Show alla QUALITY ITY OF THE vegetables largely dependent on amount of ture Aval available lable mulching or cultivating Is favored tie quality of 0 fresh vegetables la 18 dete rained mine d by the variety the character i if f the he soil the amount of 0 moisture the temperature and the tha degree of r ceness and freshness it matters title little how ideal nil all the condition conditi oi a are if f tile the variety a selected elected is of poor qua ty the other conditions will not ainali i up for it As a general rule tile the arlet arlethea arl etlea les of vegetables most popular among coman commercial iclal growers are of ft 9 appearance but of poor quality it li it often the beat looking variety if that t s m moat t P popular 0 pular while tile the varieties t 1 e if a fi finest oe t q quality remain peo a becoming ng prejudiced because of at t belr ir a appearance p pe arance says a recent stall n bulletin ali re are some crops that are of vast superior quality when grown on oil 54 B me kinds of soil eoll whon when raised on a scale only those vegetable that at are best beat adapted to th the 0 soil boll hould ou id be raised celery does best n a c comparatively 0 in ively small variety of so sols s root hoot crops rown lit in sandy bandy soils faro are always more smooth than alian thos thosa grown on the heavy solla ilow how over these vegetables can call be raised very successfully for or honie home use lit in the hamd garden with a comparatively emal amount of special care on im almost mo stany any typo type of 0 soil all of our vegetables of over SO 80 per cent water with som somi having almost 95 per coat cent of water i the quality of fresh vegetables la is lc IL gely dependent upon this larga algo amo at of 0 moisture with crops such as lit lettuce tuce celery and cabbage where the eat parts that contain a very high per cent of water are eaten it la Is very important to have an abdull dant supply of moisture with insufficient moisture these crops are stunted ciecir mid id have a very inferior flavor th the rapid growth resulting from an abundant supply of moisture produces the very delicate leaf tissues which are characteristic of vegetables es of b best est quality some vegetables a uch such as tomatoes and melons need a very abundant supply of moisture early in the season but produce vegetables ot of best quality it if the soil la Is comparatively dry during the ripening season soil moisture can be conserved by frequent aad continuous cultivation during the tho summer in the sections havi having 11 light soils or soils dell deficient clent in moisture a very satisfactory plan during dry seasons Is to cover the soil with a mulch of straw manure during the early part of the summer instead of cultivating |