FORCING OF VEGETABLES UNDER GLASS. 73 



words what we term "Buttons." Sow seed according to the num- 

 ber of plants required. Transplant once about four inches apart, 

 then in about three weeks transplant again where they are to mature 

 in rows, eighteen inches apart and fifteen inches in the row. The 

 first crop should be ready to cut from the first of December on. 

 For a succession sow seed two weeks apart. As stated, cauliflower 

 delights in rich compost, and without doubt a liberal supply of hard 

 wood ashes is a capital fertilizer for this crop. I remember some 

 years ago growing a batch, one-half given a top dressing of wood 

 ashes, the other half got none. There certainly was a marked 

 difference in favor of the wood ashes, and I question if there is 

 another vegetable forced that will take as much nitrate of soda to 

 good advantage as the cauliflower. They will take at least three 

 waterings with soda to good advantage and a watering just as they 

 begin to head up with manure water would be in order; that from 

 the cow barn preferred. This crop should never suffer for want 

 of water at the roots, taking considerably more water than the 

 lettuce. Snow Ball and its varieties and the Early Erfurt strain 

 are recommended; the first is the best and is admirably adapted 

 for forcing purposes. For private use the cauliflower is to be 

 highly recommended as a forced vegetable. 



Radishes. 



Radishes are easily produced under glass. I have seen it recom- 

 mended taking a crop of radishes from among lettuce or any other 

 growing crop; the idea being that the radish crop under favorable 

 conditions will mature in about a month from the time of sowing the 

 seed. However, this method I am not in favor of, claiming that 

 one crop at a time is sufficient even if grown under glass. While 

 radishes are of easy culture, it is true, and I think that I am safe 

 in stating that many a batch of radishes has been destroyed by the 

 erroneous impression that this crop needs Httle or no attention. 

 In the first place radishes are rank feeders ; they delight in a fairly 

 sandy soil, well enriched with farmyard manure. ^Manure that is 

 thoroughly decayed is my preference. Seed should be sown in 

 rows eight inches apart, fairly thin, and before they get crowded 

 they should be thinned out to two inches in the rows. There is 



