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and the work should be done as soon as the walks are 

 finished. 



The Frame Ground is a necessary feature of every 

 good vegetable garden. The frames will be useful 

 for raising the young plants for producing an early 

 supply of vegetables, for forcing such things as As- 

 paragus, Potatoes, Carrots, Rhubarb, etc., and for 

 maintaining a supply of Mustard and Cress, Basil and 

 other Salads and Herbs during the early spring. It is 

 here that practically all the propagation of early vege- 

 tables will be done. The frame yard also is a con- 

 venient place for storing manure, making hot-beds, 

 refuse heaps, etc. A shed for the accommodation of the 

 various tools made use of by the gardener is needed 

 and should be made of such a size that soil may be 

 stored in it. During wet weather men can work there. 

 The walls of the kitchen garden must be covered on 

 both sides with fruit trees of various sorts. Jeru- 

 salem Artichokes are suitable subjects for planting 

 in the enclosure between the walls and the boundary 

 hedge. 



Cropping the Land. As the cultivation of fruit 

 trees is so closely connected with that of vegetables and 

 of equal importance in the kitchen garden, a few words 

 must be said with regard to them. 



On either side of the large central walk there 

 should be a row of fruit trees, Apples on one side and 

 Pears on the other. The forms of trees known as 

 bush and pyramid may be planted here, and they 

 will in time form a handsome and valuable avenue, 



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