78 Market Gardening. 



well to give the land a fair dressing of manure (lightly 

 worked into the soil) and then give a light application 

 of some good fertilizer, such as Sparrow's, or Eradlej's 

 Phosphate, in the drill at the time of planting. This 

 seems to give the crop a quicker and better start than 

 it gets where manure is applied directly in the drill. 

 The distance apart for the rows should be from three to 

 three and a half feet, and the seed dropped from four 

 to six inches apart in the drill (which should be from 

 an inch to an inch and a half in depth). At this dis- 

 tance apart about one bushel of seed would be re- 

 quired per acre, where all the land is devoted to the 

 crop ; but many prefer to plant every fourth row with 

 squash, so as to double-crop the land. 



A fair average yield per acre v/ould be from three 

 hundred to four hundred bushels ; and the crop ought 

 to bring from seventy cents to one dollar per bushel. 

 A good picker should pick two and a half barrels per 

 day, or about eight bushels. 



After the crop is fairly up, the cultivator should be 

 run through lightly ; and, at the second hoeing, a little 

 earth should be drawn towards the plants to support 

 them. They should never be hoed or worked amongst, 

 if it can possibly be avoided, at times when they are 

 wet, either by rain or dew, as there is much danger of 

 rusting or blighting the crop. 



The list of varieties is numerous and contains many 

 of real merit. The Early Long Yellow Six Weeks is 

 the earliest good market variety, of first-rate quality 

 and excellent in every respect. Its pods are green. 

 The Early Mohawk is another good kind, closely re- 



