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warm room to drip and dry sufficiently to 

 prevent their clinging together when being 

 planted, which must be done before they 

 become really dry. Another aid we furnish 

 these delicate seedlings is dropping a radish 

 seed every six inches, because they germinate 

 quickly and throw a strong seed-leaf which 

 breaks the crust over the row, and allows 

 the fragile carrot sprout free access. Allow 

 two feet from the last row of potatoes, stretch 

 the line, and with a pointed stick draw a 

 shallow drill in which to scatter the seed. 

 Covering must not be more than a fourth 

 of an inch, and press down firmly. Between 

 each row of carrots allow one foot. Steep 

 and use only half the seed at the first, planting 

 the remainder twenty days later. With good 

 ground and cultivation, you should have car- 

 rots for the table about the last week in June. 

 Two and a half feet space must divide 

 carrots from beets. Prepare ground as be- 

 fore, but make the drill a full inch deep, 

 dropping seeds half an inch apart, rows two 



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