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Name of Plant. Amount of Seed. Average Yield. 



Parsnip 1 oz 200 ft. of drill. 



Peas Iqt 100 " 



Peppers 1 oz 2,000 plants. 



Potatoes 10 bush, sets . . 1 acre. 



Pumpkin 1 oz 40 hills. 



Kadish 1 oz 100 ft. of drill. 



Khubarb 1 oz 500 plants. 



Kuta-Baga loz 200 ft. of drill. /- 



Salsify loz 70 " " 



Scolymus 1 oz 70 " " 



Scorzonera 1 oz 70 " " 



Sea-Kale loz 30 " 



Shallot Iqt 20 " " 



Sorrel 1 oz GOO plants. 



Spinach 1 oz 150 ft. of drill. 



Squash, Bush 1 oz 50 hills. 



" Kunning loz 16 " 



Sweet Potato pk 12 bushels. 



Swiss Chard 1 oz 50 ft. of drill. 



Tomato 1 oz 2,000 plants. 



"Water-Melon. . . . 1 oz . . 30 hills. 



PROTECTING VEGETABLES. 



When cauliflowers, tomatoes and other tender vegetables 

 are set out early in the season, it is frequently necessary 

 to protect them not only from cold nights, but from chilly, 

 windy days, for we are seldom certain of really settled, 

 warm weather, until the last week of May or beginning of 

 June; and although there may not be any frost, yet the 

 chill the plants get, causes them to become stunted and re- 

 tards their growth. 



If it is only necessary to protect them when first set out, 

 to prevent them wilting or to guard them against frost at 

 night, an inverted flower-pot will answer every purpose; 

 taking it ofi" during the day when the plants have recovered 

 from being transplanted, and replacing it at night, or keep- 



