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THE GARDEN AND FIELD. 



Ves:eta.ble Oarden a RECORD ! 



Notes for July. 



\ acant plots should be well dug 

 over al this time, adding gypsum or 

 lime where any pests have been pre.v- 

 alent. In other beds, stable manure 

 should be well worked into the soil. 



The soil should be rich, well work- 

 ed, and warm, so that a quick growth 

 may result. Vegetables grown quick- 

 ly are generally more tender than 

 slowly grown ones; and frequent 

 changes of crops in the plots will 

 give better results. At this season, 

 weeds will require constant check- 

 ing; frequent use of the hoe will 

 therefore be necessary, and, in the 

 rows, hand weeding should be resort- 

 ed to. 



All seedlings should be planted out, 

 especially seedlings of cabbage, cauli- 

 flower, lettuce, and onion. Seeds of 

 peas, carrots, parsnips, radish, let- 

 tuce, and broad beans may be sown. 



Asparagus beds should be kept free 

 from weeds, they should have a loose 

 surface, and a light top dressing with 

 old manure would be beneficial. 



In the frames, cucumber, vegetable 

 marrow, pumpkin, water and rock 

 melon seeds may be planted. These 

 are best planted in pots, placing three 

 or four seeds in, each pot. They then 

 suffer no check when Ijcing trans- 

 planted into the beds. 



Market growers will already have 

 their first batch of tomato seedlings 

 well up before now, but for the or- 

 dinary amateur the much-before 

 Christmas tomato is hardly worth the 

 trouble of raising from seed especi- 

 ally if he can get some nicely hard- 

 ened seedlings in a couple of months 

 lime from a trade grower. The ama- 

 teur who is running a hot bed will, 

 of course, have no trouble in raising 

 all the seedlings he wants, and should 

 not delay longer in getting his seed 

 sown. 



Asparagus roots should l)e planted 

 this month, and seakale can be divid- 

 ed or roots purchased and planted. 

 Rhubarb crowns should be planted i;) 

 very deep, rich soil. Suckers from 

 old plants of globe artichokes should 

 be taken off and planted in new beds. 

 F'lant Jerusalem artichokes in good 

 soil, giving them plenty of room. The 

 planting of potatoes of course de- 

 pends on the possibilities of frost. 



As we have had rather more than our 

 share this year already, it is quite 

 likely that we shall be let off lightly 

 during the spring. Where it is rea- 

 sonably safe by all means make a 

 planting of potatoes this month. 



In sowing and planting in the vege- 

 table garden, it is always well to re- 

 member that "a little and often"' is 

 a really good rule to go by. Seed is 

 so very cheap that the money side 

 of the question is not important, but 

 it is certainly annoying to find when 

 you have room for exactly 24 let- 

 tuces that you have about two thou- 

 sand seedling in the box which can- 

 not be planted, or if grown cannot 

 be eaten. A pinch of seed sown 

 once a fortnight is a much wiser 

 practice than a packet once a season. 



Points to be Observed in 

 Storing Turnips. 



The following points should be 

 observed, in storing turnii^s : — 



A dry open situation should be 

 selected on which to place the 

 heaps. Although proximity to a 

 hedge may secure shelter from 

 cold wind, roots often keep much 

 worse under such circumstances 

 than in an open exposed place. 



The roots should be dry jxnd 

 clean when carted. If topped and 

 tailed, the operation should be oon- 

 durted so as to injure the bulb as 

 little as possible. 



The turnips should be well ma- 

 tured before storing. This is in- 

 dicated by the lower leaves being 

 yellow. 



It is a giood jilan, weather per- 

 mitting, to leave the roots lying 

 in the field, after topping and tail- 

 ing, for three or four days before 

 carting. This hardens the stin, 

 and brings them into better condi- 

 tion for storing. 



Unless frost threatens, soil 

 .should not be put on the heaps for 

 at least a week after 4hc roots are 

 carted. This permits of the circu- 

 lation of air and escai)e of mois- 

 ture. 



AULDANA 

 WINES . . 



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AUSTRALIA 



•t ADSLUDS WINK SHOWS. 



Pineapples were first introduced 

 into England during the time of 

 Oliver Cromwell ; a present of the 

 fruit sent to him being the lirst 

 recorded instance of .its appearance 

 there. 



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SHERRY 



FIRST PRIZES 



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Australasia Chambers, 

 King Wm. St., Adelaide. 



Mafi^lll, South Australia 



