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PREFERRED VARIETIES FOR PENNSYLVANIA
Onion, Ebenezer for full grown, Silverskin for spring onions; leaf
lettuce, Grand Rapids; bush string beans, Tendergreen; beets, Detroit
Dark Red; carrots, Red Core Chantenay; kale, Dwarf Curled Scotch;
Chinese cabbage, Chihli; cabbage, Golden Acre; head lettuce, White
Boston; yellow turnip, Golden Ball; Swiss chard, Fordhook Giant; pepper,
California Wonder; tomato, Rutgers or Stokesdale; radish, Early Scarlet
Globe or White Icicle; mustard greens, Fordhook; dwarf pea, Little
Marvel; edible soy bean, Bansei; endive, Green Curled or Broad Leaved
Batavian (escarole); turnip greens, Seven Top or Shogoin; late cabbage,
Penn State Ballhead; sweet corn, early, Spancross or Marcross; sweet
corn, midseason, Golden Cross Bantam or Ioana; broccoli, Green Sprouting
or Calabrese; cucumber, Clark Special for slicing, National Pickling for
pickles; bush lima bean, Fordhook.
An Electrically Heated Hotbed May be Used in Which to
Give the Young Plants a Start. This One is 3 x 6 Feet, Containing 12
Flats, Each 12 x 18 Inches. A Standard Hotbed Sash is Used.
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Victory Gardens
Handbook of the
Victory Garden Committee
War Services, Pennsylvania
State Council of Defense
April, 1944
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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