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planted with drumhead cabbages, interspersed with bunching-greens, in the 

 first week in August. 



Plot E was a difficult piece of ground to lay out, involving much labour, 

 and was worked at only from time to time, as the labour and horses were 

 available, Beds 1 to 10 inclusive (2-961 acres) have just been sown with 

 winter onions. Beds 11 to 14 inclusive (1-026 acre) were sown on August 

 19th with early York cabbage-seed for planting out. Beds 15 to 21 in- 

 clusive (1-712 acre), on July 16th were planted with greens from Plot A, 

 and bed 22 (0-165 acre) is still vacant. 



Plot F is not yet properly laid out, and a great part of it is not yet under 

 cultivation ; the remainder, about 2| acres, was sown with onions on March 

 19th, and some have been sold at the rate of £36 per measui-ed acre in the 

 ground. 



In Plot G, bed No. 1 (0-2385 of an acre) was sown with parsley on June 

 24th ; beds 2 and 3 (0-477 of an acre) with sugar beet-root on June 4th ; 

 beds 4 and 5 (0-477 of an acre) with crimson beet-root for table in June ; 

 bed 6 (0-2385 of an acre) -with white brocoh-seed for planting out ; bed 7 

 (0-2385 of an acre) was sown with " Savoy " cabbage-seed on July 16th ; 

 bed 8 (0-2385 of an acre), on April 23rd, with four kinds of carrot-seed ; 

 beds 9 and 10 (0-477 of an acre) were sown on April 25th with four kinds 

 of mangold-wurzel seed. These last three beds promise to yield some mag- 

 nificent specimen roots for exhibition. Beds 11 to 15 inclusive (1-1925 

 acre) were sown with parsnips on April 28th, and, the seed being bad, 

 failed in many places ; there are, nevertheless, many fine roots. Bed 1 6 

 (0-2385 of an acre) was sown on May 7th with spinach. It was cut on the 

 5th of June, and realized at the rate of £22 per acre. It was broken up 

 and again sown with spinach on the 16th of June ; the price having fallen, 

 this crop was given to cattle. The bed was then ploughed and sown on 

 the 23rd of August with Tripoli onions for planting out in spring. Bed 17 

 (0-2385 of an acre) was sovra on the 17th of June with spinach, some of 

 which was sold, and the rest given to cattle. The bed was then ploughed and 

 sown on the 9th of July with maize for cutting green as fodder. Bed 18 

 (0-2385 of an acre) was planted on the 26th of May with East Ham cabbage 

 and cauliflowers. They have been sold at the rate of £27 and £25 per acre 

 respectively. Bed 19 (0-2385 of an acre) was planted on the 21st of May with 

 •white cos lettuces,' which were, for a particular purpose, kept in the ground 

 rather too long, but still produced at the rate of £24 per acre, after which 

 the bulk of them were given to cattle. This bed was ploughed and sown 

 on 23rd of August with Tripoli onions. Bed 20 (0-2385 of an acre) was 

 planted with brown cos lettuces on the 21st of May, which, being too late, 

 were given to cattle. It was then ploughed and sown on the 23rd of July, 

 when the rye harvest of the district was entirely over, one half with oats 

 and the other half with barley, with a view to ascertain whether it would 

 be possible to ripen two crops of cereals on the same ground in one season. 

 They were expected not to ripen before October, therefore the result is as 

 yet unascertained. Bed 21 (0-2385 of an acre), also brown lettuces given to 

 cattle, followed by white cos lettuces, which realized at the rate of upwards 

 of £30 per acre, followed again by winter spinach. Bed 22 (0-2385 of an 

 acre) contains some patches of red clover, Jersey cabbages, yams (Dioscorea 

 batata), and turnips, aU of which are vigorous and healthy. 



In Plot H, beds 1 to 5 inclusive (1-3162 acre) were planted on July 

 20th with sprouting winter brocoli. Beds 6 to 9 inclusive (1-458 acre) 

 were planted on July 20th with Brussels sprouts. Beds 10 to 17 inclusive 



