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ground will be required by the main crop. In the neigh- 

 borhood of small towns this will not be worth while, as 

 there is but little demand for lettuce after June 1st. 



As soon as the cabbages are planted and this may be 

 done even so early as in March, if the weather is fine the 

 other half of the garden should be manured and prepared 

 in the same manner, and planted with beets, onions, pars- 

 nips, spinach, and radishes ; the first four in about equal 

 proportions, and in the following manner : 



Beets (of the Bassano and the early turnip-rooted blood 

 variety) should be very thickly planted in rows 18 inches 

 apart thickly, because the early frosts may cut off a part 

 of the crop and when they are fairly up, they should be 

 singled out to intervals of about 4 inches in the rows. 



The onions should be " sets " raised the previous year. 

 These may usually be bought for from $6 to $10 per bushel, 

 according to size the smallest bearing the highest price. 

 They should be set in rows 9 inches apart, and at intervals 

 of 3 inches in the rows, being firmly pressed down in the 

 bottom of the line made by the marker. Every seventh 

 row should be omitted to leave room to walk among the 

 crop, and the sets should be entirely covered by raking the 

 beds evenly over. 



Onions raised from the seed are rather a farm than a gar- 

 den crop, and will not pay to raise on land so expensively 

 manured as that under consideration. 



Onions raised from " sets " are called Rare Ripes, and 



