Spinach. 



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NEW ZEALAND SPINACH. 



Tetragonia expansa. 



THE difficulty of getting a continuous supply of Spinach 

 in the hot summer months, especially on dry soils, is 

 easily overcome by substituting New Zealand Spinach, which 

 grows to perfection under such conditions. The plant will not 

 bear frost, and for supplies early in the summer seed should be 

 sown under glass about the end of March, the plants potted 

 singly, and set out, after hardening, at the end of May. Or 

 seed may be sown out of doors at the beginning of May. The 

 plants should be set in 

 rows 3ft. apart, and 2ft. 

 from plant to plant. 

 In good soil they soon 

 cover this space. Each 

 plant makes a number 

 of spreading stems with 

 side shoots, and bears 

 numerous small, thick, 

 fleshy leaves ; many of 

 these rambling stems, 

 if allowed to grow un- 

 checked, will attain a 

 length of from 2ft. to 

 3ft. Overcrowding 

 tunts the growth of 

 the plants and prevents 

 them exhibiting their 

 true character and 



capabilities. The leaves are not picked singly, as those of the 

 true Spinach are, but the tender shoots are pinched off. Growth 

 is rapid and continuous throughout the summer, and the plant 

 needs no attention beyond watering, which should be frequent 

 and copious. 



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New Zealand Spinach. 



