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height or length of two feet should have two feet from row 

 to row, and so on to those taller or lower growing. 



They are sometimes sown two rows together, a foot apart, 

 and ten, twenty, or even fifty feet between the double rows ; 

 by which every portion of the crop is well exposed to the 

 sun and air, and the produce gathered with great facility. 

 There is no loss of ground by this method ; for other crops 

 . can be planted within a foot or two of the rows, and this 

 amount of space is necessary for the purpose of gather- 

 ing. 



A common practice in ordinary garden culture is to sow 

 in double rows twelve or fourteen inches apart, slightly 

 raising the soil for the purpose. When so planted, all of 

 the sorts not over two feet in height may be successfully 

 grown without sticking. When varieties of much taller 

 growth are sown, a greater yield will be secured by bushing 

 the plants, which is more economically as well as more 

 strongly done if the planting is made in double rows. The 

 staking, or bushing, should be furnished when the plants are 

 three or four inches high, or immediately after the second 

 hoeing : they should be of equal height, and all straggling 

 side twigs should be removed for appearance' sake. 



Early Crops. The earliest crops produced in the open 

 garden without artificial aid are obtained by judicious selec- 

 tion of the most approved early varieties ; choosing a warm, 

 favorable soil and situation, and sowing the seed either in 

 November, just as the ground is closing, or in February or 

 March, at the first opening of the soil, the latter season, 

 however, being preferable, as the seed then vegetates with 

 much greater certainty, and the crop is nearly or quite as 

 early. Great benefit will be derived from reflected heat, 

 when planted at the foot of a wall, building, or tight fence, 

 running east and west. 



Subsequent Cultivation. When the crop has attained the 

 height of five inches, a little earth should be drawn around 

 the stems, forming a sort of ridge, with a slight channel in 



