EDITOR’S PREFACE.
In Burpee’s Farm Annual for 1887 we offered cash prizes for the two best essays, to be sent us by October, 1887, upon the subject, “How and What to Grow in a Kitchen Garden of One Acre.” In its original form E. D. Darlington’s essay covered more fully than any other the operations and best methods to pursue in the management of the garden, and was awarded the first prize. Being desirous, however, of making this work not only practical but thoroughly complete in all departments, and from personal acquaintance with Mr. Darlington and his gardening operations, together with the fact that for some years he had tested numerous varieties of vegetables for us, we arranged with him to entirely revise and enlarge his essay. In compliance with our request he has entered more into detail in the directions for culture, and has added impartial descriptions of the varieties that he has found best adapted both to the Kitchen Garden and the table. To make the treatise more complete, he prepared a
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