Blake.
"Now let me see! In the first place I think if you keep the store out on
the front lawn, near the street, it will be the best place, I'll put an
old door across two boxes and that will be your store counter. And you can
sell things to persons that pass along the street. Some in automobiles may
stop and buy, and others, on their way to the big stores, may stop to get
your vegetables because they will be so fresh. The fresher a vegetable is
the better. That is it should be eaten as soon as possible after it is
taken from the garden, else it loses much of its flavor."
"But will people give us real money for our garden truck?" asked Hal. He
had heard his father and Uncle Pennywait speak of garden "truck" so he
knew it must be the right word.
"Indeed they'll be glad to pay you real money," said Mr. Blake with a
smile. "Persons who have no garden of their own are very glad to buy fresh
vegetables. You'll soon see."
"But what are we going to sell?" asked Mab.
"Oh, yes, I forgot your question," said her father. "Well, there are more
tomatoes than your mother has time to can, or make into ketchup just now.
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