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AKEA OF CKOPS 



It is impossible to lay down hard and fast rules as to 

 what shall be grown and the area of each crop, but on a 

 sixteen-pole plot the following proportions may be help- 

 ful as showing what area is necessary for each crop, if 

 well cultivated, to provide a family of six persons with 

 vegetables all the year round. Potatoes four to six 

 poles ; legumes (peas and beans), one to two poles ; 

 green crops (cabbages, &c.), two to three poles ; onions, 

 shallots, and leeks, one to two poles ; beet, carrots, 

 parsnips, and turnips, two to three poles. The re- 

 mainder of the ground for salads and herbs, and seed 

 and nursery beds. 



WINTER CROPPING OF AN ALLOTMENT 

 GARDEN 



Plant out into permanent quarters in June and July : Broccoli (heading 

 and sprouting), Kale, Brussels Sprouts, Savoys, Celery, Leeks, and Cabbage. 



NOTE. Sow Mustard on vacant ground for green manuring when it is too 

 late to put in any other crop. 



Adopting the methods outlined, so far our results 

 show an unusually good yield far better than the 



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