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is large, the roots are stored in clamps like potatoes ; the site 

 for the clamp should be dry, the heap not more than 4ft. wide 

 at the bottom and 3ft. high, with the roots laid carefully and 

 arranged so that the tops are turned to the outsides. Cover 

 the roots with 4in. of straw and the straw with 4in. of earth, 

 which may be taken from outside the site of the clamp so as to 

 form an open drain and so help to keep the interior dry. Along 

 the ridge, at intervals of 6ft., ventilation shafts should be made 

 by building the earth round a drainpipe or a tuft of straw. 



Manures : Crops grown on manure beds in frames do not 

 require any additional fertilizers. Early crops in the open-air 

 should be grown on rich soil and will receive great benefit 

 from an application of i to 1 oz. per square yard of sulphate of 

 potash, using the heavier application on the lighter soils ; if the 

 soil is of a poor nature and growth is slow it may be stimulated 

 by |oz. to the square yard of sulphate of ammonia, given in 

 two applications with a fortnight's interval, and watered in, but 

 this should only be given after potash, or the plants wHl make, 

 more leaf than root. For main-crops, on soil where the pre- 

 ceding crop received manure, the ground should be dressed at 

 least a month before sowing w r ith 3 cwt. basic slag (or 2 cwt. 

 superphosphate) 5 cwt. kainit, and 6 cwt. rape dust or castor 

 meal. If it is impossible to apply these fertilizers until just 

 before sowing use an equivalent quantity of sulphate of potash 

 in place of kainit. If the soil is poor increase all the fertilizers 

 by about one-third. All these quantities are for one acre. A 

 light dressing of soot at intervals during the early part of the 

 summer will increase the vigour of the plant and assist to keep 

 away the fly. 



Varieties : For frames : Parisian Forcing, French Horn 

 (greloi), or one of the numerous forcing strains supplied by the 

 leading seedsmen. For cold frames and protected borders : 

 French Horn (grelot], Early Nantes, and Dutch Horn (Belloi). 

 For early unprotected borders: Dutch Horn, Guerande or 

 Sutton's Early Gem, and Veitch's Model. For main-crops on 

 heavy soil : Chantenay, Early Market, Sutton's Favourite. 

 On medium soil : James's Intermediate, Daniels's Telegraph, 

 Sutton's New Scarlet. For deep sandy soils : Improved Altrin- 

 cham, Veitch's Matchless, Long Surrey. 



