THE GARDEN WEEK BY WEEK 



Feb. Turnips, and Spinach may be sown out of doors. Celery, 

 15-28 Cauliflowers, Cucumbers, Onions, Lettuces, and Carrots 

 may be sown under glass. The last three will do in 

 frames. 



Cabbages for Spring. — I have said that I would not 

 give up the space of a very small garden to Cabbages, 

 especially in the suburbs, but a few rows are undeniably 

 useful in country gardens in spring. Growers generally 

 raise them in summer, and plant them in autumn for 

 spring crops. Those who have, or can procure plants 

 now may put them out eighteen inches apart, and make 

 them very firm. They will not be quite so early as those 

 planted in autumn, but probably they will be early 

 enough to be useful. 



The Shallot. — This cousin of the Onion is a useful 

 crop to grow, especially if a home-grown pickle is in 

 contemplation. It is cheap, it is tasty, it is easily grown. 

 One may buy seed, but it is better to get bulbs, because 

 seedlings will be of no culinary value until another year. 

 Two pounds of bulbs will yield several pounds — perhaps 

 the better part of a stone — by mid-summer. The actual 

 yield depends upon the soil ; it will be light in poor, dry, 

 shallow ground ; heavy in rich, moist, deep soil. Prepare 

 it soon, by deep digging and manuring, and plant the 

 bulbs nine inches apart in rows a foot asunder. They 

 do not want covering with soil, but only making steady. 

 In due course they will begin to grow, and will form 

 a clump. The only cultivation that need be given is 

 hoeing to keep down weeds. 



The Underground or Potato Onion. — Here is a mild- 

 flavoured, productive form of Onion that grows from 

 bulbs like Shallots, bought and planted at the present 

 time. It is a useful vegetable, but one rarely sees it 

 except in cottagers' gardens. 

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