SPINACH 



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this season a full supply may be obtained by growing 

 the New Zealand variety. This, sown in frames in 

 March and pricked out two feet apart in rich soil in 

 May, will give a full supply from July till September 

 or later. It will also do if sown in fine, rich soil early 

 in May on the open border, the plants, when large 



SPINACH THE CARTER 



enough, being severely thinned. In appearance this 

 spinach resembles the ice plant ; it is less bitter than 

 the ordinary form ; the shoots are gathered, not the 

 leaves. The culture of the older varieties, of which 

 the Carter and Round-leaved Victoria are the best, is 

 simple. The first sowing may be made in February on 

 a warm border. We sow between rows of early peas, 



