The Culture of Vegetables 



at least one whole year to pass without growing any of the cruciferous 

 order upon them. In the meantime, for other crops the land should 

 be well trenched and limed, and generously cultivated. The result 

 will be profitable crops of other kinds of vegetables and a refreshing 

 of the soil that will enable it to carry brassicaceous plants again, with 

 but little risk of the recurrence of anbury. Good cultivation is the 

 only panacea known against the plagues that assail our crops. This 

 does not surely secure them, for the elements are capricious and 

 beyond our control ; but where good cultivation prevails the failures 

 are few, and even unfavourable seasons do not utterly obliterate the 

 results of our labours. 



Swede. There are several advantages in cultivating Swedes as 

 one of the garden crops. They are hardy in constitution and prolong 

 the supply of a wholesome vegetable. In districts where Turnips 

 are unsatisfactory, Swedes prove successful, and are appreciated for 

 their delicacy of flavour when grown from stocks which have been 

 carefully selected for the purpose. The culture is in all respects the 

 same as for Turnip. The date of sowing depends on the district. 

 In the north it is safe to sow at the beginning of May, but in the 

 midlands and southern counties of England the end of May or 

 beginning of June is early enough. 



VEGETABLE MARROW 



Cucurbita Pepo ovifera 



THE VEGETABLE MARROW does not, in a general way, obtain the 

 right kind of attention in gardens. It is much valued as a summer 

 vegetable ; and it is very generally grown, but too often the aim of 

 the cultivator is to obtain large Marrows, that at the very best are 

 coarse and troublesome to the cook, and are always wanting in sub- 

 stance and flavour, instead of smallish Marrows, which are easily 

 dressed, elegant on the table, and combine with a substantial and 

 somewhat glutinous pulp a most delicious flavour. Two fears beset 

 the average gardener : he is afraid to grow small sorts, and he is afraid 

 to cut them when quite young. When he can overcome these fears 

 he will appreciate the smaller Marrows that have of late years been 

 secured by patient labour in cross-breeding, for while they are of the 

 highest quality, they are also early and productive, far surpassing all 

 the larger marrows in quickness and usefulness. The market grower 

 we do not pretend to advise, for he must grow what he can sell ; and 



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