Early Spring Vegetables 



time that plants from the hotbeds are trans- 

 planted seed may be sown in the open ground 

 in adjoining rows or as a continuation of a 

 short row of transplants, to come into use about 

 the time the first planting is exhausted; in this 

 way a succession may be maintained and the 

 ground made to produce a more profitable 

 amount of vegetables as seed may be sown where 

 the transplanted vegetables were grown as soon 

 as they are removed. 



BEETS 



Which may be planted in open ground as soon 

 as it can be worked in spring, do best on a fibrous 

 loamy soil, but any good, warm, rich loam will 

 grow them satisfactorily; the cleaner the ground 

 and the more thorough the cultivation, however, 

 the more uniform the crop which will be produced. 

 Sow the seed in drills fifteen to twenty inches 

 apart and about Y2 ^^^^^ deep, covering and 

 tramping down the rows. It is customary to 

 sow the seed rather freely when sown by hand, 

 but if the seed is good rather better results follow 



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