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soon tell by turning yellow and dying. On upland where 

 the seed has been sown on high beds with sufficient incline 

 to quickly remove surface water the drainage will be suffi- 

 cient. 



So far for fall sowing, but it is equally important that 

 spring sowing should be made. The demand for spring 

 spinach is not as great as that of fall on account of other 

 vegetables taking its place, yet for a season at least there is 

 good demand and the sowing may be commenced from the 

 middle of February till the middle of March. Plant and 

 cultivate the same as for fall sowing. Manuring for spin- 

 ach should be heavy as said above. We put on spinach 

 land from 40 to 50 tons of good barnyard manure per 

 acre. If this be reduced a sufficient amount of commer- 

 cial manure should be added to make up for the reduc- 

 tion. This should analize 5-8-6, that is 5 per cent, 

 amtoonia, 8 per cent, available phosphate and 6 per cent, 

 potash. As to varieties, but little can be said as they 

 change so frequently and succeed differently in different 

 soils. But for early fall and late sprring we prefer the 

 "long standing" varieties, which stand more heat and dry 

 weather while the "savoy leaf" varieties perhaps endure 

 more cold, yet the yield is not as great as the former. As 

 to the use of nitrate of soda around spinach, I have used 

 it when it paid me handsomely, and then I have used it 

 when the results were far from satisfactory. It all de- 

 pends upon the condition of your soil and the time of ap- 

 plying. It will pay you well to put some around your 

 spring spinach if the growth is not vigorous enough. 



Atlanta, Ga. 



