116 The Profitable Culture of Vegetables. 



In March radishes can be sown thinly between the rows of 

 lettuce, then plant cauliflowers in the rows of lettuce, 2ft. apart, 



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3ft. between rows. The lettuce will be gone in May, then plant 

 tomatoes, 18in apart, between the rows of cauliflowers, which 

 will serve to protect the tomato plants until they get strong. 



5. In February sow early peas in shallow trenches, 3ft. Gin. 

 apart ; in covering the seed leave a little soil on each side of 

 the trench, which is to be drawn up to the plants when they are 

 a few inches high. In April plant a row of second early potatoes 

 between each row of peas. When peas are over clear away, 

 lightly fork the soil, and plant Brussels sprouts where the peas 

 stood. Lift potatoes as soon as ready, digging ground properly 

 at the same time, then sow winter spinach and onions where 

 the potatoes stood. 



6. In March plant a cabbage lettuce, which was sown the 

 previous autumn and wintered, 1ft. apart each way; then plant 

 a large variety of onion, sown the previous autumn, between 

 each lettuce. When the lettuce are cleared hoe deeply between 

 the rows of onions. In September plant a rosette colewort 

 between each onion (these can be pulled at the end of the 

 month). The coleworts will be cleared away in the following 

 spring in time to prepare the ground for potatoes. 



7. In January plant shallots, 1ft. apart each way. In March 

 sow two broad beans (:) between each shallot in every third 

 row, so that the rows of beans stand 3ft. apart. Pull shallots 

 end of June and beans a month later. (When bean straw is 



