80 GARDENING FoR ALL. 
Seakale is a profitable crop to grow, realising prices 
varying from fourpence to eighteen-pence per pound. 
SPINACH.—(Spinacea oleracea). 
The culture of spinach is so simple as to require little 
explanation. It is usually sown between rows of early peas, 
but there can be no doubt that it succeeds much better where 
it obtains more air and light. 
A supply is easily maintained by sowing at intervals 
from the beginning of February until September. The crop 
to stand the winter must be sown in a dry position, at the 
end of August and another sowing in September; the two 
sowings are advisable because, sometimes, the first sowing is 
too forward to survive the winter. 
Sow in drills fifteen inches apart, and that intended to 
survive the winter ought to be thinned out to fully six inches 
apart in the rows. Protect from slugs with ashes, sawdust, 
soot, or lime. 
