden Waz
is the best wax bean.
GOOD KINDS OF CELERY.
The White Plume celery is the best early
celery, and may be recognized by its long
stalk. feathery head and white skin. The
Yellow Plume is also a good long stalk variety
Of another color. There is an attempt to in
troduce the Pink Plume, the name Of which
justly describes the color.
cabbage would not seem 10 the outside
world inspiring subject for horticultural ex-
pertinent yet there are many varieties Of this
handsome If pIebeian vegetable. The Savoy
the Jersey Wakefield the Autumn King. and the
Succession "a new and particularly fine variety
are all names familiar to the best growers and
even TO the market men
Lettuce is nov grown outdoors all the year
round, except for two months. This is the
triumph Of the growers art, but although 50
much pains has been taken 70 produce varieties
which will stand different kinds OF climate. few
have been named. The orIy kinds Of lettuce
recognized are the straight and the curle6 and
Rouaine, The first two are. of course promptly
recognized, and the Romaine is usually sold
under its own name.
These are the most highly cultivated varieties
Of the best known vegetables II is a pity that
the buyer and the retail dealer could not be
made familiar with the names Of the different
kinds of potatoes and sweet corn. for instance.
and with those Of other vegetables when there is
distinct difference in the quality. But the
city dweller cannot hope for vegetables like
those of the farm of childhood The glory de
parts from sweet corn. even the real sweet
corn. in one night and as for green peas, on the
day they are picked they different vegeta-
bic from what Is served on city tables. The only
real solution Of the vegetable question is for
everybody TO have a back yard and to stay at
home from business AT least TWO days week
10 care for it.
SHE ATTRACTED ATTENTION.