Show QUALITY OF THE vegetables largely dependent on amount of moisture available mulching or cultivating Is favored the quality of fresh vegetables Is determined by the variety the character of the soil the amount of moist lire the temperature and the degree of ripeness and freshness it mat tere little how ideal all the s are it the variety selected Is of poor quality the other conditions will not make up for it As a general rule the varieties of vegetables most popular among commercial growers are of fine appearance but of poor quality it Is often the best looking variety that Is most popular while the varieties of finest quality remain people becoming prejudiced because of their appearance says a recent station bulletin there are some crops that are ol 01 vastly superior quality when grown on some kinds of soil when raised on a commercial scale only those vegetables that are best adapted to the soil should be raised celery does best on a comparatively small variety of soils root crops grown in sandy soils are always more smooth than those grown on the heavy soils how ever these vegetables can be raised very successfully for home use in the home garden with a comparatively small amount of special care on al most any type of soil practically all of our vegetables consist of over SO per cent water with some having almost 95 per cent of wa ter the quality of fresh vegetables Is largely dependent upon this large amount of moisture with crops such as lettuce celery and cabbage where the leaf parts that contain a very high per cent of water are eaten it Is very important to have an aban dant supply of moisture with dent moisture these crops are stunt ed and have a very interior flavor the rapid growth resulting from an abundant supply of moisture produces the very delicate leaf tissues which are characteristic of vegetables of best some vegetables such as tomatoes and melons need a very aban dant supply of moisture early in the season but produce vegetables of best quality if the soil Is comparatively dry during the ripening season soil moist ure can be conserved by frequent aad continuous cultivation during the sup mer in the sections having soils or soils deficient in moisture a very satisfactory plan during dry sea sons Is to cover the soil with a mulch of straw manure during the early part of the summer instead of culta |