HOME VEGETABLE GARDENING 



SWISS CHARD, OR SPINACH BEET 



SOW as early in the spring as garden can be made, 

 in rows two feet apart. Drop three to four kernels 

 to every inch and cover one-quarter inch deep. After 

 covering, walk over the rows, as suggested under " beets" 

 and illustrated on page 152. 



When about four inches tall thin them out to stand 

 two inches apart. A week later remove every other 

 one. By then they are usually large enough to be cooked 

 as "greens." Repeat this "thinning out" process until 

 the plants stand a foot apart in the row. A packet of 

 seeds will sow a twenty-foot row of Swiss Chard which 

 will provide all the greens an average family uses. 



Repeated sowings are unnecessary, since the row bears 

 until frost. Lucullus Swiss Chard (as shown) is by far 

 the best quality kind for the home garden. 



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