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Early Snowball Turnip should be sown in well 

 manured ground in rows 12 inches apart. Cover the 

 seed 1 inch deep. Sow round Spinach in drills 1 foot 

 apart and 1 inch deep. Thin to 6 inches apart. 



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Vegetables. Sow Blood Ked and Pine Apple Beet 

 for the main crop. Sow in drills 1 foot apart and 1 inch 

 deep. 



Successional sowings of Peas, Radishes, and Lettuces 

 should be made. 



Sow Dwarf Beans (' Canadian Wonder ') 2 inches deep 

 in rich sandy loam and in rows 2 feet apart. Thin the 

 plants to 12 inches apart. 



Prepare Celery trenches. 



Plant out into drills in showery weather Cabbages and 

 Cauliflowers in rows 2 feet apart, and the plants 18 inches 

 apart in the row. 



Plant out Lettuces 1 foot apart each way when large 

 enough to handle. 



Sowings of Savoys ('Earliest' or 'Perfection'), Kale 

 ('A 1 '), and Broccoli ('Late Queen' or ' Latest of All') 

 should be made. 



Harden off gradually Tomatoes for planting out early 

 in June. Thin Onions, Carrots, Parsnips, and Beet as 

 required. 



Herbs. Sow Dill, Fennel, Pot Marigold, Sweet Mar- 

 joram, Eosemary, and Eue. 



Propagate Horehound, Mint, Sage, Pot Marjoram, 

 and Thyme by cuttings. 



