Show START THE GARDEN this Is the time of the year when the gardener should mate maie ins its plans for the coming season seed catalogs should have been secured already and during the evenings eTen even these should be looked ovar and a selection of varieties ot of vee aes made A few of the highly novelties el ties frequently illus eracema in colors and described with superlatives in ill the first pases pages of the cat catalog ilog may be tried out but the sc silous be confined for the most part to me lie well tried standard sorts tile gardener should remember however that some varieties have high quality while others are inac i less desirable si golden bantam sweet corn jor for example is much superior to early adams which mille grown as sweet corn is in reality a variety of field corn chalks ana jolin john baer tomatoes are considered much better especially tor for canning than maritana Ear Ea llana ritana which is somewhat earlier the rows in tile the farm garden should be as long iong as 3 convenient aith with sufficient distance ac iween say two feet to allow for horse cultivation the same area of ground may be moc mo 0 easily and quickly luick ly cultivated where there are a few long rows than liters are many short ones it if the garden was not hot fertilized and plowed last fall as it should liane hale been this work s siluid be done as early this spring as the condition of 0 the tha soil will allow it either case the ground should be harrowed ana leveled so as to conserve moisture and leave the surface in the best poa sible shape many of the cool season vegetables germinate belter ana grow letter better it planted almost as early eany as the ground can be worked in this I 1 group are onions ra raa asnes anes lettuce carrots beets etc cabbage cauliflower and celery which are also included in this group must bo be started indoors for best results seed of these kinds should be ue sown in hot beds or boxes in fit the house in march tomatoes egg plants and peppers peppe which are warm warin season crops should shou id be started tile the same way the ill c latter part of march or tac ie first ot of april it is not safe to plant sweet corn bers until after the danger of frost beans melons squashes or past as even a liget rrose may ruin them it A mcginty colorado agricultural college |