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as very hot. But there was no time to spare, 

 and the pkmts were set out. They were set 

 twelve inches apart each way, and although 

 they were well watered, for a time they looked 

 like almost anything, more than what they 

 were intended for, crops of beets and rutaba- 

 gas. But they were well cared for and they 

 soon started. 



The first of November showed as nice a 

 crop of fair sized table roots, as I ever saw. 

 A neighbor, who had seen them when they 

 were put out, and a few days afterward, came 

 to see the crop while we were gathering them. 

 He looked at them ; " well," said he, " that 

 beats all ; and did you expect a crop when 

 you had the plants set out?" Of course I 

 did, or I should not have had it done. Said 

 he — " when I saw your boys putting in those 

 plants, I told my wife that John M. Smith is 

 good at making things grow, but if he gets a 

 crop there, he is a smarter man than I take 

 him for." But there was no secret about it; 

 you can do the same thing almost anywhere in 

 the state. Put the ground in good condition 

 in the spring, and plant Early Rose potatoes ; 

 cultivate well and thoroughly, and in July you 

 have a good crop of potatoes. Take them off, 

 plow under the tops and some manure along 

 with them, have good thrifty plants to put in, 

 and then care for them, and the first of Novem- 

 ber, harvest a crop of beets, rutabagas or cab- 

 bage. Simply a case of good cultivation dur- 

 ing the season, nothing more and nothing less. 

 As a general rule, in the latitude of Green 

 Bay, it is safe to set the large drumhead va- 

 rieties of cabbage the first, but not later than 

 the 10th of July. Celery not later than the 

 15th, and have a good crop. It is safe to set 

 the Winningstadt cabbage till August 1st. 

 The blood turnip, beet and rutabaga may also 

 be set at this time and realize good crops. 

 Flat turnips may be sown safely till the 10th 

 of August, and get a good crop for table use. 

 It may be said with regard to beets, turnips, 

 rutabagas and cabbage for winter use, the 

 later they are grown, provided they get a 

 good fair growth, the better the quality, and 

 the better they keep through the winter. A 

 word about setting out cabbage plants. The 



Jersey Wakefield will do nicely and head 

 well, at 18 inches apart each way ; the Win- 

 ningstadt at 20. Most of the drumhead vari- 

 eties should be 24 inches apart, while the 

 Mammoth, Marblehead and Drumhead should 

 be at least three feet apart each way. It is 

 utterly useless to attempt to raise the last 

 named except upon very rich ground ; but 

 when the conditions necessary for a good crop 

 of it are complied with, it will produce an 

 almost marvelous crop, and the heads will be 

 of a very good quality, still, I think it can 

 hardly be said to be a profitable crop for gen- 

 eral cultivation. 



A few words with regard to an asparagus 

 bed. Your garden will never be a complete 

 one without a good bed of asparagus. The 

 objections to it are, that it is a very expensive 

 crop to get started, and that it takes four or 

 five years from the first sowing of the seed, 

 before you can realize a full crop. But if you 

 have a large element of eastei'n people among 

 your customers, you will find it among your 

 most profitable crops, and after it once gets to 

 bearing it is not an expensive one to care for, 

 but yields its annual crop with an almost ab- 

 solute certainty, and that too at a time in the 

 spring when your expenses are very heavy, 

 and you will have but little coming in to meet 

 them. 



The new variety named Conover's Collas- 

 sal, seems really to be an improvement upon 

 the old kinds. The seed should be sown in a 

 bed prepared the same as for onions, and sown 

 early in the spring. Let it grow here the 

 first season. When the plants are one year 

 old, prepare your permanent bed, and be sure 

 that you make it very rich. I would not put 

 out a bed of an acre with less than 75 loads 

 of good manure, and if 100 are put on, all the 

 better. Make the rows three feet apart. I 

 take a shovel plow and make the furrows 

 about five inches deep, then put the plants in 

 the furrows one to every 16 or 18 inches, 

 spread out the roots in as near their natural 

 position as possible ; fill the furrow and pack 

 down the earth somewhat over the plants, if 

 your soil is a light one, level off your bed 

 nicely, and your bed is made. This should be 



