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back”’ when being set out in the field, as the roots are not 
disturbed at all. A little bone flour or cotton-seed meal in 
the bottom of each hole when setting out will give them a 
strong, quick start, and should be followed, a week or two 
after setting, by a very light application of nitrate of soda 
worked into the soil about the roots, preferably just before 
a rain. 
SUCCESSION CROPS 
Crops suited for succession planting are such as have a 
short period of growth, like Lettuce, or those which are 
much better in quality when gathered in an immature stage 
of development, like Beets or Carrots. For the best re- 
sults they should be planted every ten days to four weeks, 
according to the sorts. 
The most important of the succession crops are Beans, 
Beets, Carrots, Corn, Kohlrabi, Lettuce, Peas, Radish, Spin- 
ach and Turnip. As the later crops of these are frequently 
planted in very dry weather, they should be put in deeper 
than the early sowing. For instance, where one inch is deep 
enough for the first sowing of peas, three or four will not 
be too deep for those planted late. Care should be taken 
also to firm the seed in the soil, in very dry weather. After 
sowing the seed in the furrow, tamp it firmly down into the 
soil with the back of a narrow hoe or the ball of the shoe 
before covering. Such treatment will often insure good ger- 
mination where otherwise would be a failure of the crop. 
Beans, to be had in the best of condition, should be sown 
at least every three weeks. I consider the white or golden 
Wax varieties the best in quality and the best strains are not 
susceptible to rust. Be careful not to plant too many at 
one time; a very short row of Beans will yield an ample mess 
for dinner. 
Beets, Carrots, Turnip and Spinach need not be sown so 
frequently. It will pay to plant at least three times—early 
Beans may now be started in paper pots and set out when the weather 
is warm enough 
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in April, in May and in June, the last for late crop for 
Winter. Columbia and Crimson Globe are fine Beets for 
Summer or Winter use; Coreless and Danvers are good 
Carrots, and Amber Globe, with me, is the best flavored 
Turnip. In place of Spinach, I now use Giant Lucullus 
Swiss Chard almost entirely, as most of my customers pre- 
fer it to Spinach and it can be cut any number of times dur- 
ing the season. 
CROPS FOR FALL AND WINTER USE 
No garden opportunity is so often neglected as that of 
growing supplies of Beets, Carrots, Turnip, Parsnips, Sal- 
sify, Cabbage, Brussels Sprouts, Cauliflower, Celery and 
Lettuce for late Autumn and Winter. The Parsnips and 
Oyster-plant (Salsify) should be sown as early as possible, 
but early June is not too late. The Beets and Carrots 
should be put in during June, the earlier the better. July 
will be right for the Turnips, but firm well in the soil. 
The Cabbage group should be sown about June first, kept 
watered and cut-back (by trimming off the tops two or three 
times) to induce stocky growth, and set out into the per- 
manent positions during July—which gives an opportunity 
to use for them the same ground that has already been used 
for early Beets, Lettuce, Radish, Peas, etc. For Celery, 
if you did not sow it yourself early in April, you will have 
to go to the florists, but the plants are not expensive. Let- 
tuce should not be sown until the last part of July or the 
first of August. Select a place protected from heavy rains, 
and work up a nice, fine, smooth seed-bed—a few feet 
square will be ample—and sow thinly, giving the bed a 
thorough soaking the day previous. Rig up overhead a 
light framework that can be covered with old bags, carpets 
or a sheet, if very hot, bright weather is encountered, so 
that the bed may be kept partly shaded. 
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