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EAT DANDELIONS IN THE SPRING 



Can I grow dandelions for spring greens? 



Iowa. L. E. L. 



— For spring greens dandelion seeds should be 

 sown in the spring either in the open ground or in a 

 coldframe, the latter for early crops. Thin or 

 transplant them to about twelve inches apart in the 

 rows and have the rows far enough apart to culti- 

 vate easily — in the coldframe, one foot; in the 

 field, eighteen inches or two feet for cultivating with 

 a wheel hoe, and three feet for horse cultivator. 

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DEFINITION OF PINCHING 



What is meant by "pinching" a plant? 



New Jersey. L. E. B. 



— By "pinching" plants is meant the actual pinch- 

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 and fore or second finger. In this way the terminal 

 bud is removed and lateral branching is produced. 

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I have five acres of heavy upland with an eastern 

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— Plow the land as soon as possible and keep it 

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 of each variety to an acre. The weed seed on the 

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