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How THE FARM PAYS. 



are the Scarlet Turnip, and the Long Scarlet Short Top, the one 

 being round and the other long. It is a profitable crop, and one 

 which the market gardeners always depend on to get their first money 



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LONG SCARLET RADISH. 



from, after the dull winter months, as it matures usually in this lati- 

 tude from the middle to the end of May, and generally yields a profit 

 over all expenses of $100 per acre. 



SPINACH. 



This is one of the easiest managed crops, although it is one of the 

 most important in our market gardens. The main crop is sown in drills 

 just as we sow beets or radishes, the drills being one foot apart. The 

 first crop that intended to stand through the winter and to be used 

 the succeeding spring is sown in September, and if it keeps well dur- 

 ing the winter it rarely fails to become very profitable. In exposed 

 places it is usually covered with straw or marsh hay during the winter, 

 which prevents it from being cut by the frost, but in sheltered fields there 

 is no necessity for its being covered. This covering is only necessary 

 in the latitude of New York. South of Philadelphia it is rarely done. 



