CHAPTER IX. 



MISCELLANEOUS CROPS. 



THE foregoing chapters have dealt with the more 

 popular and important vegetable crops found in 

 practically all gardens, large and small alike, and by 

 the cultivation of which it is possible to maintain a 

 regular, adequate, and varied supply of vegetables 

 throughout the whole year. These crops being clas- 

 sified on a rotation or manurial basis, each chapter 

 included those vegetables requiring similar soil prepa- 

 ration and manuring. 



There is, in addition, a considerable number of 

 what may be termed less essential vegetables and 

 herbs, usually grown in large gardens, and some of 

 the more useful of them also find a place in small 

 gardens and allotments. These, however, can only 

 be considered as complementary to the more im- 

 portant vegetable crops. A selection will now be 

 dealt with, but the scope of this book will only 

 permit of a short reference being made to each, and 

 a summary, in as few words as possible, of the main 

 cultural points. 



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