194 SCHOOL AND HOME GAEDENING 



for bunching to sell in a few weeks from thB time of planting. 



In a hotbed, onion sets may be forced at any time during 

 the winter or early spring. 



Onions are classified according to color as yellow, white, 

 aiid red. Sets and seeds of each of these colors may be selected 

 to suit the taste or market requirements. 



^ Parsley is universally used as a gafnish with meats or 

 other dishes. It is also used in seasoning soups. As a garden 

 plant, the seeds may be sown in rich mellow soil in very early 

 spring. Thin out the plants to stand six inches apart and 

 have the rows one foot or more apart. Before sowing, the 

 seed should be soaked a few hours in warm water. Leaves may 

 be taken from the growing plants at any time when they 

 are large enough for use. A strong plant may be transplanted 

 from the garden to a pot or. window box and kept growing 

 in the house for winter use. It should be well watered and 

 given a light exposure. Other plants may be transplanted 

 from the garden to a coldframe and. thus protected for use next 

 spring. 



Parsnips are so hardy that they are well adapted to use 

 in school gardens. .Drill the seed .in the open garden as early 

 as the weather will permit. The rows may be eighteen inches 

 apart and the seed covered to a depth of one and a half inches. 

 The soil should be rich and well drained. When the plants 

 are up, thin them to a distance of three to six inches apart. 

 Clean culture should be given, and the growth well maintained 

 throughout the dry weather. The roots may be used in late 

 fall, but the' quality is improved hy leaving them in the 

 ground over wiater for spring use. This makes them sweeter. 

 Enough of thiem may be taken up and buried in pits or cellars 

 in the fall for winter use. 



Peas. — Early garden peas are. never forgotten by the spring 

 gardener. Plant them as early as possible. The smooth 

 ,varieties, such as Alaska, New Claudit and Tom Thumb, may 

 be planted the earliest. The wrinkled varieties are later and 



