FRENCH MARKET-GARDENING 



Cabbages, " Ox Heart." Seedlings will now be ready 

 early in October for pricking out, so as to be ready 

 for planting on warm sheltered borders by the middle 

 of November. 



Endives planted out in open-air beds in July will 

 be ready this month. Plants from the September 

 sowing should be pricked out under cloches. 



Corn Salad may be sown in the open air. 



Asparagus. Crowns two or three years old should 

 be taken up before the frost, and placed on hot-beds 

 for forcing (see p. 76). 



Radishes may be sown on warm sheltered borders 

 early in the month. In the event of frost it would 

 be well to cover with lights or protect with straw or 

 litter. 



NOVEMBER 



Mean temperature of the Soil at i //. deep 46. 01. Air, 42. 89 

 (Paris 44). 



Lettuces, " Small Black Gotte." The young plants 

 from seeds sown in August will be ready for planting 

 on hot-beds by the middle of this month. Others 

 will be ready for pricking out under cloches. 



Cabbages. About the middle of the month young 

 plants of " Ox Heart " sown in August will be ready 

 for planting out 18 in. apart on warm borders, having 

 been already pricked out of seed-beds early in October. 



Cauliflowers grown under cloches or lights should 

 be protected with mats at night in case of frost. 



Celery should be protected against frost with litter 

 or bracken. 



Carrots " Grelot " or " Early Forcing Horn " may 



