Gardening for Young and Old: The Cultivation of Garden Vegetables in the Farm Garden (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Gardening for Young and Old: The Cultivation of Garden Vegetables in the Farm GardenI should like to see more seed-growers in the United States, and I hope some of my young friends will devote themselves to this industry. There are more seeds sown in America, in proportion to population, than in any other country. European seedsmen, notwithstanding a duty of twenty per cent., find the United States one of the best markets in the world.It seems to be a fact, that many seeds, when grown here, produce much better crops than when grown in Europe. Market gardeners give a decided preference to American-grown seeds. American-grown cabbage seeds, for instance, find a ready sale at double the price of imported seed.Cauliflower seed has hitherto rarely been grown in this country successfully, but I understand that California is now growing it of excellent quality. Dakota is growing cabbage seed, and I feel confident that somewhere on this broad Continent, with its great diversity of soil and climate, there is not a seed which the American gardener wants, that will not be grown to perfection. The great point is to get what seed-growers call "stock seed," to start with. As a rule, you can not buy it. You must grow it yourself. Take Cucumber seed, for example. Enormous quantities of Cucumber seed are grown and sold in America, and yet it is exceedingly difficult to get good seed, pure, and true to name.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com