8 6 Ma rkct Ga rden ing. 



shape, and good at all seasons of the year. The Swiss 

 Chard is a peculiar sort, cultivated principally for the 

 leaf stalks, which are cooked and served like as- 

 paragus. 



The early beets are nearly always bunched, instead 

 of being sold by the bushel. They are pulled when 

 grown to about the circumference of a silver dollar, 

 and are tied four in a bunch. The bunches usually 

 bring from four to five cents each, and are sold by 

 the dozen or hundred. At this price a good crop of 

 early beets would bring returns of from $400 to $500 

 per acre. The thinnings are saved and sold for 

 greens, by the bushel, like spinach. Late beets are 

 of course sold by the bushel. A fair average yield, per 

 acre, would be about 300 bushels ; which ought to 

 bring at least $150. 



In southern New England such early varieties as the 

 Early Bastian, Eclipse, or Egyptian can be sown the 

 second time on the same ground, each season, and 

 two crops per year can be raised ; but with the late-r 

 varieties, which require about two weeks longer to 

 mature, the season would not be long enough. 



Beets of the early varieties also make a first-rate 

 second crop to follow peas, early cabbage, or any other 

 early crop that is off the ground so that the beets can 

 be put in by the 20th of July. 



The amount of seed required, per acre, for the early 

 crop (to be thinned for greens) is eight pounds. For 

 the late crop six pounds is the proper quantity. 



Borecole, or Kale {Brassica oleracea acephali) is a 

 name applied to the class of Cabbage which does not 



