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HINTS AND HELPS 



A lesson in potting. 



These plants can be set out in the garden six inches apart. 

 Always keep the ground in a good state of cultivation 

 around them. 



Parsnip. Champion Hollow Crown is one of the best 

 varieties. It should be planted in the garden about May 

 ioth, in rows twelve inches apart. The furrows should be 

 made one inch deep. The seed will be up in about two 

 weeks. As soon as they are about four inches high, they 

 should be thinned to three to four inches apart in the row. 

 Parsnips are best, if they can remain in the ground through 

 the winter, being dug as needed. They are much sweeter 

 after they have been frozen. The soil should be deep and 

 thoroughly prepared, the same as for beets. 



Peppers. Peppers of all kinds should be planted in 

 the window garden, or hot bed about February 15th, and 

 treated in every way the same as parsley or egg plant, un- 



