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sown on 4 so that when the cabbages are gone broad and 

 French beans stand in alternate rows. When these are cleared 

 from this division the ground is pointed over and worked down 

 fine and onions are sown. On 5 main-crop and late peas are 

 sown from March to May ; these may be grown without sticks 

 to occupy the whole space, or on sticks with radish, lettuce, 

 spinach and turnips between alternate rows. On 6 runner 

 beans are sown early in May ; these are to be grown without 

 sticks, the points of the shoots being taken out to keep them 

 dwarf. In the spring of the third year the onions on 4 are 

 thinned ; part are left standing to make bulbs and the remainder 

 are bunched and sold. When peas and runner beans are 

 cleared from 5 and 6 in the second year the ground is dug and 

 dressed with a fertilizer, then planted in October with suitable 

 varieties of cos and cabbage lettuce in rows 3ft. apart. In the 

 following February the spaces between the rows are sown with 

 radish and spinach, which come off in time to allow the ground 

 to be prepared on 5 for vegetable marrows and ridge cucumbers 

 and on 6 for tomatoes. If the district is too far north for 

 tomatoes to ripen this division may be filled with transplanted 

 onions, or potatoes, or short-horn carrots. 



Divisions 7 and 8. Autumn cauliflowers are planted on 7 

 and summer cabbage on 8 ; both are planted 2ft. 6in. between 

 the rows, and a crop of turnips is taken from between. As 

 soon as the ground is cleared it is dug and limed and lettuces 

 are set out. At frequent intervals during February and March 

 first and second early peas are sown. After these the ground 

 is dressed with a suitable fertilizer, well hoed, and planted with 

 Brussels sprouts, broccoli, savoy, and kale, with parsley and 

 cabbage lettuce seed, mixed together, sown between the rows, 

 the lettuce being thinned to 1ft. apart as soon as it can be 

 handled. After the brassicas are cleared in the following spring 

 the ground is thoroughly worked and planted with main-crop 

 potatoes, dressed with fertilizer. 



Divisions 9 and 10. On these two sections lettuce plants are 

 set out in February and autumn-sown cauliflower plants set 

 amongst them in March. The cauliflower are cleared early in 



