SUCCESS IN MARKET GARDENING 



The ground must be such as has been well 

 enriched with long and liberal manuring; and 

 recent addition of green manures must not be 

 relied upon for affording the close-growing plants 

 their proper nutrition. The tilth should be as 

 perfect as it can be made, and the plants must 

 have the cleanest possible culture. 



The Yellow Danvers and the White Portugal, 

 or Silver Skin, are the kinds grown almost exclu- 

 sively for this market, from sets and from seeds. 

 In some localities where red onions are in favour, 

 the Red Wether sfield is highly esteemed. It is 

 a very productive, large sort. 



PARSLEY (Carum Petroselinum) is kept at all 

 seasons in continuous growth, either under glass 

 or in the open ground. Seed is sown out-of-doors 

 as soon as the ground can be worked, in drills about 

 one foot apart. The plants for forcing are kept cut 

 down during the summer, and in the fall are placed 

 under glass, three inches apart, in rows about 

 six inches apart. The pickings may be repeated 

 often during the season, after which the roots are 

 worthless. 



The Fine Curled is the variety chiefly grown, 

 and is in fact the most desirable. The Moss 



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