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• GARDENING. 



May 75, 



transplant the seedlings into rows 2 feet 

 apart and the plants 12 inches asunder. 

 The winter following they should be good 

 crowns for forcing. Lily white is the best 

 variety. 



Shallots.— We treat them much the 

 same as potato onions. 



Sorrel is a perennial and very hardy. 

 The same row has served us for several 

 years. We cut it down close to the ground 

 every fall, and in summer when it runsup 

 to flower we cut back all the flower 

 stems. 



Spinach.— We have lots of fine fall- 

 sown spinach yet, but it is tough even if 

 green and succulent; about the 15th or 

 20th inst., however our earliest outdoor 

 spring sowings will be ready for use, then 

 all the old spinach will be cleared away. 

 Spinach loves rich ground, and frequent 

 hoeings helps its growth. Just as soon as 

 one sowing begins to make its first rough 

 leaves, we sow again. 



New Zealand Spinach is a hot weather 

 substitute for common spinach, and a 

 very useful one it is too. It isn't as good 

 to eat as the other. Sow a row in a 

 warm open piece of ground, dropping the 

 seeds several inches apart, for the plant 

 spreads a couple of yards square. 



Squash.— Sow bush earlv squashes in 

 hills 4 to 6 feet apart. ' The winter 

 squashes need more room as they are 

 long-vined plants. To economize room 

 we sow them in the field corn hills as we 

 do pumpkins. 



Tomatoes.— It is time now to get them 

 olanted out. But see that they have been 

 well inured to the weather before setting 

 them out. And put in another sowing 

 now forva late crop. True, the ones now 

 set out will bear up till frost, but it also 

 is true that as the fall advances their 

 fruits get very watery. Those raised in 

 May and June, being so much younger 

 have more solid fruit in September and 

 ( )ctober than have the earlv ones. 



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