THE VEGETABLE GARDEN 



They are one of the earliest vegetables to be 

 started in spring, and so are out of the way before 

 the main crops must be gotten into the ground, 

 which is a distinct advantage. The seed should be 

 sown in drills, like the carrot, making the drills a 

 little farther apart about fifteen inches and 

 dropping the seed as evenly and sparsely in the 

 rows as possible. The seed should be planted about 

 one-half of an inch deep and the earth pressed down 

 above it. The soil should be rich and deep and the 

 after cultivation thorough and constant. As soon 

 as the seed has germinated and the little plants 

 large enough to distinguish, all weeds should be 

 removed from between and each side of the rows, 

 the cultivator taking care of those between the 

 rows. When the plants are three or four inches 

 high, thin out to stand six inches apart in the row. 

 The plants pulled up may be used to plant addi- 

 tional rows or to fill in any vacant places in the 

 present rows. 



While the quality of the roots are much im- 

 proved by leaving in the ground over winter, 

 enough for immediate use may be stored in damp 

 sand or earth in the cellar, or they may be dug and 



piled in pits in the ground and covered with a 



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