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VEGETABLE GROWING IN NEW SOUTH WALES. 



obtained by bedding. These cuttings will grow quite readily, and the crop 

 produced by planting them seems to keep better than the early crop. Small 

 tubers are the best for producing plants ; 1 cvvt. will produce at one 

 "pulling," 4,000 to 5,000 plants,, and will occupy 90 to 100 superficial feet 

 in the cold frames. 



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Planting Out and Cultivation. 



The planting is commenced at any time when all danger of frost is past ; 

 it can be continued in the coastal districts right up to the beginning of 

 January with every hope of a good crop. 



The shoots or' plants should be carefully drawn from the bed and put root 

 downwards in a bucket of water or a mixture of cow-dung and water. For 

 planting they should be drawn from the bucket as required and placed 2 feet 

 apart in rows which are 3 feet apart. 



Sweet Potato plants for setting oat raised in a Hessian frame bed. 



The plants may be ploughed in at the time the ground is getting its second 

 or final ploughing. When this method is adopted, the plants are placed the 

 required distance apart in every third or fourth furrow, the necessary cover- 

 ing being given by the plough as it turns the succeeding furrow. 



A common plan -is thoroughly to prepare the ground first and then dibble 

 the plants in with a spade. This method is somewhat slower than ploughing 

 in, but for ordinary conditions it has been proved the most satisfactory. A 

 man and a boy can plant with a spade 3,500 plants in eight hours. 



