Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-13
THOSE WARleARDEN SEEDS. Orders Should Be SGotten in Early
 Some Suggestions.

Have home gardeners ordered their seed supply yet? Yes,. it looks some time ahead before planting time. Yet all things do not move and respond with the same rapidity now as before the great struggle began. It would be well to club community or grange or
 other organization oDier9 and send early. The postage on a letter carry ing these orders for a whole conn., munity is no more than for one indi- vidual and the seedmen would much prefer to work on the large order than the small ones. Yet I hear someone say: If I do this, I will not get the varieties want.p That may be true. We may be compelled to take many we do not want in order to get any at all of some species. In so doing we may find new friends which we shall like even better than the Tod ones with which we are so well acquainted. In clubbing your order you could say to the seedman send me three pounds or forty-eight ounce packets of yellow globe Danvers or some good yellow onion seed 4ors of Red Wethers- field, or some red onion. Send ten or twenty quarts of Notts Excelsior or some early wrinRled slow growing pea or the same of some later maturing either low or high growing as Heroine ] or Dwarf Telephone Also four or five pounds of Extra Early Egyptian beet ] or some Early Red Turnip variety. Here would be a good opportunity to l let them send a few ounces of several lvarieties such as they might have. A comparison could then be made and something better than ever before
 could be found. Have them put in l about the same amount of some good
 table carrot All I. should specify here would be that I do not like a long
 carrot for. this.
 Have someone as committee, with power to make a contract, see the plant growers and arrange for a sup 1 ply of early cabbage plants of say l early Copenhagen or for later suc- cession. Also arrange for the tomato plants. It being early now, it might be possible to make arrangements to have just the very varieties you want started. He will be willing to con
 tract to grow several thousand plants
 of some of the good standard early
 and maincrop varieties.
 l Sweet corn seed will be a short crop, for much of the western country which produces much of this seed failed last I year. to ge ta crop of we'll matured corn. They are now looking for corn seed. First come. first served, will no doubt be the rule.
 For the seed beans. perhaps you had
 some ripen last year. If so, why not
 use them for seed this year? They may be mixed This will not matter
 materially for one season so long as
 it is for home consumption. Suppose some are marked differently than oth-
 CTS? They may taste just as good in
 the bean dish as if no spots are on
 them, .
 Look out for: tn eearly potatoes Do
 not put off too long, Many potatoes
 have been frozen by our very severe
 winter. No one knows now exactly
 what the situation may be- If you have your seed potatoes on hand and T keep. them in your cellars until plant ing time you vii thenshaye them ;'I The market gardener no doubt has his orders filled ere this. but, there will be some for you if you order soon ; Delay may mean the loss of crop
 Get down the seed catalogues and
 spend an evening on the seed list and : get the neighbors to come over on one , of these Monday nights GAfonday now , that we have an enforced holiday an6 ) get this order sent so that the seed
 man may have a, chance to get it bacl to you on tinne.-A. T. Stevens, Con. . !necticut Agricultural College