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thin as soon as up, to give each plant plenty of room ; and in 

 thinning, take out those plants which are least curled. 



PEAS to be sown again for succession, the finest second earliest 

 being the best to sow now. 



SALSIFY. This delicious root, which is sometimes designated the 

 'Vegetable Oyster,' requires a piece of ground deeply trenched, with 

 a thick layer of manure at the bottom of the trench, and not a 

 particle of manure in the body of soil above it. The roots strike 

 down into the manure, and acquire a good size with great regularity, 

 and the quality is fine. If carelessly grown, they become forked and 

 fibrous, and are much wasted in the cooking, besides being of inferior 

 flavour. Sow in rows fifteen inches apart, any time from the end of 

 March to the beginning of May. Two sowings will generally suffice. 



SORREL. As the flower stems rise from the previous year's plants 

 they must be cut out, or the leaves will come small and be of in- 

 different quality. Yearling plants are always the most productive, 

 and it is therefore advisable to destroy each crop after it has served 

 its purpose. 



SPINACH. Sow the Prickly-seeded, which does not run so soon 

 as the Round. If a plantation of Spinach Beet has not yet been 

 secured, sow at once, as there is ample time yet for a free growth and 

 a valuable plant. 



TURNIP to be sown for succession, and the plantations advancing 

 to be freely hoed between and severely thinned. 



VEGETABLE MARROW. An early sowing to be made in pots, 

 in readiness for planting out immediately weather admits of it. 

 Three plants in a pot are enough, and they must not be weakened 

 by excessive heat. 



WINTER GREENS. A sowing of Borecole should be made, and if 

 a supply is required in spring, it will be well to sow again in the first 

 week of May. 



MAY 



HIGH-PRESSURE times continue, for the heat increases daily, and 

 the season of production is already shortened by two months. 

 The most pressing business is to repair all losses, for even now, if 

 affairs have gone wrong, it is possible to get up a stock of Winter 

 Greens, and to sow all the sorts of seeds that should have been sown 

 in March and April, with a reasonable chance of profitable results. 



