Show vitamins grown own in our gardens advantages of vegetables for family needs and likes alemany are many prepared Pr pard by the united staten department of agriculture closely associated in our minds mind with the vitamins they supply are tho the vegetables that can be grown groft in almost any home garden spinach cabbage lettuce carrots carroto string beans bean peas rutabagas tomatoes all the leafy vegetables known as 49 greens and man others we lve also obtain necessary minerals from thesa abes 3 vegetables iron calcium phosphorus and depend on them for or bulk or roughage but bill our first thought la Is apt to be vegetables for vitamins insl I 1 advantages advantage of vitamins vitamin the advantages of growing vitamins in our gardens are many and obvious to begia with there la IS the matter of freshness no matter how near the market may be to the home it la Is usually a long way from the former farmer who produced the vegetables garden products that have been carried over a dusty road and perhaps exposed for I 1 hours before they were sold cannot be compared in desirability of flavor or condition with those just just off the vine or out of the earth the vitamin content of vegetables la Is also dependent to some extent upon freshness again when the vegetables are actually at hand in the garden waiting to be gathered the chances are that they will be used oftener and in larger quantities than when some one has to go to a store to get them the price often influences the quantity bought when the housekeeper goes to market but when she ebe steps into her garden she to Is apt to bring in as much as she believes her family will consume lyte convenience of having a garden frequently lends leads to a beneficial change in the proportions of 4 the family diet vegetables are served more abundantly because they are available and they satisfy the craving for bulk lessening the desire for other foods which may lack the necessary vitamins almost automatically the garden tends to increase the use of vegetables the garden must of course be carefully planned so BO that it will yield an adequate supply of the tha kinds of vegetables the family likes and needs both for table use and for canning or storing if some sort of record Is kept from one year to the next nelt to show the quantity of each vegetable grown and the use made of it a gar den budget can bo be eventually worked out fruits are important fresh fruits are also important sources of vitamins and should be considered in connection with the garden plan many orchard fruits and berries grow well in all sections of the co country and others are best suited to certain localities while the citrus fruits oranges lemons grapefruit are among the best sources of vitamins mins tomatoes arc am comparable with citrus fruits us sources of vitamins and when the latter are lacking tomato juice either fresh or canned may be used instead it goes without saying therefore that it Is a good thing to include tomatoes in every garden plan |