THE VEGETABLE GARDEN 



been found an excellent place for the growing of 

 cabbage and cauliflowers, which have now been 

 grown there several years in succession without 

 any sign of club-foot or much of any damage from 

 the cabbage worm. 



Of course this bit of land is underlaid with 

 gravel. With a clay subsoil it might be necessary 

 to employ more scientific drainage, and the laying 

 of porous tile be found necessary. 



Clay land does not make an ideal garden soil. 

 A good warm loam, well overlaid with humus 

 decayed vegetable matter is the best soil in which 

 to grow garden stuff, but a stiff clay soil may be 

 made to produce good results by heavy manuring 

 and underdraining, but will not warrant the ex- 

 pense if other and better soil is available. The 

 point to be considered in selecting garden soil is 

 to choose that which will grow the greatest variety 

 of vegetables with the least expenditure of labor 

 and fertilisers. There are very few vegetables but 

 what may be grown to a point of perfection satis- 

 factory for the home garden, though they might 

 not produce in quantities to make them remunera- 

 tive for a market garden where much more is ex- 

 pected of the soil than in private places. Certain 



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