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V. Vegetables that should be six inches apart: Beets, celery, lettuce, 

 parsnip, parsley, spinach, salsify, turnip. 



VI. Vegetables that should be twelve inches apart: Beans, cabbage, 

 cauliflower, egg plant, endive, kohl rabi, pepper. 



VII. Vegetables that may be sown thickly: Carrots, leek, onion, 

 peas, radish. 



VIII. Vegetables that sJiould be from three to jour feet apart each way: 

 Beans (pole), corn, cucumber, kale, melons, squash. 



III. THE APPLE TREE IN THE SCHOOLYARD 



"What plant wc in this apple tree? 

 Fruits that shall swell in sunny June, 

 And redden in the August noon, 

 And drop, when gentle airs come by. 

 That fan the blue September sky, 



While children come, with cries of glee. 

 And seek them where the fragrant grass, 

 Betrays their bed to those who pass." 

 At the foot of the apple tree." 



William Cullen Bryant 



In the April issue of the Leaflet we asked the boys and girls to plant 

 an apple tree in the schoolyard or in their home yard, — one which might 

 be budded to any variety that they should choose later in the year. 

 I am wondering how many apple trees were planted in or about rural 

 schoolyards by children? If a tree was not planted, perhaps the children 

 can be encouraged to select an apple tree near the schoolhouse, and a 

 committee appointed to bud this tree to some desired variety next August. 

 If the teacher should be away at this time, perhaps some farmer in the 

 neighborhood would meet with the children and help them in budding 

 the tree. Please let us know if you have made any effort to have the 

 children do this piece of work in connection with their lessons in agricul- 

 ture. 



A LESSON IN BUDDING 



By C. S. Wilson 



Budding is such an interesting and important farm operation that 

 every boy and girl should know how to do it. It is so simple, too, that 

 one can learn it in a few minutes. Think of changing the little apple 

 trees in the orchard, or those that come up in the fence row to any variety 

 of apple you wish! And this is exactly what budding is for. It is to 

 change the variety of a fruit, and this change can be made on branches 

 as small as a lead pencil or as large as the thumb. 



