Spinach. 



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rows of other vegetables, where it only requires a few weeks 

 from sowing to gathering, and is cleared away before its 

 presence can injuriously affect its neighbours. For this reason 

 it is regarded in many market gardens as one of the indispens- 

 able catch crops, as it enables a return to be obtained from 

 spaces which would otherwise be wasted for some time after 

 planting the main-crop. 



Spinach is not very 

 exacting in its re- 

 quirements, but like 

 most other things it 

 pays for a certain 

 measure of attention. 

 What is wanted is a 

 quick growth and a 

 few heavy pickings 

 of large succulent 

 leaves, and to obtain 

 these, ample supplies 

 of moisture and quick 

 acting manures are 

 necessary. Ground 

 well prepared and 

 manured, and planted copyright, 

 with a main crop Lettuce-leaved Spinach. 



which has a foot or 



more clear space between the rows, may be depended upon to 

 yield satisfactory crops of Spinach, but on badly-worked, dry, 

 scantily-manured soils the leaves will be small and of poor 

 quality, and the plants will quickly run to seed. 



Summer Spinach. The first sowing is made towards the 

 end of February, on warm soil in a sheltered sunny position ; 

 a regular succession of supplies is secured by sowing further 

 small batches every two or three weeks from early in March to 

 the beginning of July. These small and frequent sowings are 

 necessary because of the liability of summer Spinach to quickly 

 run to seed, especially in hot dry weather ; to counteract this 

 tendency as much as possible, sowings should be made in cool 

 moist situations as the weather grows warmer. If the seed 



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