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proper shape and condition will pay much better 

 than two acres only half fertilized. Pure, fine 

 ground bone, one ton to the acre, plowed under will 

 be found beneficial, especially so in carrying the 

 plants out at the time of heading, but it is scarcely 

 stimulating enough for the early requirements of 

 the plants. Well rotted stable manure may be used 

 to advantage, freshly applied and plowed under, for 

 early spring planting of cold-frame or hot-bed plants 

 which are expected to mature before extremely hot- 

 dry weather, but it has no special advantage except 

 to warm up the soil. * * * The great crop 

 with us is during the months of October and No- 

 vember, for which seed is sown from May 15 to 

 June 25, and the i^lants set from the middle of June 

 to the last of August according to the kind.'' The 

 varieties named for spring planting are, " Erfurt 

 Extra Dwarf Earliest," and "Small Leaved Er- 

 furt," both being also good for the fall crop, the 

 latter for this crop being sown as late as July 1st. 

 The Algiers, a standard sort for fall, is sown from 

 May 15 to June 1. Mr. Brill adds: "Every 

 known sort has been tested by our growers, and I 

 have had in one field eighty six samples, comprising 

 every known variety and sub-variety often repeated, 

 grown from seed procured from every possible 

 source, and with the exception of one or two sorts, 

 which have done well under peculiarly favorable con- 



