24 ALLOTMENT GARDENS 



drills 12 inches apart, covering the seed very lightly 

 (not more than -J- inch deep) with fine soil. Transplant 

 from the seed-bed or frame into a nursery-bed before the 

 plants get * drawn ' and ' leggy ', and finally transplant 

 into their permanent quarters which, for autumn crops, 

 should be a well-manured soil ; but for spring crops the 

 soil must not be too rich, since a luxuriant and succu- 

 lent growth before the winter would render the plants 

 too delicate to stand severe cold winds or keen frosts. 



Plant in drills 2 inches deep and 2 feet apart each way, 

 and when the plants have got a good start earth them 

 up and give them plenty of water to promote growth 

 and to give a certain amount of protection against 

 strong winds. Shade the plants from the sun's scorch- 

 ing rays. 



The varieties we can generally recommend are 

 ' Michaelmas White ', ' Autumn Protecting ', ' Satis- 

 faction ', and * Late Queen '. 



Borecole or Kale. This very useful winter vegetable 

 requires well-cultivated ground, but not over-manuring. 

 It is often planted between rows of potatoes at 2 feet 

 apart from plant to plant. A quarter of an ounce of 

 seed will provide hundreds of plants. Sow the bed in 

 April and May very thinly and transplant, before the 

 plants get ' drawn ' and spindly, soon after the potatoes 

 are earthed up. 



Both the plain and curled-leaved sorts are suitable for 

 allotment gardens. Variegated kales should be grown 

 in poor and calcareous soils. 



Brussels Sprouts. To get very early crops make a 

 sowing of the seed in August, pricking out the plants to 

 6 inches apart and transplanting in the spring into rows 

 2 feet apart and. the plants also 2 feet from one another 



