In My Garden
Most of us order our seeds for both potager and the flower garden round about Christmas, and the date is quite late enough. The question usually arises: which of the rarer vegetables shall we try? My inclination is to come down in favour of sweet corn, of which Golden Bantam is one of the earlier and therefore in this country the better varieties. Custard marrow, mange-tout peas, kohl rabi, celeriac, salsify and scorzonera are on the selectioh list. The last of these is recommended to Women's Institutes in their admirable paper, Home and Country, on the ground that if so desired it can be left in the ground for a second season. The actual cash value of the smaller vegetable plots has been brought out by the invaluable County Gardens' Produce Committee. Ten rod plots with small labour and an outlay of under £3, should produce a cash
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