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single rows, thinning the plants to about 12 inches 

 apart. 



Succession Sowing, Sowing for succession must 

 never be lost sight of, because if a sowing is 

 neglected, the chain is broken and the continuity 

 of crops is lost. This becomes more important as 

 the season advances, as the time of maturity of the 

 crops is also lessening. To illustrate: peas sown 

 April I and 15 will have an interval between 

 maturity twice as long as the time elapsing between 

 two sowings made on the ist and 15th of May. At 

 the end of the year the process works in the opposite 

 way. 



Make four sowings of peas in May about one week 

 apart. The three best varieties for May sowing 

 are Gradus, perhaps the best of all peas when you 

 consider quality; Telephone, also a good pea, and 

 an excellent cropper; Champion of England. I 

 plant these two last alternately with Gradus; they 

 give heavier crops. 



Sow spinach and radish every week during May, 

 for at this season spinach runs quickly to seed and 

 radishes get very strong. Both these vegetables 

 can be used as "fillers" in any other rows. Rad- 

 ishes can be sown in melon hills or with carrot and 

 parsnip seed. They will mature and be removed 

 just about when you thin the main crops. 



Spinach does well between the squash and melon 

 hills before the vines spread. If the former is 

 well watered, it will not run to seed so quickly. 

 Make two sowings of carrots and beets during the 

 month, and also sow turnips twice. 



