42 ALLOTMENT GARDENS 



Spinach (Round) should be sown from February to 

 May in deep and well-cultivated and manured ground 

 in rows 12 inches apart. The seed sown in drills 

 1 inch deep and the plants afterwards thinned out to 

 6 inches apart. The crop takes 6 to 8 weeks to mature. 



Tomato. To grow tomatoes successfully out of doors 

 the seeds must be sown under glass, and healthy, strong 

 plants procured for planting out. 



Sow the seeds on a hotbed or in a heated greenhouse 

 any time during the first fortnight in March. Prick out 

 the seedlings when large enough to handle and grow the 

 plants steadily, giving plenty of air on all favourable 

 occasions, till about the first week in June, when they 

 can be safely planted outside, either against a south wall 

 or in the open ; if the latter, plant in double rows 2 feet 

 apart, the lines forming the double rows being 18 inches 

 apart and the plants 2 feet apart in the lines and planted 

 alternately thus 



2ft. 2ft. 



The soil must not be over rich for tomatoes, or leaf 

 and branch will take the place of fruit. Plant firmly 

 and tie each plant to a stake about 4 feet in height. 



During growth pinch out all side-shoots, and when the 

 plants have reached the top of the stakes pinch out the 

 leader or growing-point. 



After the fruit is set and the plants are rooted, mulch 

 with horse-droppings and feed with farmyard liquid 

 manure or a little chemical manure. 



The approximate time from the sowing of the seed to 



