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nice supply of early plants. It is better to put a division in the 

 bed, and put the cabbage, lettuce and cauliflower upon one side, 

 and such as require more heat upon the other side. You can 

 then regulate the heat by raising or taking one sash entirely off 

 and leaving the other on. 



Let another tell how some successful strawberry grower of his 

 acquaintance sets his beds as follows: Land, that will raise a 

 large crop of corn, will, with a coat of manure and good cultiva- 

 tion, raise a good crop of Wilson's Albany Seedling strawberries. 

 Manure well, and put the land in first rate order. Then get plants 

 of Wilson's Albany Seedling, and be sure that you get plants of 

 some reliable parties, who have them in their purity. If they are 

 to be set in any place where they can be cultivated with a horse, 

 make the rows three feet apart, and set the plants eighteen to 

 twenty-four inches apart in the rows. If you expect to cultivate 

 with a hand cultivator, set them two feet apart each way. In set- 

 ting the plants be sure to set them well in the ground, yet being 

 careful not to allow the earth to cover the center or crown of the 

 plant. Press the earth firmly about the roots, and if the weather 

 is dry, put a little water upon it. Cultivate well, and allow the 

 runners to grow. Grow the Wilson for the main crop, and then 

 experiment just as much and as long as you choose with other 

 varieties. Among those that promise best at the present time, 

 are the Crescent seedling (pistilate), the Sharpless, Seth Boyden's 

 No. 30, Charles Downing (pistilate) and Kentucky. The last 

 named is valuable more on account of its being very late than for 

 any other quality. There are hundreds of varieties upon which 

 you may use both skill and patience as well as money, but with a 

 strong probability that you will never realize any reasonable 

 return for either. If you wish something very choice in quality, 

 without much regard to its bearing qualities, get Burr's New Pine 

 and Lennig's White. Downer's Prolific is also of excellent qual- 

 ity, and a moderately fair bearer. 



A fourth member tells how he has grown a fine crop of early 

 peas of the Early Kent or the Extra Early Dan O'Rourke vari- 

 eties, and then supplemented them with a bountiful supply of 

 that queen of table peas, the Champion of England. 



