CHARD 



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cording to color and to the size of the stalks, which 

 varies considerably) but are little offered in America. No 

 serious pests or diseases. 



Soil. Any moder- 

 ately rich garden soil, 

 not too wet. 



Distances. Rows 

 eighteen to twenty-one 

 inches, or, if the plants 

 are to be allowed to 

 grow individually to 

 their full size, two feet 

 apart. 



Depth, an inch or 

 less. 



Sow as early as the 

 ground can be worked, 

 and for succession every 

 three or four weeks. 



Thin at first to three 

 inches in the rows. 

 Thinnings may be trans- 

 planted. 



Fertilizer. Nitrate of soda or liquid manure, applied 

 at intervals throughout the season. 



Management. A row of Chard is best managed as 

 follows : Thin when the plants are about six inches tall, 

 to three inches apart in the rows, the thinnings to be 



Fig. 45. Chard; a whole plant. Note 

 the white leaf-stalks, which, as well 

 as the leaves, are used for the table. 



