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THE VETCH CROP. 



common vetch give us great facilities for this method of 

 cropping; for although the vetches are generally delicate 

 plants, the "winter variety" enables us to prepare in the 



VICIA SATIV A Common Vetch or Tare. 



autumn a crop which comes to maturity earlier in the 

 spring than we could otherwise obtain. The "summer 

 variety" is more delicate in its habit and quicker in its 

 growth than the winter variety, and consequently only 

 adapted for spring sowing. The winter variety, as its 

 name imports, will sustain the lowered temperature of our 

 winters without injury, and is suitable for autumn sowing. 

 Both of these varieties are liable to be influenced consi- 



