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These always do best on a very rich surface-soil, containing plenty of manure, 

 but requiring no deep digging. When these crops come off, the ground 

 should have a dressing of manure mixed with fresh loamy soil ; and, if the 

 ground is heavy, a portion of burnt clay will improve it. This should be dug in 

 one spit deep^ or the ground maybe bastard-trenched, that is, keeping the top 

 spit on the top, and digging the subsoil two spades deep. I find that bringing 

 up too much of the under soil engenders clubbing. Having so prepared the 

 ground, it is in a condition to receive that group which is the most scourging 

 and exhaustive crop of any, that is — 



408. The Cabbage, or Brassicse tribe, or Deteriorators, as Mr. Errington calls 

 them, which are mostly biennials, and occupy the ground about a twelvemonth, 

 —some more, others a little less. This latter group foi'ms a much larger pro- 

 portion of kitchen-crops than any of the surface-group ; consequently, the 

 ground occupied by the latter will not generally be sufficient for it ; if there 

 is ground to spare, it is advisable to let it lie fallow till the winter crops are 

 ready to plant out, stirring the sui-face frequently so as to expose as much of 

 the soil as possible to the uir. 



409. In the plan, which is repeated here, the quarters a to i of the 

 kitchen-garden are supposed to be cropped for the first time, and somewhat 

 in accordance with this 

 scheme, d and e being 

 the deepeners, with a row 

 of plum-trees occupying 

 the dotted line between 

 them, and a bed of straw- 

 berries at each extremity 

 of the quarter, in the fol- 

 lowing order ; — 1. Straw- 

 berries ; 2. seakale ; 3, 

 rhubarb ; 4. globe arti- 

 chokes ; 5. plum-trees ; 

 6. asparagus ; 7. horse- 

 radish ; 8. strawberries ; 

 — / and g is occu])ied by 

 the preparers and surface- 

 crops, with a row of espa- 

 lier or pyi-amid apple-trees 

 on the dotted lines, in the 

 following order : — 1. Scor- 

 zoneras, salsafy, &c, ; 2. 

 potatoes ; 3. peas ; 4. ap- 

 ple-trees ; 5. parsnips ; 6. 

 carrots ; 7. turnips. The 

 quarter hi is devoted 

 chiefly to the deteriorators, or cabbage tribes, in the following order ; — > 



