Rensselaer Union, Volume 7, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 July 1875 — Garden Vegetables. [ARTICLE]

Garden Vegetables.

A Philadelphia gardener writes as follows to the New York Tribune: Whenever I hear people remark that fruits and vegetables are out of season, and are only fit to eat during their usual seasons, I think they need a little instruction in growing luxuries in this line. A dish of young, tender sweet peas late in autumn to accompany game just as it enters the market is something that an epicure relishes above anything else, and there is no mystery whatever in growing it. Use an early variety, and sow very late; in fact allow just sufficient time to secure the crop before an ordinary frost can catch it, but not any more. If sown a few days too early, the vines will be injured by mildew; if too late frost may spoil all our work; but all I have to say is this: when once enjoyed at this season, one can never curb the desire to possess them forever after. And sweet com in the autumn, too; why, it is one of my standard dishes, lasting until frost puts a quietus on the growth. I make it a rale to always plant a little piece of land every two weeks with Stowell’s evergreen • until I think there will be barely sufficient time to secure boiling ears before winter will be upon us. Early turnips may be called out of season, but I do enjoy a crop of nice fresh juicy roots early in the season, before the hot weather makes them stringy and tough; and seldom do I find anyone refusing to enjoy them with me, whether advocates for the regular season or not. I always sow the Purple Top Flat Dutch, as. it grows quickly and rather enjoys the cool weather of very early spring. Some people are amused because I invariably have a dish of Early Scarlet Short Top radish on my table as a fitting tribute to the capabilities of my garden. They grow so quickly and are so crisp and refreshing! without the acrid taste of the summergrown roots, that I find it almost impossible to get through autumn without my usual supply. And a few crisp, wellgrown heads of lettuce are not amiss in the cool autumn days when salads are in order; they are easily grown, and are very inexpensive luxuries that most people may enjoy. The new Hanson variety is excellent for this purpose, as it will stand a few hot days remarkably well.