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or guano. Rows should always go north and south, 

 that the sun may have full access everywhere. The 

 rows should be 3^ feet apart for the very smallest 

 bush varieties, and 5 feet for the poles, but the hills 

 may be close together, making a kind of hedge 

 row. The south and southeast exposure and sun 

 slope are best, but a skillful gardener will produce 

 an abundant crop on the northeast side of a cold 

 hill. 



" As to prices, one can almost make his own. I 

 have received as high as $2.25 a bushel wholesale, 

 and very seldom as low as $1. I like sod land, 

 plowed after haying the summer before, with a 

 cover crop plowed in early the following spring 

 plus many harrowings. I use chemical fertilizers 

 only broadcast, excepting a little superphosphate 

 in the hill or drill. Always drill the bush varieties. 



" In the case of selecting seed from the dwarf 

 varieties one must carefully avoid any plants that 

 show a tendency to revert back to " running." 

 This is particularly true with the Burpee. Its 

 natural inclination to twine has not been entirely 

 bred out. As a commercial proposition I see no 

 reason why pole limas should be planted any 

 more." 



BEETS 



Beets are very readily grown on almost any soil, 

 not too sandy nor too heavy, preferably a very 

 rich, well-worked and deep loam. For earliest use 

 the round forms should be chosen. Of these there 

 are many that are of quick growth. They are 

 planted in rows 16 inches apart, as soon as the soil 

 can be worked in spring. Not more than ten seeds 

 should be sown to the foot nor should these be 

 covered more than an inch deep. When 5 or 6 



