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dition during the wiuter, take them up carefully before hard frosts, and 

 pack them in a cool cellar and cover with earth. For spring use they 

 may be pitted ia the ground. Tlie seed germinate more surely and rap- 

 idly if put in warm water and allowed to soak for twenty-four hours. The 

 soil should be rich, mellow, and deep. Plant in drills about two inches 

 deep, and the rows about twelve or fifteen apart. Set the seeds in the 

 drills about two inches apart. An ounce of seed will sow about seventy- 

 five feet of drill, and five pounds are sufficient for an acre. The va- 

 rieties of Beets are very numerous, and quite di- 

 versified in form and appearance, from the little 

 round, table, turnip-formed varieties, to the large, 

 coarse sorts, sometimes three feet in length, and fit 

 only for cattle. Figure 1 shov/s the Large Red 

 Mangel, one of the best for feeding to stock; fig. 2, 

 the Early Blood Turnip, a very smooth, pretty 



variety ; fig. 3, the Pine 



Apple, a comparatively 



new and good dark 



variety ; fig. 4, Bassano, 



an old favorite, juicy 



sort, tender and light 



colored ; fig. 5, Devv- 



ing's Turnip, a week 



earlier than Blood Tur- 

 nip, lighter fleshed, and 



an excellent variety ; 



fig. 6, Carter's Orange 



Grove Mangel, thought 



in England to be the 



best round variety ; fig. 



7, the old and excellent 

 Long Blood Red. The Siviss Chard, of which we show the leaves, is a variety of 

 Beet cultivated for the broad leaf-stalks, which are cooked and served like 

 Asparagus. Plants should stand afoot or more apart in the rows, and the 

 rows three feet, for field culture. 



CABBAGE. 



The cabbage requires a deep, rich soil and thorough working. If these re- 

 quirements are met and good seed obtained, there is no difficulty in obtaining 

 fine, solid heads. For early use, the plants should be started in a hot-bed or 

 cold-frame; but seed for winter cabbage should be sown in a seed-bed, early 

 in the spring. Some gardeners prefer to grow plants for early spring cabbage 

 in a frame in the autumn, protecting them with boards or matting during the 

 winter, but without good care plants saved in this way often prove a loss. In 

 a mild climate, plants may not only be started in the autumn, but transplanted, 

 and will make considerable growth during the winter season. Some varieties 

 seem to do best if the seed is sown in the hills where they are to remain ; and 

 this is particularly the case with the Marblehead varieties. Sow two or three 

 seeds where each plant is desired, and then pull up all but the strongest. The 

 large varieties require to be planted about three feet apart; the small, early 

 sorts, from a foot to eighteen inches. Always give cabbage a deep, rich soil, 

 and keep it mellow with plenty of manure. For early winter use, store a few 



