Gardening for Amateurs 



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15 tons per acre can be secured, and much 

 heavier crops are not uncommon. 



Cauliflower. These usually find a ready 

 sale, but to secure an early crop a consider- 



Roots of Intermediate Carrot 



able amount of trouble is needed and some 

 expense. Early London Cauliflower, sown 

 in September in the open, will provide 

 Cauliflowers in June and July. The young 

 plants must have protection through the 

 winter in most districts, and be ready for 

 planting four or five in hand-glasses in 

 February. Place the lines of glasses in rows 

 4 feet apart, .though the glasses themselves 

 need only be 2 feet or so from each other. 

 This wide placing of the Cauliflowers allows 

 of a planting of Vegetable Marrows be- 

 tween, and as the Cauliflowers 

 are gradually hardened and 

 inured to outdoor conditions, 

 the hand-glasses are at liberty 

 and close at hand for the Mar- 

 rows. Later Cauliflowers may 

 be sown in March, and good sorts 

 are The King, Emperor, and 

 the ever-popular Autumn Giant. 

 It is one of the first conditions 

 of successful Cauliflower growing 

 that the land must be heavily 

 manured to get the best results. 

 Early Cauliflowers usually sell 

 well when cut from plants that 

 have been grown under glasses, 

 from 2s. 6d. to 4s. per dozen 

 being typical prices in an ordin- 

 ary season. Later on cuttings 

 of Autumn Giant may realise 

 anything from 4d. to Is. 6d. per 

 dozen. Firm white " flowers " 

 of good size naturally secure 



better returns than those of poor size and 

 that have become broken and uneven. It 

 is possible at times to grow " picklers " at 

 fairly remunerative rates, but for pickling 

 the quality must be really 

 good or only very poor prices 

 can be secured. Dry seasons 

 have an adverse effect upon 

 the quality of Cauliflowers, 

 and from this cause the crop, 

 when grown in the best of 

 land, may in some years be 

 unsuccessful. 



Celery. Only in excep- 

 tional circumstances is the 

 small grower advised to under- 

 take this crop. It needs easy 

 working soil, with a naturally 

 moist subsoil. In low situations where the 

 land is light and rich Celery can be easily 

 and profitably grown. Seed sown in a 

 cold frame or under handlights in April 

 will provide plants for mid-season and 

 late crops. For early marketing, earlier 

 sowings in heat must be raised, though 

 young plants can nearly always be purchased 

 at so much per thousand. Plant out in June- 

 and July as plants become ready and land 

 falls vacant. For ease in working and lifting 

 the crop, single rows are best, though some 

 growers do not hesitate 

 to plant four rows in 

 a trench. Plant out in 

 moist weather, and dress 



It is important not to plant 

 Beetroot on ground that 

 has been recently manured 

 or roots as shown on the 

 right will be plentiful. 



