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should be sown early in April, in drills a foot apart and an 

 inch deep. The plants should be thinned out to five or six 

 inches apart. The after culture is the same as for salsify. 

 In September or October the roots will be fit for use. 

 Those required for winter use should be taken up before 

 frost sets in, packed in sand, and kept in a cool, dry cellar. 

 There are no varieties of it. 



SPINACH. 



Spinach, to be grown in perfection, requires a very highly 

 manured soil, so as to make it develop large succulent 

 leaves. It can be grown both as an early spring and a 

 summer crop. When taken off in the spring, it leaves the 

 soil in excellent condition, without any further manuring, 

 for beets, carrots, parsnips or turnips. 



For spring use, the seed should be thinly sown from the 

 first to the end of September, in well prepared soil, in drills 

 an inch deep and a foot apart. When cold weather sets in 

 it should have a slight covering of straw or salt hay, more 

 to prevent the effects of freezing and thawing than to pro- 

 tect it from frost, as it is quite hardy. For summer use 

 the seed should be sown in March or April. Some garden- 

 ers sow it between their rows of early cabbages, as it be- 

 comes fit to cut in five or six weeks after being sown. To 

 assist it in making a rapid growth it should be frequently 

 hoed. 



If wanted during the winter, it may be cut on a mild 

 day, sprinkled with water, put into a box or barrel, and 

 placed in a cool but not freezing cellar. In this way it may 

 be kept for ten days or a fortnight. 



There are several varieties, but the best two for private 

 gardens are the Flanders and the Large Prickly -seeded. 

 The first is very bushy and produces very large leaves j 



