VEGETABLE GARDENING 41 



Date: About April 10 to 20, or about two weeks after time of 

 First Planting. 



As these are principally root crops, it is desirable that the soil 

 be spaded before construction of bed. The trenching method will 

 give excellent results. 



Where only a few cabbage and cauliflower plants are desired, 

 it is cheaper to buy the plants of a reliable grower. 



CABBAGE. Varieties: Early Jersey Wakefield, Late Flat Dutch. 

 Number of Plants: One dozen of each variety. 

 Distances: Eighteen inches each way. Remove outer leaves. 

 Set deep. Shade for a week. Heel surplus plants in 

 shady place, and use later to fill vacancies. 



CAULIFLOWER. Varieties: Early Snowball, Danish Perfection. 

 Number of Plants: One dozen of each variety. 

 Distances: Eighteen inches each way. Remove outer leaves 



and set deep; shade for a week. Heel extra plants to 



fill vacancies. 



CARROTS. Varieties: Chantenay, Early Danvcrs. 

 Quantity of Seed: One packet of each. 

 Distances: Apart in rows, four inches: rows apart, eighteen 



inches. 

 Depth: Half an inch. 



PARSNIPS. Varieties: Hollow Crown. 

 Quantity of Seed: One packet. 

 Distances: Apart in rows, four inches: rows apart, eighteen 



inches. 

 Depth: Half an inch. 



SALSIFY. Varieties: Mammoth Sandwich Islands. 

 Quantity of Seed: One packet. 

 Distances: Apart in rows, three inches: rows apart, eighteen 



inches. 

 Depth: One inch. 



Sprout seeds of carrots, parsnips and salsify by use of wet 

 burlap cloths. Ten days required for germination. Plant when 

 germ first shows. Parsnips improve by being left in ground till 

 needed in spring. Salsify may be dug as used. It is improved 

 by light frosts. When dug store in sand in cellar. Chard: Va- 

 rieties, Lucullus. Plant same as beets. Leaves are used as spin- 

 ach: the stems are prepared like asparagus. 



