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Of sowing German Greens. 

 German greens, for crops to come in for next 

 spring use, may be sown about the end of the month. 

 Sow on an open spot, and refresh occasionally with 

 water. 



Of soxi'ing Love- Apple, 

 Love-apple, for soups, or stewing, may be sown 

 about the middle or end of the montli. The plant 

 is of the trailing kind, and needs support. There- 

 fore, sow at the bottom of a wall or pale, to which 

 it may be trained, and in a south aspect ; as other- 

 wise, the fruit may not come to perfection. Any 

 blank place on a fruit-wall, the size of a yard square, 

 will contain two or three plants. The seeds may be 

 dropped in, in a line at the bottom, and may be 

 thinned out to three or four plants, after they are up 

 a few inches. It will grow in almost any kind of 

 soil, and needs little other care than being trained 

 to the wall or pale as it advances ; and being pruned 

 of its superfluous shoots as the fruit begin to colour, 

 in order to let in the sun, the better to ripen them 

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Of thinning and weeding Onions, 

 Let the early-sown crops of onions be now thin= 

 ned out to five or six inches square, if broadcast, and 

 to three or four in line, if in drills; at the same 

 time clearing them from weeds, either with the hand, 

 or with a small hoe. It is best to thin in a showery 

 time 5 • otherwise it will be necessary to give a good 



