38 NEW ZEALAND GARDENING. 



Parsnip. Hollow Crown and Student are the best in 

 cultivation. The soil cannot be too deep and rich for this 

 crop. The manure should be applied the previous Autumn, 

 if manured at the time of sowing the roots will be rusted. 

 Sow in August and September, in drills fifteen inches apart, 

 and half-an-inch deep. When the seedlings are two or three 

 inches high thin to nine inches apart, and keep the hoe 

 constantly going to destroy young weeds. The crop may 

 with advantage be left in the ground till the end of July and 

 taken up as required during the Winter. One ounce will 

 sow 100 feet. 



Parsley. Sow in September, in drills quarter-of-an-inch 

 deep. As soon as the plants begin to send up flower stems 

 they should be cut close down ; and again, in Autumn, if 

 they have become strong and coarse. This will cause them 

 to shoot afresh. One ounce will sow a row of 100 feet. 



Pea- For first sowing, William the First (three feet), 

 Kinner Gem (two feet and a half), McLean's Little Gem 

 (eighteen inches), Multum in Parvo ; late and medium, 

 Yorkshire Hero (two feet and a half), Veitch's Perfection 

 (three feet), Epicurean (three feet), are all good croppers. 

 Sow from August to middle of December. Peas thrive best 

 in light loamy soil. Commence sowing in August and 

 continue throughout September and until December once 

 every three weeks. A pint at a sowing will suffice for a 

 moderate-sized family. Sow the dwarf varieties in drills two 

 feet six inches apart and two inches deep ; the tall-growing 

 kinds will require three or four feet. If the seed is good they 

 may be dropped two in an inch for dwarfs ; tall-growing 

 kinds may be dropped one inch apart. When the plants are 

 two or three inches high the rows should be hoed between, 

 and the earth drawn up to each side of them. Sticking is 

 not required until the plants show their tendrils. As these 

 successional crops ripen they should be immediately cleared 

 away, the ground dug over and planted with cabbage, 

 broccoli, cauliflowers, or Brussels sprouts. One pint of 

 dwarf peas will sow a drill sixty feet long, and eighty feet 

 of tall varieties. 



Potato. The varieties are too numerous to be named 

 The following will, however, be found good early ripening 



