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sorts are Leicester Red, Standard Bearer, and Incomparable 

 Dwarf White. Early in May the young plants should be 

 pricked out in a warm, sheltered position to strengthen. 

 The plan is to select a perfectly hard surface, such as an 

 unused path ; upon this spread a thin layer of rotten dung 

 2 inches deep, and over this another inch or so of com- 

 post, and prick in the plants, 3 inches apart every way. 

 They root best in the dung, are easier kept moist, and the 

 hard ground underneath hinders them forming tap roots. 

 When removing them to plant in trenches they can be 

 scooped out with a trowel, and when once well watered 

 will hardly feel the moving. After pricking them out in 

 the nursery bed, they should be shaded from the sun with 

 a mat, or some branches of evergreens. When the plants 

 are strong and the weather showery, they should have 

 their final move. 



Open a shallow trench 15 inches wide, into this 

 dig some well-rotted manure, stretch a line along the 

 bottom, and plant a row on each side of the line alter- 

 nately 6 or 8 inches apart. The trenches may be 

 rather more than 3 feet apart. As the plants mature 

 in August, they must be carefully earthed up from time to 

 time after a previous watering, either natural or artificial. 

 The outer stems should be well matured before earthing 

 up, as the only object is to blanch it, which takes but a 

 few weeks. Only a little earth should be given at a time, 

 and none should be allowed to get within the stems or 

 near the heart. 



Cucumbers, Tomatoes, Marrows, should be sown 



