VEGETABLES RAISED FOR MARKET 



four weeks they are ready for transplanting, which 

 is usually done in a bed from which a crop of 

 lettuce has just been removed. They should be 

 put in about three and a half inches apart, so as 

 to give them plenty of room to grow stout and 

 stocky. By this rule two hundred plants are put 

 under each sash. After they have obtained a 

 good start the sash should be removed gradually, 

 to allow them to harden off; and they may be 

 given all the protection necessary in severe weather 

 by the use of shutters. They are usually trans- 

 planted to the open ground either the last week 

 in April or the first in May, according to the 

 season. 



The land best suited to this crop is a deep, 

 rich, loamy soil, and should be prepared by very 

 heavy manuring; lap two furrows together about 

 three and one half feet apart and beat them down 

 nearly level with a fork. A sprinkling of wood 

 ashes on the young plants will keep off the cabbage- 

 fly, and promote their growth. 



For late crops, sow from June 1 to June 20, 

 and even as late as the 1st of July, in the field, or 

 in beds, so as to transplant. Cover three-quarters 

 of an inch deep, as the soil is drier now than earlier 



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