MARCH: THIRD WEEK 73 



CARROTS. Sow the seed thickly; cover very lightly with 

 very fine soil. 



CAULIFLOWER. Usually this should not be put out 

 until a week or two after the cabbage. Broccoli is 

 hardier. 



LETTUCE. The plants should be set about a foot apart 

 each way, though the smallest varieties, such as Tom Thumb 

 or Mignonette, ma^ be set closer. A little semiliquid hen 

 manure put under each plant will help in producing rapid 

 and large growth. Seed of one of the summer varieties and 

 of one of the early varieties should be sown when the plants 

 are set or shortly after. The plants should be thinned out 

 as soon as they are large enough. 



ONIONS. A few sets should be put out to furnish an extra- 

 early supply. If large bulbs are wanted the sets should be 

 small and hard. If green or bunched onions to eat raw are 

 wanted size will not make much difference. The bed for 

 the seeds should be particularly well prepared. It is a good 

 plan to mix a few radish seeds with the onions, as they 

 come up quickly and mark the rows and also serve as traps 

 for the onion fly. 



Of the garnishes, "green" onions are among the best. 

 These are usually grown from " sets," or small onions, which 

 were sown the year before, and this is the best way to get 

 the really early ones for the table. The sets known as 

 " white" or Silverskin should be used, as they are small, 

 quick-growing and mild. For succession grow white onions 

 from seed, to be used as a garnish for salads. The flavor 

 of a young onion, grown quickly from seed in porous mellow 

 soil, where there has been no check from lack of moisture, 

 is extremely delicate and far surpasses that of those grown 

 from sets. There should be several sowings so you can 

 continue to use them when the bulbs are the size of chest- 

 nuts. 



To grow onions the soil should be the richest possible; 

 it will be well to dig in the manure from the chicken house 

 and the ashes from the wood fire. A commercial fertilizer 

 analyzing 4-7-10 four per cent nitrogen, seven per cent 



