C OLE WO R T CORN. 83 



COLEWORT, 



The true Colewort or Collards is quite distinct from the 

 ordinary cabbage, but is now supposed to be lost to garden 

 cultivation. Its place has been supplied by sowing the 

 seeds of early cabbage in drills a foot apart and half an 

 inch deep, thinning them out to six or eight inches apart, 

 and keeping up a succession by sowings at intervals of 

 two weeks, from the last of April to the last of June, for 

 summer use, and in September for autumn use. 



The young plants, when six or eight inches high, are 

 used as spinach. 



CORN. 



For garden purposes the most suitable sorts to grow are 

 those known as " Sweet." They may be either grown in 

 hills or in rows. When in the former they should be placed 

 three or four feet apart each way. When grown in rows 

 they should be about four feet apart, and the seeds should 

 be planted eight or nine inches apart on the rows. The 

 proper time for planting is from the middle of May until 

 the middle of July, planting at intervals of two weeks, to 

 have a succession of green ears. 



Corn requires a light soil, and should be well manured to 

 insure large ears ; keep the soil well hoed, and hill up the 

 plants well. 



Darling's Early is an early productive variety, of rather 

 dwarf habit, so that the hills may be three feet apart one 

 way and only two and a half feet the other ; or the drills 

 may be three feet apart. 



Jjiirfs Mammoth is a larger growing, later sort than the 

 preceding. It is a twelve to sixteen rowed variety. It is 

 hardy and productive. 



