Show how to save garden seeds peas and beans should be left on the vines until the pods are well wrinkled when they should be picked lacked and spread until they are quite dry small quantities may be shelled by tn band large crops are threshed with a nail il keep them in in a dry place melon cuc cucumber timber squash and pumpkin eeds reeds r should be taken only from ripe perfect shaped specimens ina in a small way the seeds may maybe be simply taken out spread on an plates or finsand tin sand dried large quantities have to be washed washed before daini dy ini to remove the slime that adheres to them when the seeds are thoroughly dried tie thera them in bags and keep in a dry place secure from mice and rats beets parsnips par snips turnips ear carrots rotA onions cauliflower and cabbage will yield seed until tile the second year set out in early may stroner strone aeu well matured plants of last seasons crop when the seed is ripe cut the stalks and put under cover to dry then beat out the seeds and tie in paper bas bags seeds of all kinds should be fully ripe when gathered but it is also important to harvest them as soon as they are ripe for keeping small quantities ot of seeds paper bags are prefer preferable ablo to cloth as they afford better protection protect ioa against moisture and insects always mark each package with the name of the seed contained in it and the year in which it grew cold does not in injure urb the vitality of seeds but moisture is detrimental to all kinds american Amei ican for september |