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varieties for general cultivation are Early Snowball, Veitch's 

 Autumn Giant and Walcheren. 



COLEWORT. This is a useful member of the cabbage tribe which 

 takes up less room in the garden than most of its allies and can be 

 cultivated by successional seed-sowing so that it is ready for use 

 during summer, autumn and whiter. Seed should be sown in 

 March for the summer crop and hi June and July for the autumn 

 and winter supplies. The method of culture is the same as that 

 for cabbages, but in planting out there is no necessity to allow so 

 much room one foot apart will be found to serve admirably. 

 The colewort is generally sold by the greengrocer under the name 

 of bunch greens or " collards." 



KALE OR BORECOLE. The seed is sown hi March, and the subse- 

 quent treatment is the same as that recommended for cabbages. 

 If the plants are put out at a distance of two feet one from the 

 other there will be ample room for satisfactory development. 

 For the small garden Cottager's and Dwarf Scotch will be found 

 excellent varieties for cultivation. 



SAVOY. This is an admirable vegetable for autumn and whiter 

 use. Seedlings can be raised hi March and April and their sub- 

 sequent treatment in regard to thinning out and transplanting is 

 the same as that suggested for cabbages. Useful varieties are 

 Universal (small), Dwarf Green Curled (medium), and Drumhead 

 (large). 



SPINACH. This is a valuable vegetable that thrives particu- 

 larly well in London gardens. The first sowing may be made in 

 drills fifteen inches apart in a warm border about the middle of 

 March. The soil should previously have been deeply dug and 

 liberally manured. Successional sowings can be made until the 

 end of August, and in this way a supply can be obtained from 

 late summer until early spring. Adequate thinning out is 

 necessary to ensure the production of satisfactory leaves. The 

 plants, therefore, should be allowed to stand nine inches apart. 



In gathering the leaves it should be the object to pick from as 

 wide an area as possible, so that it should be necessary to remove 

 only one or two leaves from a plant at a time. 



