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little onions for seed, were sold for twenty-three 

 dollars and sixty-two cents. In summing up, 

 therefore, even if the onion has not done much 

 for me in the way of brains, I cannot complain. 

 Radishes, also, demand attention as early as 

 possible in the market garden. I find them a 

 profitable crop in the cold frame, and expect to 

 sow quite a large space in this way, while the 

 snow averages two feet in depth over the gar- 

 den. By the loth of April, they ought to be 

 ready for market. They can be sown under 

 glass in rows five inches apart, and the ground 

 should be very fine and rich. I also aim to sow 

 my main crop out of doors, in March if possible, 

 on warm, light soil ; and I find that it pays to 

 fill up the shallow drills in which the seed is 

 sown, with some black, well-rotted manure. 

 This draws the sun, and stimulates rapid growth ; 

 and unless a radish grows quickly, it is worth- 

 less. It is rather an uncertain crop, as it has 



